Life Expectancy went down another year in the US. Full report here. 26 years of progress wiped out. Also note that the life expectancy stalled in 2010 and throughout the Great Recession. Something I and many public health types noted. That spoke to a general sickness in the polity and this pandemic only set us sliding downhill (and it started with Reagan, in that he managed to start our divergence from the rest of the developing world). Note that we have been passed by China and their "Covid 0" policy that our media mocks and yet they don't seem to connect the two things at all. If anything is done, it will be more $ to the superrich as they spend more money to "fight" china, which they'll only do if it enriches themselves. 

Also note that Cuba, the country we've spent decades trying to destroy, has now passed us in life expectancy and, all because destroying poor people here is just as important for our elites. It's just impressive and instead of talking about this and how inequality plays a major role, we get people talking about the fentanyl overdoses as if it's Opium war 2, the revenge (and some thinking it's the only thing that's causing the decline). Seriously, always looking for a golden conspiracy, when it's kind of a conspiracy but not in the way they think. Sigh 😔