[valine]

“Life expectancy is dropping in the US” is a great clickbait headline. Life expectancy has been rising steadily for decades, with a tiny blip downwards the last two years. You think maybe that big pandemic that killed a million people in the US had anything to do it?

The handwringing about lifestyle changes is exhausting.

[ygjb]

Well yeah, but the long tail of shitty health policy is coming home to roost. What kind of a health care impact do you think the recent criminalization of routine women's medical health procedures will have? (Hint - there are already women who are dying or having significant health impacts due to doctors delaying or outright refusing treatment out of fear of legal action in several states).

[gorjusborg]

> You think maybe that big pandemic that killed a million people in the US had anything to do it?

I'm not making judgements, just stating the fact. You obviously seem to have it all figured out though.

[bjtitus]

Kind of seems like your eyes are making judgements to assume 2 downward data points indicate a change in the overall trend.