- Every generation thinks people were nicer in the past. But it’s not true.
- Evidence that colonoscopies aren’t worth it.
- Claim: Frenemies can be hazardous to your health. (NYT)
- Claim: Doctors are suffering from “moral injury.” (NYT)
- Biden claim: “real income for the bottom half of earners is up by 3.4% since I took office.” Reality: real income for the bottom 25% has fallen 2.3%, while the second income quartile has fallen 3.9%.
Category: Direct Primary Care
Drug Company: Doctors Should Treat Obesity Like a Disease, Not a Moral Failing
Excess weight and obesity are major public health concerns. Roughly four-in-ten adult Americans are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly one-third (30.7) of adults are overweight but don’t reach the level of obesity. That suggests more than two-thirds of adults carry too much weight.
This disproportionally affects certain historically marginalized groups. According to the CDC, about 49.9% of non-Hispanic Black adults have obesity. This is followed by Hispanic people at 45.6%, non-Hispanic white people at 41.4%, and non-Hispanic Asian individuals at 16.1%.
Saturday Links
- Neil Ferguson’s infamous Imperial College London model predicted lockdowns would avoid 1.7 to 2.1 million COVID deaths. A new study finds the actual reduction in COVID deaths associated with lockdowns was 4,300 to 15,600.
- A positive obituary for Silvio.
- The left hates home schooling.
- Can noise reduce your life expectancy?
- Is most mental illness little more than socially disapproved preferences? Byron Caplan: Yes. Arnold Kling: No.
- The danger in exercising too much.
Health Sharing Ministries Popular with Many (but not all)
Health care sharing ministries have been around for years, and they fill a niche in a diverse insurance market shattered by Obamacare. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has provisions that allow sharing ministries to coexist with Obamacare plans, which makes many consumers happy, but irritates some Obamacare advocates. It’s been a year since I last wrote…