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Aug 19 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 71

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More moaning about the Minnesota coronavirus briefings and a couple of end-of-day research summaries.
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Aug 19 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 70

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another round of research summaries.
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Aug 18 2020

Lies from South Carolina

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
More data misrepresentation by mask proponents.
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Aug 18 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 69

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Yet another in the never-ending series of research and other summaries pertinent to the epidemic.
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Aug 18 2020

Some Perspective on Risk of Dying from CV

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
For most Americans the risk of serious illness and death from coronavirus is very low.
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Aug 17 2020

Interesting Comparisons

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some interesting comparisons in epidemic course across locations.
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Aug 17 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 68

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Getting caught up on the research, including a study that might, or might not, make the maskos happy.
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Aug 17 2020

Ruminations on Population Immunity

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The nirvana of population immunity is actually a complex concept that doesn't magically make a disease go away.
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Aug 17 2020

Coronavirus and Other Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A chart from Sweden illustrates what likely will be the all-cause death trend as the epidemic hits its long, low right hand tail in a country.
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Aug 16 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 67

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another late night research summary drop.
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Aug 16 2020

Remember This?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Let's go back to the model of the epidemic and see what we might update.
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Aug 16 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 66

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The research doesn't stop coming, even on a Sunday.
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Aug 15 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 65

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Loads of research papers dropped in the last 24 hours.
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Aug 15 2020

The Epidemic Was Front-loaded Everywhere

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A look at recent activity in Spain demonstrates the universality of front-loading in this epidemic.
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Aug 14 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Briefings, My Siysphean Labor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
I can't resist having a little fun at the expense of those oh so sincere state spokespeople on our coronavirus briefings. They do their part by making themselves easy targets.
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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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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
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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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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