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Oct 19 2021

It’s Not Good to Bottle Up Your Negative Feelings, It Causes Stress, So….

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
The IB opens his mouth and something comes out the wrong end, but he did announce he is running for re-election so we will have him to kick around for…
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Oct 19 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 40

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
A few quick research summaries.
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Oct 18 2021

DOH Can’t Proofread, Breakthrough Events Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
DOH apparently mistyped the number of cumulative breakthrough hospitalizations today.
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Oct 18 2021

Monday Breakthrough Events Flash

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Another week of breakthrough event reporting by Minnesota with breathtaking growth in hospitalizations in particular.
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Oct 17 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 39

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
A lazy Sunday morning is a perfect time to catch up on epidemic research, if you are warped and have no life.
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Oct 16 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, October 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another update on the week-over-week look at cases and hospitalizations.
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Oct 16 2021

Active Cases, October 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest update on Active Cases in Minnesota.
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Oct 15 2021

Age Series Charts, October 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Nothing happening among younger Minnesotans, contrary to DOH propaganda.
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Oct 15 2021

Regional Cases, October 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Where the epidemic is by region, mostly declining around the country, with some uncertainty in the Midwest and Northeast.
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Oct 15 2021

Hospital Bed Use in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Charts on hospital bed use and capacity in Minnesota tell a different story than that DOH spreads.
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Oct 14 2021

Random Musings and Two Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Not much happening in the research world, so a little plea for finding a way for us all to get out of the epidemic obsession.
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Oct 13 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 38

By Kevin Roche Commentary 19 Comments
The flood of research never stops, nor do my pithy observations on the epidemic.
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Oct 13 2021

LTC Deaths, October 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An updated chart of LTC versus non-LTC death proportions.
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Oct 13 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, October 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another look at year-over-year trends suggests we are in fact in for a wave, although more rounded than last fall.
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Oct 12 2021

Breakthrough Events, October 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Today is breakthru data release day for DOH and we updated the table of events.
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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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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
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