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:
Public health: Lock downs were a global experiment that failed
Public health was incompetent. Lock downs failed but at least they caused great harm.
Climate, Public health: Eating meat will kill you and the climate
Widely reported junk science nutrition study says we must stop eating red meat to avoid T2D and save the climate.
Public health: Hardly anyone is getting new Covid shots
Public health is not listening - yet the low take up rates for the 2023 Covid vaccine speaks loudly. 7% of adults and 2% of kids have gotten the new…
Follow up: Economic forecast models mostly useless
The New York Times also chimed in on the poor forecasting record of economists Monday in a separate story, “New Normal or No Normal? How Economists Got It Wrong for…