My guide on what lessons we would be well-advised to take from the epidemic and our responses to it, but which we probably won't learn.
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VillageMD is one of a series of focused primary care clinics which have gone public or gotten large investments at huge valuations. All these companies are struggling to maintain those valuations. Some do so by questionable acquistions. VillageMD is buying Healthy Interactions, which offers patient education services, at an undisclosed by undoubtedly excessive price, supposedly to provide the services to its members.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/villagemd-grabs-patient-education-platform-healthy-interactions-boost-medication?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HC-NL-FierceHealthcare&oly_enc_id=4679D3169845B3YSometime my enthusiasm for all this research reading will wane, just like vaccine effectiveness.
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Another dagger to the mask religion, particularly in regard to children.
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Another week's addition of breakthru events, with alarming trends continuing in the over 65 age group.
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A small portion of people are responsible for the vast bulk of health spending in private or commercial health plans.
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More work on attempting to define the shape of an epidemic wave.
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It may already be too late but the fight against wokist indoctrination and social transformation has to be kicked up to a much higher level.
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I have mentioned before the phenomenon in excessive capital times that scads of money goes to unproven companies, who then try to obscure their lack of coherent strategy by acquiring with other similar companies. Health care is rife with this tactic. Here we see Signify Health acquiring Caravan Health for $300 million, much of which is funny money stock. Both firms work in the commodity space of value-based purchasing and accountable care organization support. One plus one still equals zero.
https://medcitynews.com/2022/02/signify-health-acquiring-caravan-health-for-up-to-300m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=203627542&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--AFHvijyJwuOaD3uATRQ4GBTJyEULct5cVuGcyFa5NjQ3LWG-jvVFlYWMFMJIsUKfZVUnif1xKxqzk93ieskGiFbHnS6c9l8vCiT2ZYw7HwW2EHdQ&utm_content=203627542&utm_source=hs_emailYay!! I am completely caught up on research summaries for the moment.
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Still no reason for panic in the young age groups and serious illness remains extremely rare.
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The age structure data from the weekly report indicates a sharp fall in events across age groups.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.