U.S. Life Expectancy Drops a Year In Pandemic

“Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths,” the AP reports.

“Minorities suffered the biggest impact, with Black Americans losing nearly three years and Hispanics, nearly two years.”

New York Times: “The life expectancy gap between Black and white Americans, which had been narrowing, is now at six years, the widest it has been since 1998.”