Then suddenly, more and more Americans began suffering from chronic diseases from obesity, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and all kinds of autoimmune diseases. Our maternal mortality rate soared to the highest of any developed country on earth. Same with infant mortality. Like the frog and the slowly boiling water, we didn't really notice as we got sicker and sicker. We've grown now to accept chronic disease conditions as normal. (00:42–00:48)
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Asserts that the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries.
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