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Before the advent of modern medicine, with all its vaccines, antibiotics, sanitary improvements, etc., was there less in the way of infectious diseases in areas like Sardinia, Ikaria Island (Greece), and Okinawa which we now call Blue Zones (in which at least these days a disproportionate amount of people live at least to 100 without so much as being sick) than elsewhere in the world? Was longevity longer in those areas in those days than elsewhere?
How much infectious disease and shortened lifespan would there have been in those days in the Blue Zones compared to the developed countries of today?
Why are you asking so many screwy questions trying to compare yesteryear to today? How old are you? Is this a school project? Are we supposed to do your homework for you?
I'm being totally reasonable in asking these questions. The thing is that I hear that the Blue Zones are areas where, at least these days, people live longer and healthier lives than even in developed countries in general. I want to know whether that was also the case before modern medicine.
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