Covid is the elephant in the room. But meanwhile the obesity crisis and the opioid crisis continue to worsen. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_rel

Covid is the elephant in the room. But meanwhile the obesity crisis and the opioid crisis continue to worsen. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/20211117.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/... 100k overdose deaths, up 25% YoY. About 3/4 of those deaths are opioids, which grew by 35% and seem to account for the entirety of the rise.