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Bernie Sanders: “Before COVID, life expectancy in the United States was less…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

Bernie Sanders addresses Oxford on his book "It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism"

Published April 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 06:06

But in my country right now, and this is before COVID Covid has taken its terrible toll all over the world. We've lost over a million Americans. Before COVID, life expectancy in the United States was less than in most other industrialized countries. And in many parts of America, life expectancy before COVID has gone down. Why is that? Well, what the doctors tell us is that people are dying from diseases of despair. (06:06–06:15)

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Asserts that U.S. life expectancy was lower compared to other industrialized nations before the pandemic.

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