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magicarpet

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16. Being snarky about the MAGA crowd,..
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:52 PM
Sep 2022

... who categorically refused to cooperate and use the tools at our disposal to stomp down Covid 19 at the initial outbreak.

The use of face masks, the six foot distancing, the instructions to avoid crowed and conjested areas and finally the vaccine and the booster shots were all vehemently rejected by the MAGA Nazis crowd because - the (NAZI) Libs were infringing upon their precious freedoms.

This prolonged MAGA attitude permitted Covid 19 to gain a solid foothold and run rampant. Then permitted various variants to then gain a stronger foothold. All the while the juvenile delinquent MAGA crowd cheerfully clogged our ICU hospital wards, burnt out the medical staff and first responders, and joyfully caused unknown illness and astoundingly unneccessary death tolls. All so they could be insanely recalcitrant and teach the Libs a lesson in the fine arts of political back stabbing - no matter what it costs society or how high the death toll. As a direct result of their political infantile paralysis compounded by their stuborn juvenile delinquencies - they could give a hoot less about their elders, family, children, neighbors, coworkers, or casual acquaintances or friends.

America snuffed out Polio and Smallpox. With a little cooperation and assistance from the MAGA brigade - we could have experienced a significantly lower death toll inflicted on this country by the unchecked and uncontrolled spread of the Covid 19 virus.

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We can thank tRUMP's wishy washy - often very confusing - ego driven - often ludicrous responses to Covid -19. Combined with the recalcitrant juvenile behavior of the MAGA Moron crowd. Both causes being directly attributable for the recent back to back annual declines of USA life expectancies.



Drop in US life expectancy due to runaway Corona Virus.

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By Roni Caryn Rabin
Aug. 31, 2022

The average life expectancy of Americans fell precipitously in 2020 and 2021, the sharpest two-year decline in nearly 100 years and a stark reminder of the toll exacted on the nation by the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

In 2021, the average American could expect to live until the age of 76, federal health researchers reported on Wednesday. The figure represents a loss of almost three years since 2019, when Americans could expect to live, on average, nearly 79 years.

The reduction has been particularly steep among Native Americans and Alaska Natives, the National Center for Health Statistics reported. Average life expectancy in those groups was shortened by four years in 2020 alone.

The cumulative decline since the pandemic started, more than six and a half years on average, has brought life expectancy to 65 among Native Americans and Alaska Natives — on par with the figure for all Americans in 1944.


In 2021, the shortening of life span was more pronounced among white Americans than among Black Americans, who saw greater reductions in the first year of the pandemic.
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(end snip, much more onto at link below.)


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/health/life-expectancy-covid-pandemic.html#aoh=16631794251803&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F08%2F31%2Fhealth%2Flife-expectancy-covid-pandemic.html

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