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- Link: https://www.timprobst.com/2022/12/22/4527/
- Published: 2022-12-22T19:27:34-06:00
- Author: Tim Probst

Oh great! Just when I’m getting too old to die young, we’ve managed to wipe out 
20 years of progress thanks to disease and drugs.

[U.S. life expectancy falls to lowest level since mid-1990s due to COVID and drug overdoses](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-life-expectancy-falls-to-lowest-level-since-mid-1990s-due-to-covid-and-drug-overdoses)