Life expectancy in the US is dropping and Covid is only one factor. "In a change never recorded in the past century, the probability that children and adolescents will live to age 20 is now decreasing." My god, what a catastrophe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/american-life-expectancy-decline-covid/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjI2MjkwNzczIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NTU5MjAwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4Njg4Nzk5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg1NTkyMDAwLCJqdGkiOiJjZWNlMGZhNC04MTU4LTQ0MmItODJhNC0xNWQxZGJjZTM0MTIiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vb3BpbmlvbnMvMjAyMy8wNi8wMS9hbWVyaWNhbi1saWZlLWV4cGVjdGFuY3ktZGVjbGluZS1jb3ZpZC8ifQ.paNP8Mx7oE3UOdQo-AemKJcP1qr6IYA5vpK5-jqDeyE
American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault
American life expectancy took a hit from covid. But we've been struggling versus other countries for a long time.Steven H. Woolf (The Washington Post)
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in reply to kottke.org • • •American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault
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