321 - COVID-19 Testing Update
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Where are we in terms of technology in testing for COVID-19? What kinds of tests are available now, how accurate are they, and which tests should be used in different circumstances? Will workplaces require testing? What about schools in the fall? How accurate are over-the-counter COVID tests? Dr. Gigi Gronvall from the Center for Health Security returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about these questions and more on COVID-19 testing. Access the Testing Toolkit mentioned in the podcast here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 3, a Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. |
| 0:19.6 | Our goal is to bring scientific evidence |
| 0:22.4 | and experience to the public health news of the day through informative interviews with scientists, |
| 0:27.8 | community leaders, policy experts, public health officials, clinicians, and more. If you have |
| 0:33.9 | ideas or questions for us to cover, please email us at public health question at jhh.edu. |
| 0:41.1 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:47.1 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of Public Health On Call. |
| 0:50.5 | Since March 3rd, 2020, Public Health on Call has brought you more than 300 episodes with |
| 0:56.5 | evidence and experts to help unpack the day's COVID-19 and public health news and what it means for |
| 1:02.5 | tomorrow. This podcast has been downloaded more than five million times thanks to listeners like you. |
| 1:09.1 | In our final week of Season three, in partnership with the Johns |
| 1:12.4 | Hopkins Center for Health Equity, we'll be reflecting in a series of interviews on the one-year |
| 1:17.1 | anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. We'll then be back on June 2nd with season four, |
| 1:22.4 | and this summer we'll be releasing three regular episodes a week plus occasional bonus episodes. |
| 1:28.0 | We'll continue to cover the latest on vaccines, treatment breakthroughs, research, and where we are in the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 1:34.6 | We'll also cover other urgent public health issues, including gun violence, mental health, climate change, and overdose. |
| 1:41.5 | We so appreciate all the great ideas that come from our listeners. So keep our |
| 1:45.7 | public health question at jh.hu.edu email handy. That's public health question at jhhhu. |
| 1:52.5 | That's thank you for being part of this podcast. Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to Gigi Gromval |
| 1:59.8 | of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security about COVID-19 testing in school, in the office, and in the privacy of your own home. Let's listen. |
| 2:09.9 | Gigi Granval, thanks so much for joining me. That's a pleasure to be here. |
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