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FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines::Update from the Food and Drug Agency comes days after Philips said it would stop selling the devices in the U.S.

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[–] yoz@aussie.zone 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Philips said it would stop selling the devices in the U.S

Lol wtf bro! Just stop selling it! Fuckers will now start selling in in 3rd world countries like China, India etc.

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

China is not a third world country

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh really ? Damn i was there last year and no different that other 3rd world. Rampant poverty, shitty roads etc. Mind it , I was not living in the city , city is developed but same is the case for all 3rd world countries.

[–] jmanes@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Come to the midwest of the USA. You'll find all of that shit out here, too, if you know where to look.

[–] Aasikki@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The US is also a third world country just like china.

[–] jmanes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don’t separate countries by arbitrary terms like “third world.” It’s a country and people live within it.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And Antarctica

[–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Joe & Nic's road trip is an eye opener for techbros not aware of the poverty in their nation.

[–] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Third world" just meant Africa, but picked up the "poor" connotation from those ads in the 80s with the starving african children, a "Nimrod" affect.

[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you want to get pedantic about it, 3rd world originally meant countries that didn't take sides in the cold war. 1st world was US and western European democracies and their client states and allies, 2nd world was USSR and their client states and allies.

3rd world was Africa, India, a lot of SE Asia and some Central/South American countries.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact, Finland and Sweden were also third world countries under this definition.

[–] Tum@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

and Ireland too!

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It is sort of by definition. Third world doesn't actually mean poor or backward