Follow up: “Feb 1, 2022 – Infections will rise in Norway”
On Feb 1, 2022, the Chief of Norway's National Institute of Public Health said that "infections will rise when restrictions are lifted" and there would be a new "wave of…
Follow up: “Oregon predicts staggering omicron infections, hospitalizations”
Follow up on Oregon's OHSU disease models for Omicron. Like nearly all models, this was wrong, off in space, as usual.
Follow up: “Trucker protest could become a superspreader event”
Like nearly all forecasts that predicted an event would be a "superspreader" for Covid, this one in Canada was wrong, like they all are.
Large study finds no links between cell phone use and brain tumors
Large study finds no evidence that cellular phone usage causes brain tumors. This more than a decade after prominent public health pronouncements that led to calls to even ban Wi-Fi…
Oh my: “‘Long concussion’ plagues 1 in 4 kids after even a mild head injury”
Mild childhood head and brain injuries can have long term effects. I know - I've had several TBIs.
Governments want to make “Daylight Saving Time” permanent, but Standard Time may make more sense
The Science appears to support making Standard Time, not Daylight Saving Time, permanent. Of course, governments are passing laws to make DST permanent – just wait ’til winter when kids…
“Inflation is raging”
I’m so old, I remember when the experts said inflation was to be mild and to be short lived… :Fed Governor Waller says half-point rate hikes could be needed as…
VW did not think this through: VW ID.4 charging port location
Source: 2022 ID.4 See the problem? I’ll give a hint: The ID.4 is rated to tow 2,700 pounds. Don’t see it yet? At 2,700 pounds of towing capacity, I could…
Journalists fret over saving for retirement
Newer research suggests many of us with decent incomes "over saved" for future retirement options that may never happen. I am one of those people. For example, 93% of those…
May be inflation is greater than you think it is
This could be due to measurement error – and perhaps inflation (de-valuing of the dollar) really is that bad: Rosenberg: Historically, home prices go up one- to two percentage points…