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apples ‘n oranges. 200 years ago, and in some existing “third world countries” such people would be DEAD.
Laws of nature. If you can’t see to hunt or gather food, you die. If you can’t hear the bear behind you , you die. You have no dentist to fix that infected tooth, you DIE. (recently saw a show where remains were found of a teen who they figured out was killed by an infection in their molar)
I see little in there that can be used, honestly.
They don’t get by, they DIE. OR they suffer, starve, go through life sick, unproductive, etc.
You also have it backwards that they were looking for a way to treat diabetes when the drugs were found…….. the drugs didn’t find the illness. I have researched the history of some of the modern medical finds – people died, suffered, were sick, etc. – and someone who was NOT a drug company typically found help, often a university, etc. – and it was later commercialized.
Prior to that, they died, or were sick their whole lives, missed a lot of work or were supported by families, etc.
So when folks come at you with such arguments – it’s normally so full of holes and lack of logic, I won’t say it here.
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