Thought for the Day

[bcholmes]

The committee examined five areas of relative deficiency that are likely contributing to the U.S. health disadvantage: (1) unhealthy behaviors, such as our diets and use of firearms;(2) inadequate health care and public health systems; (3) poor socioeconomic conditions; (4) unhealthy and unsafe environments; and (5) deficient public policies. The last category especially exerts a powerful influence on the other domains — and helps explain why other advanced democracies are outperforming the United States on almost every measure of health and well-being.

“American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault”, Washington Post

Mirrored from Under the Beret.

Comments

[lcohen]

my surprised face, let me show it to you.

[sabotabby]

Today in surprising news.

[ckd]

"We also have important news about the religious beliefs of Jorge Mario Bergoglio and the most common biome for ursine defecation."

[bibliofile]

Making diet and gun ownership equivalent, that's just . . special. Oy.*

*Also, don't get me started.

[frandroid]

When the term "ballpark" doesn't seem large enough illustrate a range...