COVID pandemic stole nearly 17 million years of life from European adults --study

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Nearly 17 million years of life were lost among 289 million adults aged 35 and older in 18 European countries from 2020 through 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an Imperial College London-led research team estimates in PLOS Medicine. 

To inform policy-setting and resource allocation, the investigators used modeling and several data sources to estimate rates of disease-free states and combinations of cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, dementia, disability, and death.

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