437 - COVID-19 in Columbus, Ohio
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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of Columbus, Ohio since 2017. In March 2020, however, the trajectory of her career changed. Dr. Roberts talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the first moment when she realized what it meant to lead in a crisis. They talk about efforts in Columbus to expand testing, roll out a creative vaccine strategy, and bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to address COVID collectively, honoring "the Columbus Way."
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 5 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former |
| 0:19.1 | health commissioner here in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 0:21.7 | Our goal with this podcast is to bring scientific evidence and experience to shed light on critical |
| 0:27.5 | health issues. If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health |
| 0:33.0 | question at jhhhu.edu. That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:42.6 | Today, we head to Columbus, Ohio, to hear from the city's health commissioner, Dr. Mysheko Roberts. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm going to break character for a moment and say that this interview reminded me of why I went into public health |
| 0:55.4 | in the first place. Let's listen. Dr. Machiko Roberts, thank you so much for joining me today |
| 1:01.7 | in Public Health on Call. How are you doing? |
| 1:03.7 | I'm doing well, thanks. How are you doing, Josh? |
| 1:05.7 | I'm good. I'm good. I'm excited to talk to a health commissioner who has been through COVID, you know, from the very beginning. |
| 1:14.7 | How long have you been the health commissioner in Columbus, Ohio? |
| 1:17.7 | I have been the health commissioner since December of 2017. |
| 1:21.8 | So I'm guessing the last couple of years we're not exactly the same as the first couple of years on the job. |
| 1:29.0 | Absolutely not. Absolutely night and day. |
| 1:33.1 | So I'd like to start by asking you to tell us about the experience of COVID in Columbus from your vantage point. |
| 1:41.0 | Would have been a few key moments for you. |
| 1:44.0 | So, you know, every community has their own experience with COVID-19. |
| 1:48.3 | And I think for me, I will say off the top that I'm very fortunate that I have a very |
| 1:52.6 | supportive mayor and city council. |
| 1:55.2 | And for the most part, a very supportive community through this pandemic. |
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