Public health: How many infections have you had?
Infections and injuries are common. Trying to live a ZeroInfection life isn't going to work out well.
TBI: Even mild head injuries can have lifelong effects
Even "mild" traumatic brain injuries, like concussions, can have life long effects.
Climate: Health care must cut carbon emissions in half by 2030
Health care must cut carbon emission in half by 2030. If true, it means less health care and probably killing people. It's Science.
Biology: Biological sex is better predictor of sports outcomes than gender identity, says study
Sex may be a more useful explanatory variable than gender identity for predicting the performance of athletes in mass-participation races, a new paper has found. Study shows sex could be…
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.