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    18 hours ago

    Good lord… I wonder if overall things were healthier for them during the pandemic than now.

    It is very similar to how people in the UK were actually healthier during WWII as the food rationing program meant they weren’t eating a total shit diet.

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      18 hours ago

      They also got more exercise as more of the population was engaged in physical labor (women’s land army) and factory work to produce food and war goods.