tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post7680521172891242071..comments2024-03-28T10:25:22.825+01:00Comments on Robert's Stochastic thoughts: Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455788499385673507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-71818729594771820292007-07-12T16:31:00.000+02:002007-07-12T16:31:00.000+02:00I wonder also about who is doing the measuring of ...I wonder also about who is doing the measuring of these things in Cuba. It was very difficult to get good data of this kind out of the USSR, and much of what we thought we knew about life there pre-wall-fall turned out to be very wrong, because we were fed lies by the politicians there.<BR/><BR/>Cuba is probably less closed than Soviet Russia, but it's still remarkably secretive and totalitarian. I doubt we can trust these figures. I've seen plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that glowing accounts of health in Cuba could well be very dubious.<BR/><BR/>Unless these figures come from data collected by outside agencies with full access to primary data, and who *checked* that data carefully, I don't think we can know whether Cuba's mortality rates are really as good as they say they are, or even in the ballpark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com