Life expectancy was severely impacted during the year of the deadly pandemic. (ABC News)

The Covid-19 Pandemic upended American life like few other things ever have since nation’s founding. Unfortunately, a declining American life expectancy got ever shorter due to the deadly virus that ripped through every corner of the nation. As America begins to return to normal the ills present before the pandemic such as opioid deaths are still present and have even gotten worse. The country must address and come to terms with drug addiction, income inequality, and systemic racism to fully recover from the disaster that was 2020.