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Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement
"Rod Speed" wrote:
wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: Steve Walker wrote: Max Demian wrote: wrote: Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement By Katie Robertson, Dec. 4, 2018, NY Times [...] "A 30-to-40-year retirement is very different than a 10- or 20-year retirement." [...] Not much "rethinking" evident in the article, just stating existing conditions and possible problems with it. What is the (presumably relatively youthful) author proposing? Work 'til you drop? Greatly increased retirement age? Retirees retraining for different jobs? All very well for the pundits in rewarding jobs, but the vast majority of people get fed up with working and just don't want to do it any more. Increasing the retirement age makes sense, but if so, there should be some sort of variable version to allow those with life shortening conditions to retire earlier, so that they are not expected to work until they drop. We should stop making flu shots and MMR vaccines, to control population more in line with nature's way. No need anymore. Not one modern first world country is even self replacing if you take out immigration. And **** all would die of flu without flu shots anyway. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision 21 June 2017 The current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report being launched today. And scrapping flu shots and MMR vaccines would have almost no effect on that given that hardly anyone in the two most populous countries bothers with flu shots and MMR vaccines. In spades with the bulk of the rest of the the world. Corse it would, How off that it doesn't in India and China. flu complicates to pneumonia, Only in the days before we invented antibiotics. CDC says more die of flu worldwide than some experts have estimated Dec 13, 2017, pbs.org As many as 646,000 people may die from influenza each year worldwide, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a larger number than what other health experts have predicted in years past. The CDC said between 291,000 and 646,000 people die from seasonal flu-linked respiratory illnesses. Earlier projections from the World Health Organization’s earlier projections of deaths from seasonal flu — 250,000 to 500,000 per year — “are outdated,” according to the study published Wednesday in The Lancet. [...] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/...-who-estimated which everyone knows is "the old man's friend", Just because some silly senile old fool claimed that... cause it saves him all that suffering of infirmity! Doesn't happen anymore. Measles, mumps, rubella are a rite of passage, necessary to give youngsters a lesson in humility. Even sillier than you usually manage and that's saying something. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world's population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline. And scrapping flu shots and MMR vaccines would have almost no effect on that given that hardly anyone in the two most populous countries bothers with flu shots and MMR vaccines. In spades with the bulk of the rest of the the world. If 99% of China is vaccinated, It isnt for flu every year. why do they have measles outbreaks? Because 99% arent vaccinated with the best measles vaccines, stupid. Stephan Neidenbach, May 5, 2017 This is a common question from vaccine deniers. The first thing to understand is that it isn't a 99% rate, in fact 95% of babies in China are currently being vaccinated against measles. Still, that should be enough as the rate for herd immunity is somewhere between 90% & 95%. Keep in mind though, the U.S. has this rate as well, and still has its own measles outbreaks. [...] =========== 2017 Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign in India SR Shrivastava, PS Shrivastava, & J Ramasamy Dear Editor, The member states of the U.N. have agreed to eliminate measles & rubella, & bring about an end to the associated deaths in newborns & children by 2030, & thus aid in the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals. [...] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869958/ https://www.un.org/development/desa/...-revision.html |
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Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement
wrote in message ... "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: Steve Walker wrote: Max Demian wrote: wrote: Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement By Katie Robertson, Dec. 4, 2018, NY Times [...] "A 30-to-40-year retirement is very different than a 10- or 20-year retirement." [...] Not much "rethinking" evident in the article, just stating existing conditions and possible problems with it. What is the (presumably relatively youthful) author proposing? Work 'til you drop? Greatly increased retirement age? Retirees retraining for different jobs? All very well for the pundits in rewarding jobs, but the vast majority of people get fed up with working and just don't want to do it any more. Increasing the retirement age makes sense, but if so, there should be some sort of variable version to allow those with life shortening conditions to retire earlier, so that they are not expected to work until they drop. We should stop making flu shots and MMR vaccines, to control population more in line with nature's way. No need anymore. Not one modern first world country is even self replacing if you take out immigration. And **** all would die of flu without flu shots anyway. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision 21 June 2017 The current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report being launched today. And scrapping flu shots and MMR vaccines would have almost no effect on that given that hardly anyone in the two most populous countries bothers with flu shots and MMR vaccines. In spades with the bulk of the rest of the the world. Corse it would, How off that it doesn't in India and China. flu complicates to pneumonia, Only in the days before we invented antibiotics. CDC says more die of flu worldwide than some experts have estimated Dec 13, 2017, pbs.org As many as 646,000 people may die from influenza each year worldwide, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - a larger number than what other health experts have predicted in years past. Clearly they mostly didn't have a flu jab, so stopping flu shots is going to have no useful effect on world population levels. The CDC said between 291,000 and 646,000 people die from seasonal flu-linked respiratory illnesses. And with a 2:1 ratio there, its silly to be saying 291 and not 290 and 646 and not 645 Earlier projections from the World Health Organization's earlier projections of deaths from seasonal flu - 250,000 to 500,000 per year - "are outdated," according to the study published Wednesday in The Lancet. But insignificant with a world population of 7B [...] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/...-who-estimated which everyone knows is "the old man's friend", Just because some silly senile old fool claimed that... cause it saves him all that suffering of infirmity! Doesn't happen anymore. Measles, mumps, rubella are a rite of passage, necessary to give youngsters a lesson in humility. Even sillier than you usually manage and that's saying something. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world's population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline. And scrapping flu shots and MMR vaccines would have almost no effect on that given that hardly anyone in the two most populous countries bothers with flu shots and MMR vaccines. In spades with the bulk of the rest of the the world. If 99% of China is vaccinated, It isnt for flu every year. why do they have measles outbreaks? Because 99% arent vaccinated with the best measles vaccines, stupid. Stephan Neidenbach, May 5, 2017 This is a common question from vaccine deniers. The first thing to understand is that it isn't a 99% rate, in fact 95% of babies in China are currently being vaccinated against measles. Still, that should be enough as the rate for herd immunity is somewhere between 90% & 95%. Keep in mind though, the U.S. has this rate as well, and still has its own measles outbreaks. [...] =========== 2017 Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign in India SR Shrivastava, PS Shrivastava, & J Ramasamy Dear Editor, The member states of the U.N. have agreed to eliminate measles & rubella, & bring about an end to the associated deaths in newborns & children by 2030, & thus aid in the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals. [...] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869958/ https://www.un.org/development/desa/...-revision.html |
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Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement
"Rod Speed" wrote:
wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: "Rod Speed" wrote: wrote: Steve Walker wrote: Max Demian wrote: wrote: Why the World Needs to Rethink Retirement By Katie Robertson, Dec. 4, 2018, NY Times [...] "A 30-to-40-year retirement is very different than a 10- or 20-year retirement." [...] Not much "rethinking" evident in the article, just stating existing conditions and possible problems with it. What is the (presumably relatively youthful) author proposing? Work 'til you drop? Greatly increased retirement age? Retirees retraining for different jobs? All very well for the pundits in rewarding jobs, but the vast majority of people get fed up with working and just don't want to do it any more. Increasing the retirement age makes sense, but if so, there should be some sort of variable version to allow those with life shortening conditions to retire earlier, so that they are not expected to work until they drop. We should stop making flu shots and MMR vaccines, to control population more in line with nature's way. No need anymore. Not one modern first world country is even self replacing if you take out immigration. And **** all would die of flu without flu shots anyway. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision 21 June 2017 The current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report being launched today. And scrapping flu shots and MMR vaccines would have almost no effect on that given that hardly anyone in the two most populous countries bothers with flu shots and MMR vaccines. In spades with the bulk of the rest of the the world. Corse it would, How off that it doesn't in India and China. flu complicates to pneumonia, Only in the days before we invented antibiotics. CDC says more die of flu worldwide than some experts have estimated Dec 13, 2017, pbs.org As many as 646,000 people may die from influenza each year worldwide, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - a larger number than what other health experts have predicted in years past. Clearly they mostly didn't have a flu jab, so stopping flu shots is going to have no useful effect on world population levels. The CDC said between 291,000 and 646,000 people die from seasonal flu-linked respiratory illnesses. And with a 2:1 ratio there, its silly to be saying 291 and not 290 and 646 and not 645 Earlier projections from the World Health Organization's earlier projections of deaths from seasonal flu - 250,000 to 500,000 per year - "are outdated," according to the study published Wednesday in The Lancet. But insignificant with a world population of 7B And a certain percentage of the city populations will often be at home sick with the flu, instead of being out on the road driving, so it will ease the worsening traffic congestion! [...] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/...-who-estimated which everyone knows is "the old man's friend", Just because some silly senile old fool claimed that... cause it saves him all that suffering of infirmity! Doesn't happen anymore. Measles, mumps, rubella are a rite of passage, necessary to give youngsters a lesson in humility. Even sillier than you usually manage and that's saying something. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world's population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline. And scrapping flu shots and MMR vaccines would have almost no effect on that given that hardly anyone in the two most populous countries bothers with flu shots and MMR vaccines. In spades with the bulk of the rest of the the world. If 99% of China is vaccinated, It isnt for flu every year. why do they have measles outbreaks? Because 99% arent vaccinated with the best measles vaccines, stupid. Stephan Neidenbach, May 5, 2017 This is a common question from vaccine deniers. The first thing to understand is that it isn't a 99% rate, in fact 95% of babies in China are currently being vaccinated against measles. Still, that should be enough as the rate for herd immunity is somewhere between 90% & 95%. Keep in mind though, the U.S. has this rate as well, and still has its own measles outbreaks. [...] =========== 2017 Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign in India SR Shrivastava, PS Shrivastava, & J Ramasamy Dear Editor, The member states of the U.N. have agreed to eliminate measles & rubella, & bring about an end to the associated deaths in newborns & children by 2030, & thus aid in the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals. [...] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869958/ https://www.un.org/development/desa/...-revision.html |
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Lonely Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:08:18 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Clearly they mostly didn't have a flu jab, so stopping flu shots is going to have no useful effect on world population levels. "Flu shots" now??? What has that got to do with uk.d-i-y, senile Ozzietard? -- Bod addressing abnormal senile quarreller Rot: "Do you practice arguing with yourself in an empty room?" MID: |
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