Re: Productivity - Norway leads the table.

On Sep 8, 5:23 pm, James Arthur <dagmargoodb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 8, 8:28 am, MooseFET <kensm...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 8, 7:35 am, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

MooseFET wrote:
The health care system's policy on looking for various cancers in the
elderly can have a big impact of the survival rate number. If nobody
finds the cancer and a heart attack kills you, it may never be known
of. This improves the cancer survival number.

Cancer survival rates reflect the survival of people treated for
cancer--clearly the cancers were detected !

<snip>

The eating habbits in poor countries are not very good. It is the
countries with a modest economic system that generally have a good
diet. The poor tend to eat way too much of things like corn that are
super cheap.

Of the richer countries, the US was near the bottom of the list.
There has to be more at work than having the money to buy junk food.

Why does there have to be any more at work? Why do we need look any
farther?

Others have the money to buy junk food too. You made a claim about
the eating habits that was wrong it two ways. I pointed out both.


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