Thursday, 23 March 2017

New research identifies a ‘sea of despair’ among white, working-class Americans

quote [ Economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton say the early mortality spike in this midlife group is not easing. ]

Cheer up, it's getting worse.
[SFW] [health] [+7 Sad]
[by XregnaR@1:41pmGMT]

Comments

dolemite said @ 3:12pm GMT on 23rd Mar
Last time I flew through SeaTac airport I talked briefly with a baggage handler who must have been in his late sixties. Nice guy, honest and friendly. It still bothers me to think that he will probably never be able to retire.
sanepride said @ 5:16pm GMT on 23rd Mar
This certainly is an issue for a lot of folks, but airport baggage handlers in the US are mostly union, and fairly well-paid with benefits. Some people keep working past usual retirement age because they need to, and some because they actually want to.
dolemite said @ 4:17am GMT on 24th Mar
Well, thanks for mentioning that then. I am glad to hear it.

Now I just have to feel bad for everyone else I met on the trip. Except the guy at the car rental place who lied about the extra charges. That fucker can serve fries until the day he falls dead.
midden said @ 3:32pm GMT on 23rd Mar
"The economists say that there is no obvious solution but that a starting point would be limiting the overuse of opioids, which killed more than 30,000 Americans in 2015."

That's just treating the symptom, not the underlying problem.
Bleb said @ 4:21pm GMT on 23rd Mar
You're not wrong, but I'd argue that the hole of opioid addiction is much harder to climb out of than the holes of obesity, alcoholism and/or depression. There are programs (here in Canada, at least) designed to help bring this group back into productive society. But if opiates are involved, you're looking at a year of treatment before you can even begin to seriously tackle the other obstacles. And even then, the rate of relapse is high.
Hugh E. said @ 4:22pm GMT on 23rd Mar
When crystallized cocaine was ravaging black American communities, the administration at the time went hard after the "super-predators" pushing the crisis and throwing them in prison. Why is this administration not going after the super-predators devastating white American communities and throwing them in prison?
eidolon said @ 12:49am GMT on 24th Mar
Let the masses have their opiates. Taking those away won't change the fact that many of them have chronic pain issues because of their jobs and poor access to health care. I agree with you, the only way to get opiate use down is to deal with the real reasons people fall into use. Most addicts started out on pain medication for legitimate surgery/injury and then got hooked and cut off. They didn't just go down to the street corner to see if anyone had any oxys or heroin for sale.
sanepride said @ 4:07pm GMT on 23rd Mar
Getting worse? Nah, Trump will fix it.
cb361 said @ 4:11pm GMT on 23rd Mar
He'll build a wall, then move to Mexico, safe from the Americans getting him.
HoZay said @ 4:31pm GMT on 23rd Mar
Crisis: when white death rates approach black death rates.
4321 said @ 5:32pm GMT on 23rd Mar

no shit
the black death killed 200 million people
cakkafracle said[1] @ 11:41pm GMT on 23rd Mar
stick to trolling, comedy only works when one's not SURE if the jokester is serious.

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