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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Some great observations by John DeRivas and Mark Plus
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:43:55 +0200

On 4 Sep 2006, at 16:16,  wrote:

> With the exception of Cuba, of course.  It is such a workers  
> paradise  that

As noted on this List earlier, if you had to choose between Cuba, the  
USA, and Canada for a trip to the emergency room, Cuba was  
demonstrated to be the best option and the USA the worst.

Last year's hurricane season also demonstrated that Cuba was the  
place to be if you wanted to stay alive - as opposed to, for example,  
New Orleans. Cuba evacuated a whole section of the Island in time and  
not a single live was lost. They also had a couple of thousand  
doctors with backpaks loaded with medical supplies ready to be  
dropped into New Orleans, but the Bush Regime had other plans for the  
folks that couldn't get out in time. The Canadians were the first  
ones on the scene to provide aid to the residents of New Orleans -  
and they had to bring their boats a couple thousand miles overland.  
So, it looks like in this case the USA also came in dead last. And  
that 'dead' was not just figurative.


How about life expectancy?

http://www.freepress.org/dispatches/2003/display/103

Free medical care for everyone in Cuba has increased the life  
expectancy of its citizens to 73.41 years for men, and 78.30 years  
for women, earning Cuba the rank of 50th in the world. By comparison,  
the USA ranks 53rd with life expectancies of 72.95 years for men and  
79.67 years for women.


dss

David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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