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Sunday, December 26th, 2021

U.S. Life Expectancy Dropped Nearly 2 Years in 2020

Author:     Tara Law
Source:     Time Magazine
Publication Date:     December 22, 2021 11:20 AM EST
Link: U.S. Life Expectancy Dropped Nearly 2 Years in 2020
Stephan:   Here is some more solid social outcome data on healthcare to cut through the crap of mis- and dis-information. In addition to the longevity aspect, this also tells us a lot about the selfishness of the anti-vaxxer cohort. They are over-stressing the healthcare system and, in the process, degrading the system's ability to help people with other medical issues.
Nurses and healthcare workers mourn and remember their colleagues who died during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (which causes COVID-19) during a demonstration outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on April 10, 2020 in New York City.
Credit: Johannes Eisele / AFP

It’s clear that 2020 was a terrible year for health in the U.S., but just how terrible is now coming into focus. New mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics finds that life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years in 2020 compared to 2019, and more than 528,800 more U.S. residents died in 2020 than in 2019. It is the largest single-year increase in annual mortality since 1933, when data for the entire country first became available.

COVID-19 is the primary reason for this shift. The virus was the cause of 10.4% of all deaths last year and became the third-most common cause of death in the country. However, the report also reflects the shock waves the pandemic sent through the U.S. healthcare system. “The report card for the year was […]

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1 Comment

  1. Marco Kappenberger on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:09 pm

    China

    1.
    had noticed Covid in Wuhan, likely leaked from its baceriological warfare research centre in Wuhan, knew of the terrible consequences globally, and, depite this, chose :not to inform ritht away the World Health Organizaton as was China’s duty.

    2.
    China chose to stop;all flights from Wuhan to destinations in China, while it allowed flights to the Muslim regions, to Hong Kong & Macao, to Tibet, and to hundreds of destinations globally to continue ! So China made sure that Covid be effectively spread globally !!!

    3.
    In its brutal offensive against the economically-poorest nations of the world, China is still proactively pushing them into huge unsustainable debt with the aim to take their land, resources & infrastructure.

    4.
    Ever since China’s savage repression against its best citizen on TienAnMin Square next to the ancient Residences of China’s Emperors, China’s out prepotently to conquer the world for itself.