{"id":66321,"date":"2015-03-24T18:29:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=66321"},"modified":"2015-03-24T18:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:45:12","slug":"no-immigrants-from-countries-where-you-cant-safely-drink-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=66321","title":{"rendered":"No immigrants from countries where you can&#8217;t drink the water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This map is a good proxy for IQ. High IQ countries produce safe drinking water, low IQ countries produce crap water.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/8\/13\/5998765\/map-all-the-places-where-the-cdc-says-you-cant-drink-the-water\">From Vox.com<\/a>: As you can see, the CDC is very cautious, essentially arguing that only the richest countries have safe drinking water. 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