Scott Colom’s identical twin on his Senate edge: ‘We always kind of stood out’

(identical) twins are also pretty medically rare as compared to fraternal twins, the vast majority of identicals you see alive today are a result of a lot of advanced medical innovations and strain on the family.<br><br>anecdotally, i keep noticing that teen and adult identicals are SO much more respectful and knowledgeable about the sacrifices families make (amplified by multiples) raising babies plus general scientific innovation. we have alive adult multiples in large part due to a lot of familial struggle and modern innovative medical interventions.<br>not-fun fact: we don’t have firm numbers on this because the stats from back then are too poor quality for valid comparison to today, but it’s very plausible to infer that cultural stereotypes about birth order for multiples (first/last will be more confident or smart or jealous or whatever) actually had factual basis in the past. before modern intervention for high-risk pregnancies and NICU expertise, a lot of multiples (identicals especially) came out in a certain order based on various disease processes causing different growth/physiology between babies plus lifelong neurological consequences that can really impact their survival, personality, and future achievements. thank GOD for modern medical interventions when they’re needed (it gives us these surviving adults who have the perspective to do politics more ethically due to their respect for families and medicine) or just wanted due to personal preferences. but the stats don’t lie, a major thing American healthcare has to work on to work out of our awesome ‘worst maternal AND fetal morbidity and mortality in the developed world’ position is training our providers to swiftly, effectively provide needed intervention that enables babies to survive and thrive into adulthood while also not regressing into the statistically destructive “pregnancy and childbirth is automatically super risky and life-or-death all the time, so the right thing to do is coerce interventions onto everyone even if they need or want that” (often resorting to obstetric violence) cult that’s taking valuable resources and attention away from doing actually interesting interventions saving the lives of babies who actually need it. if we get this balance better, it easily leads to live births surviving and thriving into adulthood and eventually becoming ultra-awesome politicians and scientists and other professionals and their supporters because that experience tends to give them real perspective on healthcare and family values.

sir Andrew Colom - your commercials were a major part of helping people understand that Senator Colom was relatable approachable and just like one of the people who they knew - you helped break through barriers- you changed people’s perception of what is possible- your brother will improve lives of his constituents- please understand that you have changed things for the better in ways that I don’t even know yet- God bless you and your loved ones