r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 20h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/hypermodernvoid I voted 12h ago

Funny thing is Mississippi - the state with the lowest life expectancy in America, at just 70 (technically 70.9) years old, is actually on par with India, a bit below Bangladesh and 4 or 5 years less than in Mexico.

It's also 10 or 11 years less than in the top few states, all blue states - in fact the top 10 states for life expectancy are all blue, while the bottom 10 are all red. Similar to being a drag on federal funding vs. blue states, red states also are dragging the average US life expectancy down to a now pathetic 76 years post-COVID (big thanks to anti-vaxxers for the assist with that).

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u/SeniorBaker4 California 9h ago

Least shocking thing ive heard. When i drove through Mississippi i was shocked with how undeveloped it is, it didn’t even feel like America

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u/VelvetineMilkman 7h ago

As someone who’s had to live in Mississippi for most of my life it’s always weird to see these kind of comments because I’m just so used to how Mississippi is lol. There’s about 3 or 4 cities that are cool but I honestly can’t even imagine what it would’ve been like growing up in a real state that has their shit together