Life expectancy vs the 'virus'

[Mottie]

Second major drop - thatcher induced recession
Third major drop - thatcher induced recession

What about the growth in the Thatcher years. No mention of that. Just bad news eh? I remember that I made most of my money in the late eighties. Car alarms and mobile phones. People couldn’t get enough of them.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

Life expectancy vs the 'virus'

Why the quote marks, ellal, why the quote marks?

 

[JP_]

Average life expectancy in the UK 82.3 and falling*

Life expectancy has been stalling / falling for years because of the rise of obesity. You can't blame the pandemic on something that started years beforehand.

One of the reasons why life expectancy increased so much in the last century is compulsory vaccination.