Npars01, 6 months ago

@NinaBernstein1

Republican billionaire donors dropped the average life expectancy of Americans by 5 years.

The 1% is quite proud of that fact.
They killed 1.18 Americans to shave a few points off tax revenues.

Gun violence. Covid.

The rich believe more Americans need to die because they oppose public health care system.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/01/america-life-expectancy-regions-00113369

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/american-life-expectancy-dropping/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/life-expectancy-calculator-compare-states-countries/

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/25/1164819944/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-life-expectancy

Lizette603_23, 6 months ago

@NinaBernstein1 She'll shill for ANYONE AT ALL

deborahh, 6 months ago

@NinaBernstein1 really? Rising life expectancy?

It's dropping in Canada, since 2020.
I doubt it's much different in the US?

https://mstdn.ca/@deborahh/111489079547974072

NinaBernstein1, 6 months ago

@deborahh Life expectancy has definitely dropped in the US. The Republican argument is that it’s still higher than it was when Social Security was created, when the average guy dropped dead before collecting much.

dangrsmind, 6 months ago

@NinaBernstein1 in the US life expectancy is not rising, it is declining.

So it's not even true.

CitizenZ, 6 months ago

@dangrsmind @NinaBernstein1 well, the covid drop effects the entire planet. To be fair, you would need to weigh that against other countries to determine if the US has dropped more or less..

flattliner, 6 months ago

@CitizenZ @dangrsmind @NinaBernstein1 Easily answered I’m afraid - US life expectancy plateaued from the turn of the century, then plummeted after Covid.

craftycat, 6 months ago

@flattliner @CitizenZ @dangrsmind @NinaBernstein1 I had no idea the difference between the US and Europe was THAT drastic...

flattliner, 6 months ago

@craftycat @CitizenZ @dangrsmind @NinaBernstein1 It is certainly dramatic, and begs the question, why?

GatekeepKen, 6 months ago

@flattliner @craftycat @CitizenZ @dangrsmind @NinaBernstein1

Guns, climate disaters, covid

flattliner, 6 months ago

@GatekeepKen @craftycat @CitizenZ @dangrsmind @NinaBernstein1 Guns, true enough; Covid was late in the decline but hey, 41% obesity can’t help; climate disasters though? FFS, been washing your brain or something? 💦🧠

Having read around the subject, some blame a suicide surge, but just look at that graph - it’s not a small difference, it’s fucking huge!

NinaBernstein1, 6 months ago

@craftycat @CitizenZ @dangrsmind @flattliner @GatekeepKen The term deaths of despair comes from Princeton economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton….The fastest rising death rates among Americans were from drug overdoses, suicide, and alcoholic liver disease. Deaths from these causes have increased between 56% and 387%, depending on the age cohort, over the past two decades, averaging 70,000 per year. https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/29/deaths-of-despair-unrecognized-tragedy-working-class-immiseration/