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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by pclmulqdq on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:58AM (#33247239)
Fentanyl and suicide tend to kill young people, while COVID tends to kill people who are very old (at one point, the average age of a COVID death was greater than the life expectancy number).

It's the increasing mortality of young people that really drops life expectancy.

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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by lordnacho on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:30AM (#33247754)
But did the lockdown cause more overdose deaths?
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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by conductr on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:16AM (#33247520)
While true, the obesity issue was always going to force this down eventually anyways. Boomers are probably the oldest generation that will die younger than their parent due to it (statistically speaking). And probably just get worse from there for a good while. Innovative breakthroughs in health science can not keep pace with the wave of obesity related health issues.
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