[wumeow]

> Meanwhile the US life expectancy has been decreasing.

That was a blip due to covid and has been slowly recovering to pre-pandemic levels.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/health/us-life-expectancy-202...

[jschveibinz]

"COVID-19, drug overdoses (opioid crisis), and accidental injury accounted for about two-thirds of the decline in life expectancy" in the U.S.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-life-expectancy-in-t...

[derbOac]

It was stagnant for years prior to the pandemic. So yes the pandemic had a huge impact but it wasn't exactly a great trend.