We are having a “coming out” party as we near herd immunity and over 90 million people have been inoculated against COVID-19 or have had the virus. Hopefully, current vaccines will be effective against new variants like COVID-273 (OK, I just made that one up).
There are lots of things we should take away from this experience, but one overall message is that we ought to be a little more concerned about our health.
Read More“Whose life is worthy of being saved?” This is a question that has long plagued us but now has become much more relevant. Another related question is, “who should decide whose life is worth saving?” For over fifty years, economists have been charged with estimating benefits of regulations that claim to save lives by determining what it is worth to save an “average” life. In particular, they do this without getting into whether one person’s life is worth more than another’s.
Read MoreThere are a lot of celebrations in the month of March, so I thought I’d touch on a few relevant to my interests (and hopefully yours).
Read MoreWe are bombarded with information we should not use, i.e., it should not be “actionable.” If false or misleading information leads to action like taking or not taking a medicine or medical treatment, or voting or not voting for someone, or purchasing something that is not good for you or the environment, then it is presumed to be a problem. There is also the question of, if action is taken and there is harm, who’s at fault? There are lots of ways information can be false or misleading. Let’s look at a few.
Read MoreUnderstanding exercise recommendations is important for your health. But so is having the freedom to ignore them.
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