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> Mexico passed US life expectancy.

Where did you hear that? Everything I can find says the opposite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...



You are right! They have not passed us yet, but our life expectancy is going down, while theirs is going up; so this may happen down the road


Everything you can find says the opposite? How odd! When I search “china usa life expectancy” on DDG I get a page that’s choc-a-bloc with headlines about the provisional CDC release that says all signs point toward US Covid death rates causing such a sharp drop in US median lifespans that China, already having shown stunning improvements this past few decades and recently nipping at the US’s heels, has now pulled ahead.

Whew. Hard work. You’re welcome!


Not who you're replying to, but: Mexico, not China


Oh fuck me. Sorry, octoberfranklin.




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