Public health: Child masking not supported by current evidence
"The current body of scientific data does not support masking children for protection against COVID-19."
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.
Environment: We must ban microwave ovens or at least anything with plastic
You just knew this was coming, didn’t you? Our “just pop it in the microwave” mentality is unleashing hordes of tiny plastic particles — more than 2 billion nanoplastics and…
Public health: Remember “contact tracing”?
Covid's contact tracing didn't work either. Surprised?
Public health: Women versus men’s life expectancy
The disparity between male and female life expectancy has gotten larger.
Public health: Wear a mask.
In November, 2023, the CDC Director urges people to wear masks in crowded places, and to open windows/doors for ventilation. In the winter.
Public health: CDC is testing travelers at airports
CDC is testing volunteer international travelers at some airports for up to 30 possible diseases.
Follow up: Disease models were, uh, terrible
Red line is actual – gray lines are model forecasts for Covid – the SAGE models were garbage. SAGE (spectator.co.uk)
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.
Follow up: Where is Covid today?
Snap shot taken from covid19.who.int on Nov 2 2023: