{"id":12454,"date":"2023-12-17T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=12454"},"modified":"2023-12-17T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:17:39","slug":"us-life-expectancy-no-longer-catastrophic-now-merely-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=12454","title":{"rendered":"US life expectancy no longer catastrophic, now merely bad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“The CDC estimates 375,000<\/a> Americans died due to Covid-19<\/a> infection in 2020, and about 460,000<\/a> in 2021 \u2014 an almost incomprehensible loss<\/a> of human potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, there were fewer Covid-19 deaths, but still a lot: <\/em>244,000<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In 1980, US life expectancy was among the highest in the developed world; now, it\u2019s one of the lowest<\/a>. There are many possible reasons for this: Compared with other countries, the US\u2019s health care system is one of the most difficult to afford and navigate<\/a>, and invests less in preventive care than in high-tech treatment<\/a>. The nation wildly underfunds public health<\/a>, has a high prevalence of processed<\/a> foods<\/a>, and promotes overwork<\/a> and underrest. And access to guns<\/a> and opioids has made high rates of death<\/a> due<\/a> to<\/a> both<\/a> a uniquely American problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prevalence of many chronic<\/a> health<\/a> conditions<\/a> \u2014 along with smoking cigarettes<\/a>, another important contributor to premature death and Covid-19 mortality \u2014 can be changed by policy choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImproving the public health system, rebalancing the health care system more toward prevention, thinking about the social drivers of health more intensely, addressing major social challenges that sometimes are right in front of our eyes and associated with a lot of death,\u201d said Sharfstein, \u201call of those things are going to be necessary\u201d to improve Americans\u2019 overall health.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/health\/2023\/11\/29\/23981047\/us-life-expectancy-number-76-77-years-bad-why-covid-cdc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The CDC estimates 375,000 Americans died due to Covid-19 infection in 2020, and about 460,000 in 2021 \u2014 an almost incomprehensible loss of human potential.
\nIn 2022, there were fewer Covid-19 deaths, but still a lot: 244,000.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“In 1980, US life expectancy was among the highest in the developed world; now, it\u2019s one of the lowest. There are many possible reasons for this: Compared with other countries, the US\u2019s health care system is one of the most difficult to afford and navigate, and invests less in preventive care than in high-tech treatment. The nation wildly underfunds public health, has a high prevalence of processed foods, and promotes overwork and underrest. And access to guns and opioids has made high rates of death due to both a uniquely American problem.<\/p>\n

The prevalence of many chronic health conditions \u2014 along with smoking cigarettes, another important contributor to premature death and Covid-19 mortality \u2014 can be changed by policy choices.<\/p>\n

\u201cImproving the public health system, rebalancing the health care system more toward prevention, thinking about the social drivers of health more intensely, addressing major social challenges that sometimes are right in front of our eyes and associated with a lot of death,\u201d said Sharfstein, \u201call of those things are going to be necessary\u201d to improve Americans\u2019 overall health.”<\/p>\n

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