There is an ongoing debate on whether our standards of health are improving or deteriorating as we are moving into the future. While some say the average level of people’s health is likely to be poor in the forthcoming years, others believe that with constant advances in health and medicine, future generations are likely to enjoy a better quality of life. It is very difficult to take a side because standards of health are dynamic and depend on a lot of factors, some of which may be unprecedented. For instance, none of us had ever expected a long-lasting and worldwide pandemic like COVID-19.