Child Mortality Debate

Some percentage of children are going to die before getting a chance to have their own children.

not all those children survive, thats the reason

High child mortality is still a bad thing.

Kids mortality used to be much higher then it is now.

The baby probably does not benefit from the death of the mother.

If we reduce the number of people dying, you will still see stories just like this because they have an impact and they cause reflection. They're meaningful stories.Many fewer people did die prematurely in the last 50 years, precisely because people did the work you're wanting them to do.The reason this story even could happen is because it's so rare to hear stories like this anymore. It's not like the middle ages where 30-50% infant mortality was common. People wouldn&

Hi Lars,Sorry for your loss. I myself have two sons and almost cried when I read your post.I just wanted to respectfully disagree that losing a child was that commonplace until approximately yesterday. IMO it's such a common thing that even today millions of people around the world suffer from that [0]. It's equally horrible experience to lose a child to what you describe in your post or to lose a child due to something this: [1]. (One could argue that a child simply dying is sli

My take away is that it's a child dies of poor nutritional education of the parents

It’s statistically bad for the children, worse than a death of a parent surprisingly.

Well, there are still currently regions of the world where high child mortality is common. Stories from those areas might provide some insight on what you are wondering.