- Goldman Sachs throws Fauci and CDC protocols under the bus.
- American life expectancy has dropped three years!
- California bill would penalize doctors who spread Covid falsehoods, like “Ivermectin works” — even if it really does work. (NYT, gated)
- Omicron appears to produce contradictory results (pos/neg) when various test are used.
- Health benefits of tea.
Author: John C. Goodman
Tuesday Links
- ADA lawsuit abuse: A wheelchair bound disabled man filed more than 800 lawsuits alleging violations of disability access laws, including mom-and-pop shops in Salinas, Ca.
- Lab rats have rights under US law. So do monkeys, fish and finches. Octopuses, however, have no rights. (NYT: gated)
- NYC has banned the sale of whipped cream canisters to people under age 21. Teens can use them to get high on nitrous oxide.
- Increasing obesity is an international problem, but the US comes in first.
- Inadequate sleep has been connected to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, mental disorders and cancer—between the hours of 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., our cognitive abilities are worse than if we were legally drunk. (WSJ: gated)
European Health Care is Falling Behind the US
A newly restarted coal plant in Germany. Photographer: Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images Many Americans used to admire the UK’s National Health Service, but right now the whole system is ailing. There has been a labor and capital shortage, and a collapse of emergency health care services, which may be costing up to 500 excess (non-Covid) deaths…
Monday Links
- Should vending machines be available to dispense medication for opioid overdoses?
- Why are people having less sex?
- Study: Native Americans, once among the tallest people in the world, lost their height advantage after the demise of the bison.
- How university research → startup companies → commercial innovation led to the Moderna Covid vaccine.
- How colleges and students scam the student loan program and why Biden’s new executive order will make things much worse.
- Euthanasia is the sixth leading cause of death in Canada.