550 - "Take Nothing For Granted With This Virus"—The Latest on COVID Treatment and Vaccines
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
COVID-19 infections may look different in 2022 than they did in 2020, thanks to vaccines, infection-induced immunity, and new treatments—but that doesn't mean we can rest easy. Dr. Paul Sax, clinical director of infectious diseases at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the overall state of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, what we still don't know about this virus, and why it's important to stay vigilant.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, |
| 0:17.0 | and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore. |
| 0:19.7 | Our goal is to bring evidence and experience |
| 0:22.3 | to illuminate critical public health issues. |
| 0:25.5 | If you have questions or ideas for us, |
| 0:27.3 | please send an email to public health question at jh.h.edu. |
| 0:31.5 | That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:36.7 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer, Public Health on Call. for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:41.0 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer, Public Health On Call. |
| 0:44.6 | Today, the latest on COVID treatments and vaccines. |
| 0:50.2 | Our guest is Dr. Paul Sacks, the clinical director of infectious diseases at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases. |
| 0:55.9 | He speaks to Dr. Josh Starstein about the state of the art of COVID treatment, |
| 1:00.8 | including what's established and what's not yet known, and where treatments and vaccines may be headed. |
| 1:07.1 | Let's listen. |
| 1:08.4 | Dr. Paul Sachs, thank you so much for joining me in public health on call. |
| 1:12.4 | You are one of the leading infectious disease doctors in the country, which gives you quite |
| 1:18.1 | a perspective on SARS-CoV-2 infection. |
| 1:22.0 | And I just wonder if you could start by telling us your perspective on how this disease has evolved over the last few years. |
| 1:31.2 | Well, thanks for inviting me on, Josh. I think one thing that people probably know, but it's worth |
| 1:36.4 | underscoring, is that the disease is now different from the way it was. It's different from |
| 1:41.2 | the way it was a year ago, but it's especially different from the way it was in the spring and winter of 2020. |
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