'Staggering and depressing': COVID-19 led to the biggest drop in U.S. life expectancy since WWII
Article content The pandemic’s disproportionate toll on communities of colour also widened existing gaps in life expectancy between white and Black Americans, according to estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. 'Staggering and depressing': COVID-19 led to the biggest drop in U.S. life expectancy since WWII Back to video The tally represents an extraordinarily grim accounting of an ongoing catastrophe. The first year of the pandemic delivered a bigger blow to American life exp...