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> Meanwhile the US life expectancy has been decreasing. That was a blip due to covid and has been slowly recovering to pre-pandemic levels. https://www.cnn.co
by wumeow 2y ago
> Meanwhile the US life expectancy has been decreasing.
That was a blip due to covid and has been slowly recovering to pre-pandemic levels.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/health/us-life-expectancy-2023/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/health/us-life-expectancy-202...
- jschveibinz 2y ago"COVID-19, drug overdoses (opioid crisis), and accidental injury accounted for about two-thirds of the decline in life expectancy" in the U.S. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-life-expectancy-in-the-us-is-falling-202210202835 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-life-expectancy-in-t...
- derbOac 2y agoIt was stagnant for years prior to the pandemic. So yes the pandemic had a huge impact but it wasn't exactly a great trend.