Another crappy analyis of wastewater levels of CV-19 viral remnants.
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Charts of where our energy actually comes from on a daily basis shows what a fantasy it is to imagine that renewables can meet our needs.
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Another week of breakthrough reporting continues to show little protection against infection and modest effectiveness against serious disease.
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In the current environment of ideological science, it pays to do your own research on what really drives climate trends and what those trends actually are.
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Russians are masters at dis-information, but the truth is that their military and economy are being devastated by the war in Ukraine. And that is a good thing as long…
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Another study takes a look at variation in spending by payer across geographic regions.
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What do you get when you combine a company with a commodity business model, that out of desperation massively overpays for another company that has a commodity business model? $10 billion in writeoffs if you are Teladoc. Teladoc arranges virtual patient visits. Livongo did some goofy care and disease management model. Neither company had any prospects of significant profitability because anyone can do what they claim to do. Teladoc's purchase of Livongo was beyond stupid and investors are paying the price. There are a lot of dumb people in business and finance.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/teladoc-loses-3-billion-in-three-months-stock-plummets-11658954738fFor whatever reason, the Great Lord Fauci is incapable of keeping his mouth shut and has done a number of enlightening recent interviews.
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The "stupid" model for health care venture capital investing is alive and well. Everside health, which operates primary care clinics and has grown by acquiring other failing health care businesses, some persuades investors to dump another $164 million into the company.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/digital-health/everside-health-nabs-164m-scale-direct-primary-care-target-potential-ma-dealsApparently not even a cute name can save you if you have a stupid business. I constantly bemoan the mis-application of capital and health care is Exhibit A. Olive, another company whose function you would struggle to explain, raised a crapload of money and now has to lay off 450 employees due to lack of a real value to customers. Why did you ever hire that many staff?
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/olive-cuts-450-staff-ceo-cites-missteps-fast-growth-lack-focus?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HC-NL-FierceAI&oly_enc_id=4679D3169845B3YYear-over-year patterns are seriously distorted by certain facts, but still interesting to look at.
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Not only are most hospitalizations attributed to CV-19 not for treatment but some people actually get infected in the hospital.
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Another week of breakthrough data demonstrates that the epidemic is largely occurring in the vaxed and boosted.
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In the oldest age groups, there is some effectiveness of vax against infection and hospitalization.
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In this older adult age group, vax shows no protection against infection, but some against hospitalization.
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