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@GriffithDidAnythingWrong
Allow me to be pedantic. Life expectancy and expected life span are not the same. Life expectancy back then was so low because of the horrific infant and child mortality rates dragging the average down to around 30. The life span of anyone who survived to reach double digits in age was around 60-70, which is when the body starts to get weaker and fighting off illness. Hence why children and elderly are two of the high risk categories for COVID.
60-70 years is still low by today's standards, but a lot of people seem to believe that anyone 30 years old in those days was considered a senior citizen.
Allow me to be pedantic. Life expectancy and expected life span are not the same. Life expectancy back then was so low because of the horrific infant and child mortality rates dragging the average down to around 30. The life span of anyone who survived to reach double digits in age was around 60-70, which is when the body starts to get weaker and fighting off illness. Hence why children and elderly are two of the high risk categories for COVID.
60-70 years is still low by today's standards, but a lot of people seem to believe that anyone 30 years old in those days was considered a senior citizen.