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That's gonna make the cows mad. And mad cows will make US mad.
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So what’s killing us now? Because last I heard life expectancy is dropping.
heart disease, cancer, COVID-19 and drug-overdose.
Infant mortality is steady,
under 25 mortality increased very slightly.
over 65 went up by 20%, that's where you find most of the heart disease and covid deaths, and it doesn't decrease the life expectancy that much, since they're already old.
The big problem is in the 25-55 bracket, because they're dying from overdoses a LOT, and that's hugely decreasing life expectancy. There's alcohol consumption too, which increases cancer risks and deaths. Cancer screenings have dropped off in this bracket too, thanks to cost, so "preventable" cancers like breast-, lung- and colon cancers are killing more people.
It seems to be less of a direct regulation issue, and more of a "life sucks, so people do drugs". Which one can (and SHOULD) argue is also a regulation issue, just less directly.
Quality of medical care being driven down, and its price being driven up, by insurance middlemen.
Deregulation has been going on for a while. It's been a major policy of the last several Rep. Presidents.
Also, sedentary life styles are far more common, then there are the more wild card things, like the microplastics epidemic, and many other things.
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Meat is back on the menu boys!
Well done meat can counter a number of contamination issues, but can't undo toxins already created by bacteria in meat that wasn't kept to a safe temp or a lot of really dangerous stuff like mad cow disease.
Oh boy prion diseases are coming back!
But I didn't know that bacteria toxins was a thing but that explains why we don't keep spoiled meat
It depends on the bacteria, but in short the toxins are bacteria waste and it builds up the more active the bacteria are and how many there are. That is also why you can't just reheat already cooked food to make it safe again.
Yeah, toxins are often the bigger risk when dealing with bacterial or fungal issues.
For instance, botulism is caused by the toxin produced by botulinum bacteria. The toxin is a paralytic. The bacteria itself can typically be dealt with by the immune system, but the toxin wreaks havoc on the nervous system.
That’s also why you should never feed honey to babies; botulinum is commonly found in honey. Babies’ immune systems aren’t equipped to deal with the botulinum bacteria, which allows it to bloom and start producing the toxin after they ingest it. This causes something called Floppy Baby Syndrome, from the baby being paralyzed by botulism toxin.