409 - Viral Mutations and Global Vaccinations
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
There's still lots to learn about omicron, but two things are certain: vaccinations will provide some level of protection, and until the majority of the world's population is vaccinated, we may continue to see new variants. Vaccine experts Dr. Anna Durbin and Dr. Bill Moss talk with Stephanie Desmon about viral mutations and what we might expect to see when it comes to SARS-CoV-2, what needs to be done to address ongoing challenges with global vaccine distribution, and the importance of sharing vaccine technology to help curb future pandemics.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 4 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former Commissioner of Health in Baltimore City. |
| 0:20.0 | Our goal is to bring |
| 0:21.7 | scientific evidence and experience to current topics in public health through engaging interviews |
| 0:27.1 | with scientists, community leaders, policy experts, public health officials, clinicians, and more. |
| 0:32.8 | If you have ideas or questions for us to cover, please email us at public health question at jhhhu.edu. |
| 0:40.4 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:46.5 | Hi listeners. I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. Since March 3, |
| 0:52.3 | 2020, Public Health On Call has brought you more than 400 episodes |
| 0:56.7 | with evidence and experts to help unpack the days COVID-19 and public health news and what it |
| 1:02.7 | means for tomorrow. As we wind down season four, we have a few thank yous. First, a big thank you |
| 1:09.1 | to our interns, Kelly Corcoran, Caroline Wang, |
| 1:12.7 | Alyssa, and Hannah Bennett, who bring fresh ideas and much-needed support for the podcast. |
| 1:19.0 | We'd also like to thank you, our listeners, for sharing your ideas and questions, and for |
| 1:24.0 | downloading this podcast more than 6 million times. |
| 1:30.1 | We're taking a break starting December 23rd, |
| 1:34.3 | and we'll be back on January 3rd with Season 5 of Public Health On Call. |
| 1:39.9 | We'll continue to cover the latest on COVID vaccines, treatment breakthroughs, and research. |
| 1:46.0 | We'll talk about living with COVID and what our world might look like going forward as we move from pandemic crisis to endemic virus. We'll also cover other urgent public health issues, including |
| 1:52.1 | racism, gun violence, mental health, climate change, and overdose. We so appreciate all the |
| 1:59.9 | great ideas that come from our listeners, so please |
| 2:02.3 | keep writing us at public health question at jh.hu.edu, and thank you for being part of this podcast. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.