"The toxicity of partisan politics is fueling an overall increase in mortality rates for working-age Americans.

In one study, researchers concluded that people living in more conservative parts of the United States disproportionately bore the burden of illness and death linked to covid-19. The other, which looked at health outcomes more broadly, found that the more conservative a state’s policies, the shorter the lives of working-age people."

washingtonpost.com/health/2022

#publichealth #sdoh

@bicmay The right wing media machine & disinformation in general that our politicians are unwilling to confront in any serious way, is literally killing thousands of Americans.

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@voron @bicmay I think the c̶o̶n̶s̶e̶r̶v̶a̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ regressive platform asserting that the concept of "public health" is incompatible with liberty is probably a more root cause.

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