America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID - The Atlantic

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America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID - The Atlantic. View article details on HISWAI: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/07/us-life-span-mortality-rates/670591/

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COVID simply did more of what life in America has excelled at for decades: killing Americans in unusually large numbers, and at unusually young ages.

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