Washington had acute throat inflammation + ~2.5 liters of bloodletting, died from asphyxiation + hypovolemic shock. Modern consensus: bloodletting was harmful, no benefit. But he requested it himself back then! If someone today offered to let out a few hundred ml of your “toxic blood” for “detox”, would you dare? Or do you only dare to roast historical Western medicine, but stay silent on today’s “masters”? Be honest below
#WashingtonsDeath #BloodlettingDebate
The atomic bomb is essentially a successful case of ultimate deterrence. If Hiroshima and Nagasaki had not happened in 1945, nuclear weapons might never have been used in actual combat, and humanity could have been safer as a result——what do you think of this paradox of “using war to end war”?
#NuclearDeterrence #WarParadox #AtomicBomb