[quote=SK in CV]Do you think there’s been some sudden lunge forward in life saving medical procedures and medicines over the last decade? There hasn’t. These sorts of medical advancements have been going on for century. Many of them have saved or extended millions of lives. BG and I were around when when everyone went to schools or community centers to get polio vaccine boosters. Those vaccines saved literally hundreds of thousands of lives. And I have no doubt that trend in medicine will continue. But it is far from a sudden explosion of cures.
If I remember correctly, the origin of this discussion is related to raising the SS retirement age. That might work just fine for the well educated and the rich. The problem is, that the under-educated and those with lower economic means aren’t living any longer today than they were 20 years ago. Not much longer than they were 50 years ago.
The rich and well educated get the benefits of these new treatments. Everyone else, not so much.[/quote]
I see life saving medical advancement going to be on similar trajectory as technology. Yes, there have always been advancement. But I feel like we’ll see a parabolic increase in advancement in the next 20 years. Only time will tell, but I believe we’ll be able to live much longer than our parents. Only time will tell, but these kind of advancements that I’m posting seems to be coming fast and furious compare to the past. You mentioned Polio vacine. Today, we have medicine that will keep people alive with AIDS. That have saved millions of people. I don’t have the data, but I would love to see a comparison the quantity of medical advancement 20-30 years ago vs now. My gut is telling me it’s much more today.
