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Apr 21 2020

Jay Battacharya is a Stanford University based physician and economist.  We shared a video of a discussion with him on coronavirus issues a couple of weeks ago.  Here is a followup in which he talks about where we are now, including his work on antibody prevalence studies and the need to take into account the health harms of the lockdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7v2F3usNVA&list=PLq8BgDugd2oyqmYx6RdVlJfQeAdhJkhc3
Apr 20 2020

We Are Destroying Our Health Care System

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The evidence mounts that the extreme lockdown is devastating the health care sector along with other industries.
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Apr 20 2020

More and More Evidence of the True Infected Rate

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Los Angeles County study for antibodies to coronavirus finds that there are 28 to 55 times more cases than are shown by testing.
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Apr 20 2020

The Governor Speaks, I Try to Interpret Reality

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Beneath Governor Walz' confident pronunciations about the epidemic are some ugly truths.
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Apr 20 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part Deux

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Summaries of research papers on infection rates and transmission dynamics.
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Apr 19 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part I

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some more research or coronavirus story summaries, with the less dense ones up first.
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Apr 19 2020

Its Not an Overreaction, Its an Unwise Reaction

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Bad decision-making process inevitably leads to bad decisions, and that is where we are.
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Apr 18 2020

The Modelers Respond to Minnesota Legislators’ Questions and I Respond to The Modelers

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Here are responses Minnesota's modelers gave to legislators' questions and my response to the responses.
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Apr 18 2020

Too Much Swedish Sense

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A senior epidemiologist gives a much more common-sense view of the epidemic.
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Apr 18 2020

More on the Stanford Antibody Study

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is the text and analysis of the full Stanford antibody study paper.
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Apr 18 2020

What We Learned This Week

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A weekly recap in which we attempt to figure out where we are, which isn't in a good place.
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Apr 17 2020

Interim Evidence From the Stanford Antibody Study

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
First results from the Stanford antibody study indicate that coronavirus infection is far more prevalent than assumed.
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Apr 17 2020

Models and Death Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of interesting articles on modeling and death rates.
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Apr 17 2020

I Say Something Nice About the Star Tribune, Well, at Least One of its Editors

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

One of the best columns I have read on the topic of how to address the coronavirus epidemic, far more articulate than I could ever be, is written by Doug Tice in the Star Tribune and can be found here.  (Star Tribune Column)   Kudos and thank yous to Mr. Tice for being thoughtful and, in this environment, courageous.

Apr 17 2020

An Open Letter to Governor Walz

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
I am begging our Governor to swallow his pride and change course.
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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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