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Article #512Re: Dinosaurs killed by DAIDS?
From: m1b
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1987 16:29
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1987 16:29
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The first divergence from the original discussion concerned
syphilis being a wimpy epidemic during the Middle Ages because it took
so long to kill its victims. The article stated that since the average
lifespan during the Middle Ages was around 30, people normally died from
something else. Now, to refute the premise that the average lifespan
during the Middle Ages was 30, people are exempting just about every
condition that brought that average down! So I suppose that if you
discount infant mortality, wars, pestilence, famine, and plagues, then
the average lifespan is indeed much higher! Somehow, though, I don't
think this is sound statistical analysis.
Joe Barone ---------------------------> m1b@rayssd.RAY.COM
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!necntc!rayssd!m1b From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Dinosaurs killed by DAIDS? Message-ID: <1598@rayssd.RAY.COM> Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 12:29:02 EDT Article-I.D.: rayssd.1598 Posted: Tue Sep 29 12:29:02 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Oct-87 00:53:21 EDT References: <1057@mipos3.intel.com> <9114@ut-sally.UUCP> <3913@ecsvax.UUCP> <1987Sep27.223915.8232@sq.uucp> <9152@ut-sally.UUCP> Sender: m1b@rayssd.RAY.COM (M. Joseph Barone @ Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI) Reply-To: m1b@rayssd.RAY.COM (M. Joseph Barone) Distribution: na Organization: Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI Lines: 15 Keywords: AIDS, life expectancy