Unga dör nu enligt en debattartikel av en medicinsk forskare i The Hill. I Sverige dör gamla och sköra, 200 i veckan, också unga och vi bryr oss inte eftersom vi vill "leva". Då ska vi väl inte heller bry oss om unga börjat dö nu? För de har ju fått leva.
"Life insurers have been consistently sounding the alarm over these unexpected or, “excess,” deaths, which claimed 158,000 more Americans in the first nine months of 2023 than in the same period in 2019. That exceeds America’s combined losses from every war since Vietnam.
With the worst of COVID behind us, annual deaths for all causes should be back to pre-pandemic levels — or even lower because of the loss of so many sick and infirm Americans. Instead, the death toll remains “alarming,” “disturbing,” and deserving of “urgent attention,” according to insurance industry articles.
Actuarial reports — used by insurers to inform decisions — show deaths occurring disproportionately among young working-age people."
"Unlike in the pandemic’s early phase, these deaths are not primarily among the old. For people 65 and over, deaths in the second quarter of 2023 were 6 percent below the pre-pandemic norm, according to a new report from the Society of Actuaries. Mortality was 26 percent higher among insured 35-to-44-year-olds, and 19 percent higher for 25-to-34-year-olds, continuing a death spike that peaked in the third quarter of 2021 at a staggering 101 percent and 79 percent above normal, respectively."
"Why is the traditionally healthiest sector of our society — young, employed, insured workers — dying at such rates?"
Debattören försöker förklara det så här:
"'COVID-19 claims do not fully explain the increase in incurred claim incidence,' the Society said. COVID-19 deaths dropped 84 percent from the first three quarters of 2021 to the same period in 2023.
To some extent, we know what is killing the young, with an actuarial analysis of government data showing mortality increases in liver, kidney and cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes."
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4354004-this-is-bigger-than-covid-why-are-so-many-americans-dying-early/
Man har spekulerat i om Covid kan trigga diabetes, men vet inte. En förklaring till vissa av dödsfallen är ju ändå postcovid eftersom folk dör i sådan långt efter sjukdomen, och dödsfallen klassas som hjärtproblem eller annat:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/long-covid-has-caused-thousands-us-deaths-new-cdc-data-2024a100006l