Sad news informs the revision to odds on measles cases this year:
The Betting on Measles
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Category Archives: health care
Guess I Picked the Wrong Week to…Stop Recommending Vaccinations
From the betting markets (Kalshi.com) yesterday:
Guest Contribution: “Social Security Reform: Between a Cliff and a Hard Place”
Today we present a guest post written by Lindsay Jacobs, Assistant Professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
“Fake” Economic Activity
A common refrain I see in some conservative circles is that employment gains or GDP are juiced by “fake” activity, of which government spending is one and health care services are another (health care services are allegedly “fake” by virtue of being mostly government funded – at least that’s the argument I see a lot).
Correlations (II)
Guest Contribution: “Vaccination Mandates Are Not Government Over-reach”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A shorter version appeared at Project Syndicate.
Correlations
Suppose the historical correlations between the 7 day moving average of covid deaths and hospitalizations and ICU beds holds. What does that imply for future trends in covid related deaths?
Taking the Value of a Statistical Life Calculation Seriously
It’s often said that economists know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Well, here goes anyway.
“omicron is a dud”
That’s one assessment of the impact on markets. Certainly in terms of public health impacts, that’s not true.
Latest Statistics on Covid-19 Hospitalizations, Fatality Rates, and Speculation
From NYT, today.