Public health: Covid-19 deaths, by week, in the U.S.
Deaths continue to drop.
AI: Technical Report on Deepseek-V3
A technical report on the new Deepseek AI system is available online.
Economy: New job creation and immigrants
Employers might be turning to immigrants due to a smaller, new, young cohort entering the labor market.
Public health: Need face masks for birds
New theory is Avian flu virus is airborne. Obviously, we and all animals need to wear face masks. This is the way.
Demographics, Education: Colleges to see record low enrollment in coming years
College enrollment, down -15% since 2010, is about to start plummeting.
Personal Finance: Surveys of retirement savings are wrong
Another survey of retirees "retirement funds" is bunk, as it counts only assets in designated retirement funds.
Demographics: US population change, natural vs immigration increase
US population change via immigration versus "natural" (births and deaths)
Healthcare: ACA/ObamaCare failed to control prices
ObamaCare was sold as a system that would control the rate of growth in health care spending. Annual costs are now increasing faster than before the ACA was passed.
Nutrition: 1 in 5 Americans are vitamin B-12 deficient
Wow - 1 in 5 Americans vit B-12 deficient. Higher in elderly, those taking some medications or having some diseases.
Education demographics: College enrollment in 2024
Enrollment in fall of 2024 said to drop by -5% but that was an error.