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US Life Expectancy Drops A Year In Pandemic, Most Since World War II
Moneycontrol | 18/02/2021 09:09 PM | Click to read full article
Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting.
Black people now lag white people by six years in life expectancy, reversing a trend that had been bringing their numbers closer since 1993. Overall, the drop in life expectancy is more evidence of "our mishandling of the pandemic," Brawley said.
