organ transplant system has often been criticized as inadequate, with thousands of people dying every year while waiting for a transplant. now plans underway to tackle the problem, cnn s elizabeth cohen reports. the biden administration is suggesting a major re hall for the nation s organ transplantation system. let s take a look at some of the statistics behind this move in the united states right now about 100,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. that s hard lungs, kidneys, other organs. 6000 people die every year waiting for transplants and 70 deaths have been reported due to system failure from 2010 to 2020. here s what the biden administration is suggesting one. group the united network for organ sharing, has had the contract to run the nation s organ transplant system. for more than 30 years. the biden administration is saying we re going to seek out other groups to have contracts to run this system. let s take a look at
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information about the human toll of the original virus in 2020. the cdc says covid-19 contributed to the biggest drop in life expectancy in more than 75 years. this shocked the statisticians who are working on these numbers. cnn s elizabeth cohen reports. reporter: chris teen, laura, the cdc has put out new mortality rate looking at deaths in 2020 and the news unfortunately is not good. let s take a look at what the cdc found. the cdc says that in 2020, life expectancy was 77 years old. that s down 1.8 years compared to 2019. that s the largest annual drop since world war ii. the three leading causes of death in this order, heart disease, cancer, and covid-19. covid-19 was responsible for 10% of all deaths in 2020. now, overall, some groups unfortunately were hit much harder than others. the death rate increased from
con control. there s a big bracket of control. control means you re not eliminating it, not eradicating it. but it gets down to such a low level that it s essentially integrated into the general respiratory infections that we have learned to live with. there are a few areas that have been more important to watch as we try desperately to return to that sense of what a new normal may look like, right, jim? that s keeping kids in school. it s been a top priority as we try to find a way out of this latest omicron wave. masks have been key to that effort. today in virginia, executive order from republican governor glenn youngkin goes into effect allowing parents to decide whether their children wear masks in school. cnn s elizabeth cohen reports. governor youngkin put in this order at a time when transmission in the state of virginia is so high. the state of virginia is broken