libertarirynn:

I was going graveyard walking the other day and I was struck by how many children’s graves there were in this particular cemetery. From infants to toddlers to some older kids 8+, but many that didn’t make it past 10 years old. Most of them were born in the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s. Of course I don’t know how each of them died but I imagine that various diseases and birth defects were responsible for a lot of them. It just made me think about how “”holistic”” and anti-vaxx moms are always saying shit like “a 100 years ago we didn’t need all these Chemicals™️ and vaccines and stuff to medicate the children. Everyone used “”natural”” medicine!“ Yeah Karen and a lot of them died before their 12th birthday. I’m quite sure that modern medical advancements could’ve saved a lot of these kids. Older isn’t always better.