Major decrease in childhood mortality rate due to vaccines?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I'd look for correlation with antibiotics

[–]fschmidt 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Correlation isn't good enough. Anything that correlates with modern technology and science will also correlate with reduced childhood mortality. But this doesn't imply cause.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

truth. Clean drinking water is a big one too.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

150 years ago children worked in dangerous places too.