Another set of summaries on a wider variety of topics.
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This set of summaries is heavy on the ongoing growth in research showing the very bad effects of lockdowns on health.
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Still doing my best to keep you up on the research relevant to the epidemic, the epidemic response and the vaccines.
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The most prestigious source for evidence-based medicine and a large study once more demonstrate the futility of masking.
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Once more into the employment reporting mess, since we supposedly had a great jobs report this morning. We didn't.
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The US Labor Department continues to spread misinformation on the state of the labor market.
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An initial attempt at calculating national excess deaths.
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Per capita rates of deaths in the US as Dave continues his excellent analysis of excess deaths.
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In an attempt to swiftly revive two floundering health care companies, a PE firm has announced the merger and recapitalization of Revive Health and SwiftMD. You know they are floundering by the description of their businesses. SwiftMD is a "virtual" health company that is also "digital". These buzz words might have once summoned fear but now only loathing. Revive Health offers "integrated" care plans, whatever that is. More floundering to come for these fishy firms.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eir-partners-announces-combination-of-revivehealth-and-swiftmd-through-a-majority-recapitalization-301729155.htmlInvestors have not yet learned their lesson, as Pearl Health gathers a new round of $75 million in capital for its business of supporting physicians who want to participate in value-based care arrangements.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/andreessen-horowitz-backs-pearl-healths-75m-round-scale-value-based-care-techA revised look at excess deaths and death rates using a ten year baseline.
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A foray into excess death calculations in the entire nation.
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Another vax heavy set of research summaries, still not super-effective and definitely not causing lots of adverse events.
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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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