I don't want to upset anyone, or rattle anyone's cages, but....
Non-college educated white people, particularly in rural areas, are the only part of the US population with a declining life expectancy. Other groups in the US are seeing their life expectancy rise consistently
And
Non-college educated white people, particularly in rural areas, are the biggest supporters of MAGA/QAnon/Trump
If you are seeing lots of your family and community die young, that is sadly what overall mortality and morbidity statistics would suggest.
Non-college graduate white, rural America is dying out. Unless people do something about it
Except what you describe is NOTHING like the friends I lost. One was black and hated Trump. He was dyed in the wool liberal but not BLM or militant. The most gifted athlete I've ever known and the smoothest dude with the ladies, too. We had epic political discussions. The other was a probation officer in California and the vax was mandatory. Zero political leanings and one of the funniest guys I ever knew. Never saw him lose his temper.
I don't want to upset you, but your personal anecdotes are irrelevant to me.
I don't want to upset anyone, or rattle anyone's cages, but....
Non-college educated white people, particularly in rural areas, are the only part of the US population with a declining life expectancy. Other groups in the US are seeing their life expectancy rise consistently
And
Non-college educated white people, particularly in rural areas, are the biggest supporters of MAGA/QAnon/Trump
If you are seeing lots of your family and community die young, that is sadly what overall mortality and morbidity statistics would suggest.
Non-college graduate white, rural America is dying out. Unless people do something about it
Except what you describe is NOTHING like the friends I lost. One was black and hated Trump. He was dyed in the wool liberal but not BLM or militant. The most gifted athlete I've ever known and the smoothest dude with the ladies, too. We had epic political discussions. The other was a probation officer in California and the vax was mandatory. Zero political leanings and one of the funniest guys I ever knew. Never saw him lose his temper.
I don't want to upset you, but your personal anecdotes are irrelevant to me.
I don't want to upset you, but you are the one who offered personal anecdotes, not me. I offered population mortality and morbidity statistics
I think you have this completely the wrong way round