deaths from digestive disease was about 18.75/100k pre-pandemic, and went up to 24/100k in 2021. So digestive deaths increased by about 28% after COVID started hitting.

Also worth mentioning that for every additional person who dies of X, there are dozens, hundreds, thousands of additional people suffering from X

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[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Also worth mentioning that for every additional person who dies of X, there are dozens, hundreds, thousands of additional people suffering from X

I think it's worth stressing this. Lots of people have the opinion that "we're all gonna die some day, it's better yolo and die quickly than waste away till we're 90". But the reality is that you're more likely to have reduced health and/or disability for decades. Chronic health stuff SUCKS BALLS in ways that healthy people cannot fathom.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

There are worse things than death, and dementia is one of them. yea

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

yea it's just people without analog thinking

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

It takes a lot of "yoloing" to wear down a human body to the point where you die, and before that its years and years of pain and suffering. So that was never a good plan.

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

Yup, especially bad if you live in a country with not so tight nit family structures and predatory healthcare system