Demographics: US population age 18-64 to start falling
Beginning in 2026, the US working age population will begin to decline by 300,000 persons per year.
Public health: 5 volunteers infected with Covid but only 2 got sick
Directly infected with the Covid virus, but only 2 actually ended up with Covid. What does that mean?
Demographics: Global fertility rate dropped below replacement level
The global fertility rate just hit 2.16 which is below the population replacement rate.
Media: When you can tell who wrote it by the headline
Click bait headlines.
Health care: Heart attack deaths decline, survivability increases
Decreases due primarily to end of smoking (30%), use of statins (25%), BP management (25%), 6-19% to ban on transfats, plus better treatment. Diet is a tiny factor.
Health: High dose rosuvastatin or atorvastatin recommended for heart risk
Says many should be on high dosage statins. But what about people who can't take these drugs?