Comment on Choose your difficulty

db2@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At least US families can expect all their children not to die by tuberculosis or malaria or something.

  And fuck Australian magpies.

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  • red_rising@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Assuming the mother/baby don’t die in the hospital waiting room bathroom because the hospital refused treatment.

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    • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I get our healthcare system sucks but it isn’t worse than countless children dying of malaria.

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    • magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tuberculosis is still world’s deadliest infectious disease. Mostly because the healthcare in developing countries lack access to the necessary treatment for it.

      TB is a solved problem in developed countries such as US. Barely anyone gets it anymore, let alone die from it.

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    • skulblaka@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hospitals generally won’t refuse treatment to anyone as far as I know, even if you tell them straight up at check in that you won’t be able to pay them. You’ll still get treated, provided they have the space and staff available to treat you.

      However, afterward, that debt will haunt you like a vengeful ghost for the rest of your life.

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      • zeppo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I believe it’s a reference to the problems caused by the fucked up abortion laws going on recently, not about payment (though that’s its own concern). From a quick search:

        theguardian.com/…/pregnant-women-denied-care-us-h…

        One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her to the hospital.

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  • GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On the other hand, US families can also expect their kindergarteners to have to participate in active shooter drills. Because, you know, active shooters are a thing. Screw that.

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    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you look at statistics, it’s extremely unlikely for any school to have a shooting. 99.99999% of children from ages 0 to 18 in the USA are not harmed by firearms.

      So you can waste your time and sanity worrying about that or just live without fear and find what makes you happy in life. Either way you and your kids will be safe so it’s your choice to be crippled by irrational fear or not.

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      • GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or we can actually do something to prevent it from ever happening. The math is not hard. No guns = no gun violence.

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  • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tb is back, haven’t you heard?

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