It has been a tumultuous 2022. Residual COVID panic persists in the news, but the real health issues this year are not COVID. Deaths from all causes are up 17% in Australia in 2022 and are similarly elevated in many countries.


We look at Australia’s COVID vaccine compensation scheme (https://fresheconomicthinking.substac...) and dig into the puzzle of why the media seems to be ignoring 2,600 injured people who have made compensation claims.


These health outcomes were a policy choice. But no one seems to care.


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