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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the very oldest adults, both basic vaccination and a booster appear to have a beneficial reduction of risk.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 12 to 17

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Updated breakthrough data for the 12 to 17 group, where the vax are also useless.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 50 to 64

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Older adults also get some protection against hospitalization from the vax.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For young adults to middle-aged ones, the vax doesn't protect against infection but does seem to reduce hospitalization risk somewhat.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Looking at breakthrough events by age group, starting with the 5 to 11, where vax are basically worthless.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This week's breakthrough report shows a return to trend.
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Sep 09 2022

More on Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 32 Comments
These are the most important charts I periodically post--this is what Tim Walz and Jan Malcolm did to Minnesotans--killed them with the terror campaign.
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Sep 08 2022

Excess Death Lies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 14 Comments
There is a lot of garbage about excess deaths floating around out there.
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Sep 08 2022

Electricity Generation Across the US

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Good data on where each part of the US gets its electricity from.
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Sep 08 2022

I Am Back, For What It Is Worth

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
It was depressing to get back to the US after reflecting on all the issues that beset us and the rest of the world.
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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

Headlines

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026

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About This Blog

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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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