We can already see that many, many of the aging baby boomers, either poor, unskilled, unhealthy or some combination of the three, appear doomed.

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An increasing problem for aging Baby Boomer Americans: poor vision.

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It is a particular gamble if the child is conceived partly to provide a bone marrow graft for a brother or sister with a nasty genetic disease: not only might the new baby turn out be a poor match for transplantation, but might also have inherited the same disorder as his or her sibling.

ECONOMIST: Gene genies

She also recommends desensitizing the (poor) cat by playing a recording of a baby crying, and perhaps having a friend's child come over to play so the cat gets used to kids, and presumably is then less prone to a full blown freakout when sticky hands grab its tail.

CNN: When beloved pet and new baby collide

Baby perfumes could turn out to be a poor business decision as well.

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"Poor hand hygiene" by hospital staff may have been to blame for the death of a baby who contracted a fatal infection, an inquest has heard.

BBC: Jessica Strong

If I were to ask you which generation of employees is experiencing the most financial hardship, you might think of the Baby Boomers approaching retirement after a decade of weak stock and real estate markets or the Millennials squeezed between poor job prospects and high student loan payments.

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