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posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:49PM   Printer-friendly

U.S. Life Expectancy Fell By 1.5 Years In 2020, The Biggest Drop Since WW II:

Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year and a half in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says the coronavirus is largely to blame.

COVID-19 contributed to 74% of the decline in life expectancy from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

It was the largest one-year decline since World War II, when life expectancy dropped by 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943. Hispanic and Black communities saw the biggest declines.

[...] "The range of factors that play into this include income inequality, the social safety net, as well as racial inequality and access to health care," Curtis said.


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  • (Score: 2) by Pav on Monday July 26 2021, @02:30PM (16 children)

    by Pav (114) on Monday July 26 2021, @02:30PM (#1160003)

    Apparently your brainwashing can't countenance the fact US life expectancy was dropping year on year before COVID. Of course the linked Smithsonian Magazine article can't appear to apportion any blame to bad healthcare up front... but solely on gun ownership causing suicides in rural areas, and on drug use, therefore upholding their half of the state media apparatus (remember children... what 70% of Americans mistrust and naively call (the key word) "partisan" is the very definition of state media [wikipedia.org]. Because the magazine must also maintain its academic pretensions it burys important details. For anyone studious enough to read the actual article they'll find out US healthcare is so bad that of the top 10 causes of death—heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and suicide... only cancer witnessed a decrease in mortality rates... seven others increased. Preventative care (the most cost effective healthcare) is "frivolous" according to khallow, as is decent after-the-fact healtcare apparently. Regarding SMS censorship the Politifact article wasn't specific - saying that SMS censorship is not meant for individuals is gaslighting... surely you're not THAT politically naive. But it's unambiguous that they're looking to build censorship in. If your boiled-frog-patriotism makes you think that once the capability is there they won't find a way to justify using it nefariously and/or on individuals, then good for you.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pav on Monday July 26 2021, @09:25PM

    by Pav (114) on Monday July 26 2021, @09:25PM (#1160164)

    Ooops... the "linked Smithsonian article" wasn't, but now is [smithsonianmag.com].

  • (Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Tuesday July 27 2021, @05:47AM (14 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 27 2021, @05:47AM (#1160292) Journal
    So now you've introduced Smithsonian articles, gun ownership, and babble about healthcare. I think the problem here is that you don't know how to argue a point, instead always migrating to safe ground. Sorry, I'm just not interested. I'm not here for your pet points, especially when you show signs that you have your own problems that are just as bad (such as advocating for taxes on empty calories - which indicates a dysfunctional expectation that government is going to fix moral and behavioral problems, like much of the list you were complaining about, such as the OPCW thing).
    • (Score: 2) by Pav on Tuesday July 27 2021, @12:44PM (13 children)

      by Pav (114) on Tuesday July 27 2021, @12:44PM (#1160334)

      You expect to lose, so you do... and you rage against people who don't accept that kind of thing. This is not a good habit.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 27 2021, @01:46PM (12 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 27 2021, @01:46PM (#1160344) Journal
        And a lot of trash talk too. Look, I'm not here to debate the entirety of bad US policy every time you post something that I disagree with.
        • (Score: 2) by Pav on Wednesday July 28 2021, @06:13AM (11 children)

          by Pav (114) on Wednesday July 28 2021, @06:13AM (#1160593)

          And I suppose bad US policy has nothing to do with US citizens being prey animals for the healthcare industry. Aparently even weed-smoking ex bricklayers understand that they can have an amusing rage-filled yet significant [youtube.com] influence on such politics. Nihilistic whining about how government will always screw you over is just sewing handles onto your arse-cheeks.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday July 28 2021, @11:56AM (10 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 28 2021, @11:56AM (#1160614) Journal
            What's the point of your ranting? I'm not here today to fix that. And health care predators aren't to blame for large scale spreading of covid in the US.
            • (Score: 2) by Pav on Wednesday July 28 2021, @11:14PM (9 children)

              by Pav (114) on Wednesday July 28 2021, @11:14PM (#1160810)

              Except the US baseline is going backwards eg. the UK actually has slightly more COVID deaths per million as of July 2021 [statista.com], but even the most poverty-stricken areas [theguardian.com] of the UK have gone backwards less than the US as a whole.

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday July 29 2021, @05:20AM (8 children)

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 29 2021, @05:20AM (#1160926) Journal

                Except the US baseline is going backwards

                That is correct. So what?

                • (Score: 2) by Pav on Thursday July 29 2021, @12:56PM (7 children)

                  by Pav (114) on Thursday July 29 2021, @12:56PM (#1160988)

                  **points at the topic** BTW the topic is incorrect - it's the biggest drop since WWI + the spanish flu epidemic. I guess that makes living in the USA the WWI bit.

                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday July 30 2021, @03:02AM (6 children)

                    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 30 2021, @03:02AM (#1161261) Journal
                    Again, what is the point of your posts? You're not paying me enough to fix US health care. And your repeated meandering between non sequiturs indicates to me a strong likelihood you don't have much of a clue either. The mental discipline just isn't there.
                    • (Score: 2) by Pav on Saturday July 31 2021, @12:20AM (5 children)

                      by Pav (114) on Saturday July 31 2021, @12:20AM (#1161554)

                      It's just fascinating to see someone call pretty basic evidence-based arguments for public health a non sequitur while living in the middle of concurrent disasters proving otherwise. I'm certainly making no excuses for eg. Australias privatised quarantine system, but at least it gives us repeated clear demonstrations of which strategies work both from an economic and health standpoint when dealing with an initial COVID outbreak eg. New South Wales (minimal business disruption + investing in contact tracing to outrun the incubation period), vs Queensland and Victoria (three-day lockdowns to contact-trace and get all primary contacts quarantined).

                      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday July 31 2021, @01:24AM (4 children)

                        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 31 2021, @01:24AM (#1161580) Journal

                        It's just fascinating to see someone call pretty basic evidence-based arguments for public health a non sequitur while living in the middle of concurrent disasters proving otherwise.

                        There's another word for this, "reason". Non sequitur means "irrelevant". Talking about how fascinating the irrelevant thing is, doesn't make it more relevant.

                        For a glaring example of this, what is the "evidence" evidence for? Turns out it's your ability to retreat to the same pet topics you've retreated to the last time we had this exercise. Well, until those pet topics start having some bearing to the original discussion, they're non sequiturs by definition.

                        • (Score: 2) by Pav on Saturday July 31 2021, @09:24AM (2 children)

                          by Pav (114) on Saturday July 31 2021, @09:24AM (#1161659)

                          "Non sequitur" means something doesn't necessarily follow. Your bewilderment and bluster at cause and effect IS amusing though.

                          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 01 2021, @02:36AM (1 child)

                            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 01 2021, @02:36AM (#1161844) Journal

                            Your bewilderment and bluster at cause and effect IS amusing though.

                            Oh look, now a straw man. Really. Learn how to argue and stay on topic.

                            • (Score: 2) by Pav on Monday August 02 2021, @01:45AM

                              by Pav (114) on Monday August 02 2021, @01:45AM (#1162105)

                              Such a shame about the evidence though isn't it.... ;)

                        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @06:46PM

                          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @06:46PM (#1162782)
                          lol @ a guy who can't stay on topic arguing with a guy who openly refuses to read links that might counter his point. You know you guys are just gonna go on taking jabs until one of you gives up.

                          *eating popcorn*