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As of August 23, the CDC estimates that over 238,000 excess deaths have occurred from causes other than COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in 2020. In order to prevent this high level of excess mortality moving forward, we need to consider what triggered these non-COVID-19 excess deaths and clarify our takeaways from the mortality data since the beginning of the pandemic.
In contrast, adults ages 25-54 experienced higher all-cause mortality risk in year 2 than year 1. Age group differences in vaccine hesitancy and the predominance of the highly transmissible Delta variant in the second half of 2021 may have contributed to a drop in the median age of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the second year of the pandemic.
In 2020, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. dropped by 1.8 years, the biggest yearly decrease since World War II. This trend continued in 2021 as younger adults suffered worse outcomes from COVID-19, with the net loss in life expectancy now exceeding 2 years. The social and economic value of these years can never be recouped.
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: loam
No kidding.
Seeing the "get vaccinated or get fired" just showed me how easy it will be to implement the mark when the time comes.