In September, a clip from a January 2024 episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast resurfaced online.

Rogan's guest, the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, claimed Canada experienced an "unprecedented" drop in life expectancy starting in 2020. Rogan and Hinchliffe implied the COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots caused the decrease; accounts sharing the clip made similar claims.

While it's true Canada's life expectancy at birth fell between 2020 and 2023, Statistics Canada data shows COVID-19 and opioid deaths were the largest contributors to the decline, and life expectancy has since increased.

As of January 2024, Health Canada identified four deaths as having a causal association with COVID-19 vaccination.

THE CLAIM

"Canada's overall life expectancy ... that might be the craziest statisti

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