A newly released letter from late November 2021 shows that eminent epidemiologist Dr. Osterholm knew masks were basically useless and chided the CDC for releasing mis-information in that regard.
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An interesting study looks at whether school accountability programs improve student's adult behavior.
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Chronic absenteeism rose during the epidemic, and appeared to rise more in states with less in-person schooling. Minnesota is conspicuous by its failure to release data, and you can guess…
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Hospitals charge the same health plan far more for a commercial member than a Medicare Advantage one.
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Our country and state are already down the toilet and headed for the sewer as our education system becomes pure indoctrination in woke bullshit.
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You are sitting around bored on the weekend and this summary of CV-19 research can put you right to sleep for a pleasant nap.
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It may be warm this summer, but it isn't exceptional, except in the minds of climate hysterics.
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Minnesota's population dynamics reveal extensive domestic migration out of the state of our working population.
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Down to maybe getting these off once a week, but there are some interesting findings showing up in research.
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A number of companies which attracted large financing rounds during the epidemic have imploded when reality set in. The latest is Cano Health, which is a little surprising since it was a primary care center company, and others with similar models have been very successful. In any event, the public investors appear in for a big loss.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/primary-care-business-cano-health-exploring-sale-its-cash-dwindles-plans-exit-severalAnother report supports the role of hospital consolidation in raising prices while doing nothing to improve quality.
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A diversion to entertainment, which may or may not be entertaining.
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Consumer financial stresses are increasing, likely meaning a slowdown in future economic activity.
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More data and analysis on the real costs of the delusional push for renewable energy.
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The money supply and the velocity of money are critical data to track to help understand economic trends.
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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.
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