A primary tool for managing the epidemic, the shelter-in-place order, or lockdown, is useless.
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Some interesting research today, but the big ones deserve their own post and will get it shortly.
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A new paper probes the effects of hospital employment of physicians.
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The usual topics, PCR tests, seasonality and vaccination.
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Actual total deaths over a multi-year period in Sweden are running below average.
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A great finding from a newspaper about the 1918 epidemic reveals the lasting (non) value of masks.
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CV-19 is exiting the stage and usual cast of viral villains is re-entering.
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A couple of random observations and a review of an important analysis of the distribution of health spending in the population.
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A Mark Farrah Associates report gives a sense of health insurer profitability for 2020.
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Another piece of research related to both social determinants of health and geographic variation in per person health spending.
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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.