COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year
Life expectancy at birth in the U.S. declined nearly a year from 2020 to 2021, according to new provisional data from the CDC.
Why it matters: It's the latest evidence of the toll the COVID pandemic took on Americans' health and takes the U.S. life expectancy at birth to its lowest level — 76.1 years — since 1996.
Together with recent data showing life expectancy fell 1.8 years between 2019 and 2020, that means life expectancy at birth fell by 2.7 years over two years — the largest two-year decline since 1921–1923.
COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year
Life expectancy at birth in the U.S. declined nearly a year from 2020 to 2021, according to new provisional data from the CDC.
Why it matters: It's the latest evidence of the toll the COVID pandemic took on Americans' health and takes the U.S. life expectancy at birth to its lowest level — 76.1 years — since 1996.
Together with recent data showing life expectancy fell 1.8 years between 2019 and 2020, that means life expectancy at birth fell by 2.7 years over two years — the largest two-year decline since 1921–1923.
The injections will further plummet it. Covid didn't do it itself, what happened was that the covid response stopped people from getting cardiovascular or cancer treatments. In the next 5 years you'll see the jabbed lose a lot more on that mortality scale, I'm sad to say.
vincecate wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:46 pm
I am betting on Bitcoin and Gold going up and the S&P, TLT, and Yen going down.
The Yen is going my way.
The others are good entry points. :-)
Gold has a history of protecting against inflation i.e. it rises with inflation. BUT it has disappointed this time for reasons I can't figure out. It may delight on a lag, and it might not. I have also bet on gold and wondering if it will pay off? You may be right about a good entry points. I have also bet on SP500 going down
richard5za wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:12 am
Gold has a history of protecting against inflation i.e. it rises with inflation. BUT it has disappointed this time for reasons I can't figure out. It may delight on a lag, and it might not. I have also bet on gold and wondering if it will pay off?
There are new Jan 2025 LEAP options coming out on Monday. I expect to get some on gold or silver. Up till now most people think this inflation is just going to quickly go away. Sometime in the next 2.3 years I think people will realize inflation is an ongoing problem and there is real risk the dollar goes into hyperinflation. At a minimum central banks all around the world should be selling their long term treasuries and buying gold as reserves. But there is also a good chance the general public piles into gold. In the 1970s they did and there was far less risk to the dollar then. If I am right, gold will go up measured in dollars. I really think Jan 2025 should be enough time. Will try it.
