• ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While what you say is generally true, I would add that many diseases were “rare” in pre-modern times because they were not easily diagnosis at the time or because people were killed earlier by something else that is now treatable.

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      1 year ago

      Sure, but incidence of lung cancer went way up as tobacco consumption rose heavily in the early 20th century.