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Extra Life

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What’s it about?

How we doubled human life expectancy through clean water, vaccines, antibiotics, and public health systems—a hidden miracle of modern civilization.

You’ll learn

  • Clean water infrastructure saved more lives than any drug
  • Germ theory and vaccines conquered infectious diseases
  • Antibiotics turned bacterial infections from death sentences to curable
  • Data-driven public health is the unsung hero of longevity