March 2023
COVID-19 and Gastroenterology
Mitchell S. Cappell, Editor
We are living a false conceit that the world’s health ineluctably improves and advances every year. For example, the average life expectancy of the population of Toronto was 50 years in 1900 and is currently 81.8 years. Moreover, the average life expectancy increased appreciably every year for the last several generations. We have assumed this wonderfully optimistic trend is preordained.