The death rate for children has dropped dramatically
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#2The enormous risk factor from the article is malnutrition. Givewell, an organization which specializes in estimating the cost-effectiveness of forms of charitable giving, suggests treating acute malnutrition could be extremely cost effective, costing a few thousand dollars to save a life.
https://blog.givewell.org/2021/11/19/malnutrition-treatment/
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#3My god, can we get some POSITIVE news for once?
( /s )
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#4"Yet there's cause for alarm"
I find these claims actually dangerous
We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm".
Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
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#5"Yet there's cause for alarm" I find these claims actually dangerous We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm". Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
Just pick whatever timeframe is convenient for your cause
Ive lost faith in people’s ability to perceive that so might as well make them your flock
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#6"Yet there's cause for alarm" I find these claims actually dangerous We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm". Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
Claiming everything is cause for alarm is defecting against the ability to communicate about important things because it means alarms no longer work. Journalists have been crying wolf 24/7/365 on every available bit of bandwidth for decades now and it's time to start treating them appropriately.
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#7Even having a mildly sick child is devastating as a parent. It guts you. I can’t fathom what it would be like to lose a child. I’m sure it is a major factor in many other poor outcomes for the family and community.
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#8"Yet there's cause for alarm" I find these claims actually dangerous We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm". Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
Yeah, NPR has been driving me nuts with this crap. There seem to be 0 news sources available that can’t help but slip some alarmist flavor text in. I can’t listen to it anymore.
Re: The death rate for children has dropped dramatically
#9"Yet there's cause for alarm" I find these claims actually dangerous We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm". Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
Claiming everything is cause for alarm is defecting against the ability to communicate about important things because it means alarms no longer work. Journalists have been crying wolf 24/7/365 on every available bit of bandwidth for decades now and it's time to start treating them appropriately.
Run out of the village, into the forest, to fend against actual wolves, preferably.
Re: The death rate for children has dropped dramatically
#10"Yet there's cause for alarm" I find these claims actually dangerous We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm". Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
Yeah, NPR has been driving me nuts with this crap. There seem to be 0 news sources available that can’t help but slip some alarmist flavor text in. I can’t listen to it anymore.
That’s just normal news flavor text, like “breaking news” or “storm watch”. There’s no semantic meaning, the words just boost engagement metrics.
Which would you click first? “Clock sales dip, wristwatches gain” or “Breaking News: storm watches PUMMEL bedside clock sales, is it cause for alarm?”