US Fatalities in March 2022 Were Likely Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
According to the CDC, 822 fewer people died in the week ending March 12, than the comparable week in 2019. ...
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County Vaccine Contract Exposed as Blatant Bid-Rigging
Last week, a copy of the application by the Texas Rangers for a warrant to search County records related to...
Excess Death Analysis for 2021
We now have fatality data for 2021 which should be mostly complete, and the results look very similar to 2020. ...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – Omicron Going, Going, But Not Quite Gone
The word “spike” has been atrociously overused during the pandemic. But in the case of the Omicron variant it is...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – Omicron Peak?
There is a growing consensus that the Omicron wave has peaked and will usher in the endemic phase of COVID. ...
It is Time to Start Talking About Obesity
Although comparisons on how countries fared during the COVID pandemic is fraught with data problems, most metrics seem to indicate...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – Omicron: Scourge or Savior?
I apologize for the length of this post but there is a lot to unpack. For the last month, the...
A 15-Week Ban Would Not Significantly Reduce the Number of Abortions
There has been ubiquitous media coverage of the Supreme Court’s consideration of a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – The November Plateau
It seems I am not destined to lay down my COVID pen just yet. After a very rapid decline in...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats for October – Delta’s Long Goodbye
Throughout the month of October, COVID was in retreat throughout the country and most of the world. Hospitalizations US hospitalizations...
The Numbers on COVID Vaccine Breakthroughs
Recently, there has been a great deal of media chatter about people falling sick with COVID after being vaccinated or...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats for September – Delta Decline Well Underway
As of the end of September, the Delta wave was in decline throughout almost all of the United States. The...
Update on US & Texas COVID Stats – More Signs of a Delta Peak
As of September 20, more encouraging signs have emerged suggesting that the current delta variant wave of COVID has peaked...
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