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physicians -- whose illegible handwriting on charts and prescription pads causes thousands of deaths a year

Holy shit! That sounds like a way more interesting article to write than this one. Is that seriously true?

"I worry that cursive will go the way of Latin and that eventually we won't be able to read it," says Garcia. "What if 50 years from now, kids can't read the Declaration of Independence?"

Reading these documents already requires some trouble, especially since (to today's eyes) they were authored by the "Continental Congrefs".

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