"Even more disturbing, in a change never recorded in the past century, the probability that children and adolescents will live to age 20 is now decreasing." https://wapo.st/3oLl8iX
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.

The Washington Post
@codinghorror I wonder what links USA, UK, and Italy - in the graph in the article, all have suffered drops in life expectancy recently, unlike other countries.
@jonpsp @codinghorror Covid. Italy and UK were also hit hard.
@codinghorror reason 692 why I need to get my young family out of here
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Something, something, guns and healthcare…
@codinghorror Our diets are killing us at younger and younger ages. We have children with fatty liver disease. Something unheard of 40 years ago. We eat too damn much ultra processed food. Fewer people know how or want to prepare healthy meals at home anymore. These are just a few of the scary trends today.

@codinghorror
"The committee examined five areas of relative deficiency that are likely contributing to the U.S. health disadvantage: (1) unhealthy behaviors, such as our diets and use of firearms; (2) inadequate health care and public health systems; (3) poor socioeconomic conditions; (4) unhealthy and unsafe environments; and (5) deficient public policies."

...now, who woulda thunk it....?

@codinghorror Sad as it is, this was my first thought…. “School shootings gotta be bringing down that average.”
@didole I wonder what links USA, UK, and Italy - in the graph in the article, all have seen declines in life expectancy recently, unlike other countries. https://geometrydash-online.io
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