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{"id":4338,"date":"2022-09-18T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2022-09-18T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:10:33","slug":"vaccines-and-life-expectancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/vaccines-and-life-expectancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccines and Life Expectancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/vaccines-and-life-expectancy\/vaccines-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vaccines and Life Expectancy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?resize=474%2C267\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vaccines-.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the US, there is a positive correlation between the development of vaccines for different diseases and an increase in life expectancy. This positive correlation holds from the development of the polio vaccine to Covid. But Covid vaccine resistance has ended this positive trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/csEUOFN0g_o\" target=\"_blank\">Vaccines &amp; LIfe Expectancy<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/vaccines-and-life-expectancy\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the US, there is a positive correlation between the development of vaccines for different diseases and an increase in life expectancy. This positive correlation holds from the development of the polio vaccine to Covid. But Covid vaccine resistance has ended this positive trend. Watch Vaccines &amp; LIfe Expectancy to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[15,9,17,18],"tags":[5,71,43,334,184],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YcBF-17Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":662,"url":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/natural-parenting\/","url_meta":{"origin":4338,"position":0},"title":"Natural Parenting","author":"Kathleen Fuller","date":"July 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I define \"Natural Parenting\" as that which humans did for at least 2 million years and which, until recently, most modern foragers also did. \u00a0If this type of parenting worked successfully for millions of years, maybe we 'moderns' should think about modifying modern life to better incorporate natural parenting. 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