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Under what conditions do governments have a responsibility to curb overpopulation?
Many governments face problems of underreproduction and overreproduction. Some governments promote fertility, such as Japan and Armenia. China famously had a one-child policy to curb fertility.
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How has the Scottish Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic differed from that of the UK Government?
As healthcare is a devolved matter in the UK, the Scottish government is broadly responsible for the Scottish response to the pandemic, while the UK government is chiefly responsible for the response ...
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What is the rationale behind delaying the imposition of more radical Covid-19 countermeasures?
On March 3rd, the UK government released a publication detailing its Coronavirus action plan, which contains the four-stage plan that will be implemented throughout the country, in all four devolved ...
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Why was the budget for the Center of Disease Control being cut drastically?
Right now, the CDC - according to The Trust for America's Health (TFAH)- says that the Center of Disease Control is underfunded by $4.5 billion and an act passed on December 22, 2017 cut $750 million ...
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Has any person/group ever actively campaigned to switch to an opt out policy for organ donation in the US?
There are generally two options for determining rather a deceased individual's organs can be used from donation. The Opt-in policy says that the organs can not be used unless a person explicitly ...
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Healthcare costs [closed]
I am near 40 now and have always been athletic which has led multiple hospital visits in various states (sometimes I had health insurance sometimes I didn't). Also, I now live in HI which has great ...
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Why is imposing vaccination / immunization so hard to achieve?
This has been in my mind for a while, so I am breaking the ice on the politics site.
I am living in Romania (Eastern European country within the European Union), so this question might be too ...
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Where do the Green Party and NHA differ on NHS policy?
Both the British Green Party and the National Health Action (NHA) Party stand for an end to privatisation of health service provision and support services. The NHA is a single-issue party while the ...
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Why haven't any Governments banned cigarette sales when it has been proven that it's harmful?
Rather than advertising the harmful effects of cigarette smoking on the box, why hasn't any government just banned the selling of cigarettes in their respective countries? Doesn't it solve the main ...
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