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From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Dinosaurs killed by DAIDS?
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Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 12:29:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 29 12:29:02 1987
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Keywords: AIDS, life expectancy


	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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