Re: Scraping foetus off the wheel
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Your post implies that the fact that Cuba has a better infant mortality rate means it's a better health care system. This is absolutely silly.
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Any implication drawn from my post is your own.
My post was quite clear. The statistic in the table shocks me. This is not the same as saying that the Cuban Health System is better or that treatment of cancer or other disease is better in Cuba that in the US or anyother conclusion that you have drawn. All it is saying is that if you are an infant you are better off in Cuba than in the US.
My statement is simple -- it is shocking that the best healthcare system in the world has an infant mortality rate that is lower than that of a third rate dictatatorship with few resourcse such as Cuba.
If you are willing to dismiss the statistic as meaningless because we are better able to cure cancer in 70 year olds, or perfrom heart-lung transplants on the same demographic then that is your perogative.
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