In which John considers the fragility of everything, and a potential reversal of human progress for the first time in generations.
SOURCES:
Poverty and Health Graphs come from Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty-in-brief
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/tuberculosis-deaths-region
https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality
Info on historical rates of child mortality came from Statista
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
Percentage of U.S.-born people living to 20 is from the SSA: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
The total "pause" on foreign aid: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-order-freezing-foreign-aid-halts-programs-worldwide-prompts-confusion-and-rush-for-waivers-af2b6ece
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