Americans dying young at alarming rates, Washington Post

[Jaybee00]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...8b28ec-0d6a-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

“Some of it may be due to obesity, some of it may be due to drug addiction, some of it may be due to distracted driving from cellphones,” Woolf said. Given the breadth and pervasiveness of the trend, “it suggests that the cause has to be systemic, that there’s some root cause that’s causing adverse health across many different dimensions for working-age adults.”

 

[Wonko]

They will only allow me to see the right hand side of the page without subscribing.

Possibly this sort of thing is the reason.

 

[Jaybee00]

@Wonko

please blame Jeff Bezos as he owns it.

 

[Snowdrop]

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/ja...ign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=112619

 

[alktipping]

the answer is political simply down to economics = the drive to lower everyones quality of life in order to boost profits and reduce government costs . so no mystery whatsoever .

 

[Snow Leopard]

the answer is political simply down to economics = the drive to lower everyones quality of life in order to boost profits and reduce government costs . so no mystery whatsoever .

Is that really true though, I mean government planning that favours cars above all else (and large scale subsidisation of roads and parking), or laws that allow automatic weapons to be owned by individuals isn't really about profit in general - just as much profit could be made by re-diverting resources.

 

[NelliePledge]

Is that really true though, I mean government planning that favours cars above all else (and large scale subsidisation of roads and parking), or laws that allow automatic weapons to be owned by individuals isn't really about profit in general - just as much profit could be made by re-diverting resources.

But the people who control the organisations that profit from the status quo may not also be the ones that would profit from a different situation so they use their financial resources to exert influence on policy makers to prevent change.

 

[Snow Leopard]

But the people who control the organisations that profit from the status quo may not also be the ones that would profit from a different situation so they use their financial resources to exert influence on policy makers to prevent change.

Which suggests that corruption of the process is the reason, rather than just the $$$ bottom line.

 

[NelliePledge]

Which suggests that corruption of the process is the reason, rather than just the $$$ bottom line.

but they call it lobbying so it’s ok really......