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url = https://www.npr.org/tags/804916759/covid-19 analysed @ 2021-07-21 16:10 UTC

A fence alongside Greenwood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, N.Y., is covered with memorial art for people who died of COVID-19. Pandemic deaths contributed to the biggest drop in life expectancy in decades. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
July 21, 2021 • The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men.