Re: MRSA - Making things simple

Derek Moody <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

AIui the oldest people have always lived to about the same age and been
remarkably spry 'til late in life.

Indeed, the former lottery of life seems to have been a combination of
infectious disease, childhood mortality (much the same thing) and war
which combine to drag down the average age of death. However even people
living several centuries BC had recorded lifespans of 89 or more.
.

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