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How many of us would wouldn't be here?

Had appendicitis like 9 years ago, so probably not

Had Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2018 so probably not

I'm a cancer survivor amongst other things so I'm going to go with no.

Nope would have died soon after I was born or been still born.

I'm trans, so I would probably be dead by now. Or on the verge of death from alcohol, tobacco, and/or opium abuse.
Or I would be in a sanitorium and merely wish I was dead!

Pretty sure the surgery performed on me as an infant was one of the first to be done so I'm gonna say no.

Probably, although that's not accounting for if I would've contracted a Victorian era disease

Never had anything wrong with me, so probably.

I'm overdue a heart attack, though.

I'd be dead.

I have heart disease, for which I have a pacemaker, and an aortic aneurysm. So, at the very least , Id be walking around with bradycardia.

Probably, but missing most of my theeth

I just had ankle surgery on Friday. I might be alive but probably an amputee.

I was born by C-section, so I probably would have died during childbirth.

Probably not. For the most part I don't actually make that much use of medical services, but there was one case about 10 years back that I'm pretty sure would've done me in without the hospital stay.

(To be very clear here, I'm not anti-medicine, and for that matter yes I am vaccinated against covid; I just tend to be one of those "I only seek medical help if I really need it" types.)

Probably dead.

I had a pretty severe auto immune disease as a kid and they told my parents there's a good chance I would die on several occasions as a child but I managed to pull through. However with Victorian era medicine? I'm like 99% sure I wouldn't have made it since I barely scraped by with modern (90's) medicine

Both my sister and I would be dead from thyroid problems. She nearly died aged 30 or so, cos the doctors never bothered to do a simple test... Oh and we both had tooth absesses which was a common cause of death pre-antibiotics.

Juvenile diabetes. Dead/10

I don't have any deadly diseases but I imagine by severe skin condition would make my life pretty painful.

I would be. I've been lucky enough to be healthy most of my life.

Only hitch would be my random sudden onset ITP I had a couple years ago which stumped my docs too. Went from borderline no blood platelets to perfectly fine a day and a half later under observation, and they didn't do shit to me.

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I was born by C-section, so I probably would have died during childbirth.

Oh yeah, so was I. Doctors said a natural birth would've killed me.

I wouldve died at 5 years old from pneumonia

Let's be honest, all of us would be dead of consumption

I would have died from a fever & infection when I was a teen.

Definitely dead

Would have died from an asthma attack when I was young.

I'd have a huge scar if they tried to take out my gallbladder.

And I lived.

I was hospitalized at 2 for ecoli so probably not lmao