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Jul 25 2022

Breakthrough Events, July 21, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In this older adult age group, vax shows no protection against infection, but some against hospitalization.
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Jul 25 2022

Breakthrough Events, July 21, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Younger adults may be protected by vax against hospitalization, but not infection.
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Jul 25 2022

Breakthrough Events, July 21, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For this age group there is zero benefit of vaccination against either infection or hospitalization.
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Jul 25 2022

Breakthrough Events, July 21, Ages 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
CV-19 infected children are more likely to have been vaxed than unvaxed.
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Jul 25 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 21, Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The population rates by age sub-group are relatively stable.
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Jul 25 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 21, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The update to the ongoing tracking of the age structure of epidemic events.
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Jul 24 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 155

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another drop of vaccine heavy research summaries.
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Jul 22 2022

So Much to Write About, So Little Brainpower to Do It

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Teachers' and school administrators' twisted interest in children's gender or sexuality is not harmless as a report finds soaring rates of child sexual abuse by these professions.
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Jul 20 2022

Mask Studies Get Their Own Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another dismal study for mask usage, finding that they are in fact pathogen collection devices.
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Jul 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 154

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I have not given up on providing summaries of relevant CV-19 research.
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Jul 20 2022

Life and Death

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The unexpected death of a close friend is a shock to the quotidian routines of life.
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Jul 20 2022

Breakthrough Events, July 14, Overall Population

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Last week's breakthrough report looks like it was some anomaly, as this week returns to the prior trend.
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Jul 20 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 14 Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A population rate look at events by age group.
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Jul 20 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 14 Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
While cases appear to be declining across age groups, no one really knows what is happening anymore.
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Jul 19 2022

Giving Money to People Doesn’t Do Sh*t to Improve Their Lives

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Giving poor people money makes no real difference in their lives, according to a new study, and common sense.
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Kevin RocheThe 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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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
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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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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