Life Expectancy Drives U.S. and World Population Growth

Ironically, Johnson’s historical narrative starts at a moment in time when it seemed people would never “stop dying.” In September 1918, a flu virus began spreading through Camp Devon, a crowded military base outside Boston. By the end of the second week, one in five soldiers came down with the illness. But the real shock, as described in the camp physician’s notes, was its lethality: “It is only a matter of a few hours then until death comes,” he wrote. “It is horrible. One can stand it to see one, two or 20 men die, but to see these poor devils dropping like flies sort of gets on your nerves. We have been averaging about 100 deaths per day.”

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World Water Day 2022

“World Water Day is on the 22nd of March every year. It is an annual United Nations Observance, started in 1993, that celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people currently living without access to safe water. A core focus of World Water Day is to inspire action towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.” – www.worldwaterday.org

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