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Dennis D.'s avatar

It is quite clear from your own chart that COVID-19 is the BIGGEST driver of the expanding gap in life expectancy. Yes, it was expanding before 2020, but no leftist critique should mention that only in passing.

Inequality certainly plays into this in unequal access to healthcare. College graduates were also much more likely to work in jobs that could be done remotely in 2020. But political public health misinformation certainly also played and continues to play a part.

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Hamilton Nolan's avatar

The fact that people without degrees were forced to go to work and get Covid while people with degrees could stay home and work remotely is exactly in line with what this post is about.

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