I’ve Moved to Substack!
I am no longer adding new posts on this site. I am now writing on Substack, where I have a newsletter called “Check Your Work”. I have archived my best articles from this site over on Substack.
Pediatric News
ACIP October Meeting & Covid Vaccines for Children
This article (and future ones) are available at my Substack – “Check Your Work” The debate and drama over this week’s ACIP meeting has been a hot mess, but I’ve done a lot of reading this week and want to share what I know. These are the facts as best I can determine. The Backstory: …
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Fact Check: Covid as a Leading Cause of Death in Children
This article (and future ones) are available at my Substack – “Check Your Work” In the CDC ACIP meeting on June 17 to discuss childhood Covid vaccines, a table was presented showing Covid was a leading cause of death in US children as part of a slide deck on the epidemiology of Covid-19 in children …
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Covid vs. Flu for Kids
This article (and future ones) are available at my Substack – “Check Your Work” UPDATE: Faust has responded to some of the criticism of his original analysis. He has acknowledged the “good point” that he used multiple CoD for Covid vs underlying CoD for influenza. This was the key point in my criticism of his …
Pediatric Mortality Data Tracking
Sources of Pediatric Mortality Data CDC COVID Data Tracker – Demographic Trends: This is based on preliminary surveillance data submitted by states, presumably of deaths among Covid cases. However, but it is a inaccurate. It significantly overcounts pediatric deaths and undercounts adult deaths. Updated daily. Read more about the accuracy issues with the Data Tracker. …
What’s Wrong with CDC Data on Pediatric Mortality?
You have probably heard about the recent correction in pediatric death data by the CDC. This is related to issues I have been fighting about with the CDC since May 2021, and there has been a lot of confusion around the topic, so I wanted to provide an explainer. Where are pediatric deaths tracked? The …
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