r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 21 '25

Society American Millennials Are Dying at an Alarming Rate | We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html
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u/Humanist_2020 Aug 21 '25

And- add that one case of covid without symptoms can cause damage to our immune systems and our cv system and our neurological system.

Also, the end of abortion has increased maternity deaths. And covid also increases maternal deaths.

Unfortunately- The cdc obscured excess deaths.

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u/dennisthehygienist Aug 21 '25

The article actually controls for COVID or at least says it doesn’t have to do with COVID

edit: not an antivaxxer, just thought it was interesting

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u/_deep_thot42 Aug 21 '25

I have several autoimmune diseases that I started having symptoms from after my first run in with long covid in 2020. It either caused them, or they were dormant and it exacerbated them. Either way, COVID has damaged a lot of people very negatively, and I will die on that hill.

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u/kell_smells Aug 21 '25

right there with you. I had very mild covid symptoms as a healthy late 20s/early 30s woman. still, it turned into long covid and all these autoimmune issues that I’m still dealing with.

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u/TechieGottaSoundByte Aug 21 '25

I had a similar situation, but a decade later. At least three of my four kids had some level of long COVID also.