A big chunk of the population is in this age group, and the boosted have the highest rates of cases, but vax does seem to limit hospitalization risk for this…
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For older children, also a very limited or nonexistent benefit of being vaxed.
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These charts show why the notion of mandating or even suggesting CV-19 vax for younger children makes no sense--it offers them no protection.
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Employment-related health plan costs were relatively flat from 2021 to 2022. Don't expect the same in 2023.
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$3.8 trillion in renewable energy investments got us nothing but less reliable and more expensive energy sources.
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Diesel fuel prices have risen rapidly, contributing to much higher costs for truckers, which raises the price of just about everything.
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The rise in heart disease and especially fatal heart attacks is linked to CV-19 infection, but moreso, I believe, to gaps in care and missed diagnoses and stress due to…
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A few more summaries on some important topics, like bad lockdown effects.
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An attempt to assess hospital and death rates as a function of cases in recent months.
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Uhhhh, Houston we have a problem, the unvaxed are at or below their proportion in the population for cases, hosps and deaths.
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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. 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.