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Hellbender said:
The large drop in population would put a bigger burden on the survivors.

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Actually, I think it's the other way around.

Doctors in British Columbia went on strike for a few months, some years back. During that time, they did emergency trauma stuff only, no elective surgeries, no Dr. appointments, etc. Ya know what happened? The death rate in the entire province DROPPED by 2/3 during that time!

One of my sons-in-law is an M.D. His advice - "Stay away from doctors, those guys'll kill you".

I'm at an age now where I think I know more dead people than live people, which is kinda depressing. Looking back at all that - it was usually the treatment and not the disease that killed 'em.

Medicine, like the FBI and sex with blond-headed women, is 'way overrated.

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