Health: 1% self-identify as vegan
1% of the U.S. population self-identifies as vegan, and 4% as vegetarian.
Healthcare: Analysis of the 2014 ACA Act
I wrote this long paper in 2016, analyzing and explaining why ACA ObamaCare policies became unaffordable.
Demographics: From 2012-19, 19+ California hospitals closed labor and delivery services
Dozens of labor and delivery services have closed in California as the birth rate has been cut in half over past 30 years.
Environment, health: Air pollution kills up to 7 million people
Nearly half of estimated air pollution deaths are due to indoor wood and charcoal cooking fires and stoves.
Public health: ACA premiums 2024, $2,057/month, $19,000 deductible
2024 ACA premiums for a bare bones Brone policy for 2 adults: $2057/month or about $25k/year, $19,000 annual deductible.
Public health followup: Covid cases continue to decline
The apocalyptic late summer/early fall Covid-19 triple-demic surge has not happened.
Climate, Health: Global warming to reduce head colds
In what they called a “breakthrough,” scientists uncovered the biological reason we get more respiratory illnesses in winter — the cold air itself damages the immune response occurring in the…
Health: More workers taking more sick leave days
More workers are taking more sick days, post pandemic, often as "mental health" days. The biggest increase is among young workers.
Climate: Being overweight must be outlawed
Overweight people result in an increase in fuel used (and hence an increase in carbon emissions), in all forms of transport, including vehicles, airliners and railroads.
Health: Craving for protein may drive obesity
Humans, like many other species, regulate protein intake more strongly than any other dietary component and so if protein is diluted there is a compensatory increase in food intake. The…