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Babies are bleeding to death as parents reject a vitamin shot given at birth. The injection to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of antivax. (www.propublica.org)
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[–] [S] 53 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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Life before modern medicine is summed up in four words: half the children died.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    for real. I got to visit a newborn recently and the nurses were all, "oh yeah the jaundice is going down!" there's so much that can go wrong.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Jaundice is the least of concern for a baby from 200 years ago

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago*

    Literally yes. Both because jaundiced in babies is usually fine, but also because those most likely to have jaundice are premies and that would suck to be before the invention of the incubator

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Jaundice isnt weird for babies, and in most cases isnt something that requires any intervention. Kids get jaundiced because their little livers cant break down their blood overproduction (They're switching out their fetal hemoglobin as they need to start breathing on their own instead of stealing mamas oxygen) so they get too much bilirubin, so they get jaundiced. It's fine.

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