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Dec 06 2022

The Real Vax Effectiveness Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The culiminating post in this series shows an even greater overstatement of vax effectiveness in the 65 and over age group.
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Dec 06 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another look at non-CV-19 excess deaths in Minnesota, which likely are equal to or more than the actual CV-19 deaths.
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Dec 05 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 180

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Pretty much caught up with the short set of research summaries on the usual topics.
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Dec 04 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 179

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The first of catchup posts on recent research.
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Dec 03 2022

Once More into the Renewable Energy Breach

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Wind farms are an environmental nightmare and disrupt the regional sea food chains.
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Dec 03 2022

The Clock is Ticking for Tik-Tok

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Tik-Tok is controlled by the Chinese government and used by it to interfere in US elections and policymaking.
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Dec 03 2022

Rotten Jobs Reporting

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
While the mainstream media reliably parrot the official line on jobs growth, a closer look shows it just ain't so.
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Dec 02 2022

Vax Effectiveness Using 2021 Population

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A further exploration of the effect of matching the population size estimates to the year of event data demonstrates an even greater decline in apparent vaccine effectiveness.
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Dec 02 2022

Census Estimate Background

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Background on the census data which is available for Minnesota age group size estimates, which reveals even more clearly why DOH's choice of 2019 five-year estimates is flawed.
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Dec 02 2022

Breakthrough Events, December 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No real change in event trends in any population sub-category as we head to winter.
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Dec 01 2022

More on the Population Estimates Used For Vax Effectiveness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
This is a complex and tricky issue, but it appears very clear from our analysis that DOH is using an approach that substantially exaggerates vaccine effectiveness in the 65 and…
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Nov 30 2022

Data Fiddling in the Estimates of Vax Effectiveness for the Over-65 Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More questionable methodological selections by Minnesota DOH lead to an overstatement of the effectiveness of the vaccines in the oldest age group.
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Nov 30 2022

Breakthrough Events, November 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A slightly delayed update to the data on cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vax status.
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Nov 30 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, November 28

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Despite some newspaper headlines, there is no sign of any significant uptick in CV-19 events.
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Nov 27 2022

No More Boosters

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
There really is no good reason for people to get endless numbers of CV-19 vaccine boosters, including the new "bivalent" one.
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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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