DETAILS ABOUT BABIES
Added on: 30th Nov 2015
ACCORDING TO A U.S. GOVERNMENT REPORT,
THE UNITED STATES HAS THE WORST INFANT MORTALITY
RATE OF ANY DEVELOPED COUNTRY. IN FACT,
A BABY IN THE US IS NEARLY 3 TIMES AS LIKELY TO DIE
AS A BABY IN FINLAND.
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE HEALTHCARE IS WORSE IN THE US.
ACTUAL LIVE BIRTH RATES ARE ALMOST THE SAME
ACROSS ALL DEVELOPED NATIONS. THE US LAGS
BEHIND BECAUSE ONCE BABIES LEAVE THE HOSPITAL,
LOWER INCOME CHILDREN HAVE A MUCH SMALLER CHANCE
OF REACHING THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY THAN THEIR
COUNTERPARTS ELSEWHERE.
WHY? THE U.S. HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RICH-POOR
GAPS OF ANY DEVELOPED NATION AND PRIVATIZED
HEALTHCARE IN THE US IS NOT AS AVAILABLE TO
LOWER INCOME FAMILIES, WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTHCARE
IN OTHER COUNTRIES OFFERS EVEN THE POOREST
CITIZENS MEDICAL ATTENTION.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR SIMILAR REASONS THE US
ALSO LAGS BEHIND EVERYBODY ELSE IN MATERNAL
MORTALITY RATES.
ENOUGH OF THE DEPRESSING STATISTICS, DID YOU
KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WERE IN THE WOMB YOU HAD
TASTE BUDS ON THE ROOF AND SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH
AS WELL AS YOUR TONGUE?
BABIES SOMETIMES SLEEP WITH THEIR EYES OPEN.
THEY CAN ALSO BREATHE AND SWALLOW AT
THE SAME TIME.
BABIES ARE SUPER STRONG RELATIVE TO THEIR SMALL SIZE.
IN FACT, THEY CAN EASILY LIFT THEIR OWN BODY WEIGHT.
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