U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline

Post by eastbound » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 5:23 AM UTC

nishs wrote: post #4

From the article, “The Covid-19 pandemic is the primary cause of the decline.” And it is going to decline further. Covid affects multiple organ systems; the acute phase of the infection, it is safe to say at this point, is not the primary cause of concern. Covid-19 infection increases the chances of a stroke 4x and of heart failure more than 10x, among other disorders, within 12 months of infection. [1] A chief scien…

Post by TechBro8615 » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 5:32 AM UTC

fortran77 wrote: post #32

eric4smith wrote: post #3

Obesity. Covid literally attacks obese people. And obese people also are at huge risk. I'm overweight and I was literally frightened during covid. Now I lift weights every day and work on my diet very hard. But we are literally ignoring the elephant (literally) in the room.

I'm always amazed that few people want to talk about this. Early on in the pandemic, the NY Times acted shocked, shocked that 7 members of this family all died from COVID https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/nyregion/new-jersey-famil... As you said, nobody dared mention the 7 elephants in the room. In fact, the Times said: > "But the virus’s devastating toll on a single family is considered as rare as it is perplexing.…

Post by noodlenotes » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 5:36 AM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #2

> The Covid-19 pandemic is the primary cause of the decline. However, increases in the number of people dying from overdoses and accidents is also a significant factor. True statement but it should be the other way around. Deaths by overdoses are much more impactful in terms of life expectancy decline, since they mostly kill younger people.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 5:50 AM UTC

nishs wrote: post #4

From the article, “The Covid-19 pandemic is the primary cause of the decline.” And it is going to decline further. Covid affects multiple organ systems; the acute phase of the infection, it is safe to say at this point, is not the primary cause of concern. Covid-19 infection increases the chances of a stroke 4x and of heart failure more than 10x, among other disorders, within 12 months of infection. [1] A chief scien…

Post by erklik » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 6:00 AM UTC

nu11ptr wrote: post #121

midoridensha wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>One of the greatest failings of our "modern" healthcare system is that there's no plan to address this crisis. Obesity is the gateway to what seems like an infinite amount of health complications What are they supposed to do? Obesity is caused by American's terrible lifestyle. Healthcare systems can only do so much to compensate for a bad lifestyle. Stop drinking alcohol, and start walking everywhere instead of driv…

For starters, they could stop encouraging unhealthy eating ( cough food pyramid cough ). We should be be eating like our grandparent's grandparents (or as I call it: 'A real food' diet) but instead they tell us to shun meat but feel free to eat all the heavily processed carbs with HFCS and canola oil foods you want. Don't eat red meat, but pizza and fries are just fine!