Eeyore wrote:


Joerg wrote:


Fred Bloggs wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Fred Bloggs wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Fred Bloggs wrote:

Fred, Why don't you move to France where you'll fit right in ?:-)

I think I will, I would enjoy living in France, at least there's some
semblance of culture there.


Be careful! A lot of that 'culture' is resistant to all known
antibiotics. On second thought: Enjoy yourself, while you last.

French medical science rivals the world, to this day they continue to
make great breakthroughs. Louis Pasteur is the Isaac Newton of modern
microbiology, a great genius.

Then why is the cancer mortality (for detected and treated cases) higher
in Europe than in the US? Example:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/272078.stm

Scroll to "Health spending and cancer survival rates".


Cherry picking data like that proves nothing.


It's one story out of many and they all point in the same direction. I
just picked a UK source since you most likely won't believe US sources
anyhow. I think the BBC is a pretty credible source, ain't it?


Overall US mortality is higher than in Europe AIUI. Besides, 'Europe' now
includes a lot of former Waraw Pact countries that still have a lot of catching
up to do to get on par with the likes of Britain, France and Germany for
example.


Read it again. The former Warsaw Pact countries aren't in that list.

I haven't looked at overall mortality lately but most of that is due to
poor choices, not health care. For example, the number of people around
here who almost never cook and live on take-out dinners or fast food is
mind boggling. Very sad. Not only does it lead to cholesterol and
obesity issues but they often do not realize what it costs them financially.

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