The price of the device has been steadily increasedâby 32 percent in the past year aloneâbut not because the cost of the raw materials was increasing (a typical dose of epinephrine still costs about a dollar). The profit margin of the EpiPen was 9 percent in 2008. Today itâs 55 percent.
Frost is a form of ice and can only survive at temperatures of 32 degrees Fahrenheit and below. But that doesnât mean the measured air temperature must be 32 or below for frost to form on a surface.
The GFS model projects the temperature at the North Pole to reach near freezing or 32 degrees early Wednesday. Consider the average winter temperature there is around 20 degrees below zero. If the temperature rises to freezing, it would signify a departure from normal of over 50 degrees.