Here's the actual study, which avoids the histrionic editorializing of the original article, and should replace it. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/2/dy

Here's the actual study, which avoids the histrionic editorializing of the original article, and should replace it. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/2/dyae024/7632338?login=false https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/2/dyae024/7632338?lo... If you read the study, and check the supplemental charts, you will see that there is one, and only one, clear cause of divergence in mortality between the US and peer nations: Drug overdoses. Homicide is higher but has fallen steadily over the time measured, with a recent spike in 2020 (gosh, what's that about?). Nothing else shows any sort of sharp divergence.