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Max Roser (2024) - “Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data” Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/many-us-can-save-childs-life-rely-best-data' [Online Resource]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How does cutting off your legs and circumsision compare?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you cut something out, then you can't have diseases on this part anymore, but it doesn't mean it's a health benefit overall. I used the leg example to make the idea more obvious.