Commentary

An annual report from PWC's Health Research Institute discusses potential medical spending growth rates for 2022.

Trying to get caught up on some of the research. Enjoy the end of the epidemic, if you live in a sane state.

And people wonder why no one trusts "experts" anymore. Prevaricating weasels.

All too many "scientists" have become nothing more than ideological tools and you can't trust the "science" they produce.

Age structure charts, both absolute number and per capita, are a very useful way to see the epidemic.

Minnesota's active cases are the lowest ever.

Pretty much steady as she goes on the cohort analysis.

Observations and research summaries as this winds down.

Active cases are hard to find in Minnesota.

No significant change in hospitalization or death rates, both are staying low.

Minnesota is making steady, if slowing progress on vaccinations.

The proportion of LTC deaths may be bouncing off recent lows as more of the general population gets vaccinated.

Another set of year-over-year comparisons.