465- A Special Mother's Day Episode

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medicine, News, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this special Mother's Day episode, Public Health On Call host Dr. Josh Sharfstein interviews retired pediatrician, Dr. Margaret Sharfstein, aka Josh's mom. Together they discuss the early stages of COVID, the impact it had on her perception of age, her concerns throughout the pandemic, and even why she nicknamed him "Dr. No".

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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 jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:42.2	Today, a special Mother's Day episode of Public Health On Call,
0:46.8	in which I get to interview my mom, Dr. Margaret Sharfstein.
0:52.3	Let's listen.
0:54.1	Hi, Mom. Good to see you. How are you doing today? I'm doing well. COVID-free.
0:59.5	Good. Well, before we get into this special Mother's Day edition of the Public Health On Call podcast, I thought it would be good for you to introduce yourself to our listeners.
1:08.2	So I'm Josh's mother, and I'm 78 years old. I'm a retired pediatrician,
1:15.9	and I have worked mostly in city health departments and at the University of Maryland in College Park
1:26.4	as the college health doctor.
1:29.1	So I'd like to start with some questions on COVID.
1:31.9	We won't only talk about COVID,
1:33.6	but we've been talking about COVID a lot
1:35.6	the last couple of years on this podcast.
1:37.6	And I wanted to ask you when COVID really became real to you,
1:42.0	what was the moment when you realize your life
1:44.1	would be transformed?
1:46.1	I think when I saw all the pictures and newscasts about the people, old people in Washington
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