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As the U.S. passes the half-million mark on Covid-19 deaths, it may seem unsurprising that life expectancy, in the first half of 2020, dropped by an entire year.
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) February 28, 2021
But shrinking American longevity is startling for reasons that extend beyond the pandemic https://t.co/eDo35siMLP
These declines stand to grow larger when the full-year data become available, because deaths from Covid-19 nearly doubled in the second half of 2020:
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) February 28, 2021
📆125,000 deaths from Jan. to June
📆Almost 250,000 from July to Dec https://t.co/iPnyrCLsSQ pic.twitter.com/fPGODusle8
For decades, life expectancy has been improving rapidly for higher earners compared to lower, and 2020 has probably made the gap worse.
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) February 28, 2021
The one pre-pandemic bright spot was a narrowing of racial differences. New estimates show a dramatic reversal of that https://t.co/iPnyrCLsSQ pic.twitter.com/Bjgim8qdHs
In stark comparison, 2020 mortality data indicate that death rates from non-Covid causes rose, despite the economic recession. Deaths exceeded projections in three major categories:
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) February 28, 2021
📈Diabetes
📈High blood pressure
📈Pneumoniahttps://t.co/iPnyrCLsSQ pic.twitter.com/ILwe3GJkjd
The only good news in this otherwise heartbreaking landscape is that, in 2021, the Covid-19 death rate has been declining sharply, and is about a third lower than at the beginning of the year https://t.co/iPnyrCLsSQ pic.twitter.com/lcsCgY4E7D
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) February 28, 2021
Ideally, we will continue to drive the mortality rate lower via a combination of:
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) February 28, 2021
🚫Precaution
💉Vaccination
👩🏽⚕️Care
And other deaths should fall as health-care services return. After a very deadly 2020, a dramatic reversal would be a relief in 2021 https://t.co/iPnyrCLsSQ pic.twitter.com/7GqsZeCw8E
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