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Oct 06 2020

Life Without Masks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
Masks not only are pretty useless, they create feelings that aren't good for wearer or perceiver.
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Oct 06 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A lot of interesting research, on antigen testing, heterogenous population immunity models, airborne transmission and other topics.
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Oct 06 2020

Updated College Stats

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Basically zero risk of a serious CV-19 case among college students.
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Oct 05 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More articles and research summaries.
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Oct 04 2020

What’s Next?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Little new research leads me down a dangerous path of speculation.
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Oct 03 2020

Deaths by Date of Death Versus Date Reported, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Deaths by actual date of death shows a different epidemic.
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Oct 03 2020

Deaths in Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Deaths among children are very, very rare.
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Oct 03 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few weekend summaries.
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Oct 02 2020

What, Masks May Make Things Worse!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Why weren't we told this earlier, some masks may actually facilitate transmission. Shocking, just shocking.
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Oct 02 2020

More on PCR Testing and Infectiousness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More research supports not treating tests with cycle number above 35 as a positive.
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Oct 02 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Some of the usual topics covered in the latest round of research summaries, plus comments on the President's infection.
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Oct 02 2020

Viral Load and Transmission

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Two meta-reviews on proportion of asymptomatic cases and viral loads.
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Oct 01 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 23

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few more research summaries, including testing, masks, antibodies, etc.
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Sep 30 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More on cross-reactivity, testing and schools.
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Sep 30 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The research continues to suggest the pre-existing immune response is responsible for the wide prevalence of asymptomatic infections, and a couple of other summaries.
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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...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 2026

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