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The Evolution of Tragedy - From Premature Deaths to Urban Disasters?

why the LA Fires are especially jarring to Palisades' residents

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James F. Richardson
Jan 25, 2025
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Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 8-16, 2023

High infant mortality and maternal mortality before modern prenatal and postnatal medicine. Smallpox, measles, polio, influenza, food poisoning, and tuberculosis before vaccines and antibiotics. Child malnutrition. Farm accidents. Death from heart attacks, strokes, and injury blood loss before 911 services. Rampant …

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