Coronapod: why stopping COVID testing would be a mistake
Nature Podcast
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4.5 • 893 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
As many countries start to ease or even remove COVID restrictions entirely, there are growing concerns from researchers that this will lead governments to take their eye off the ball and crucially stop collecting and reporting vital data. In this episode of Coronapod we discuss calls from two researchers to improve COVID testing and data reporting. What do they want done differently? Why does it matter? And what could such changes mean for the future of the pandemic and public health more broadly?
World View: Tracking COVID-19 infections: time for change
World View: Commit to transparent COVID data until the WHO declares the pandemic is over
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| 1:02.6 | Hello, Noah here. Before this episode, I wanted to make a quick apology. This episode was due to be published last week, but on Friday, after we recorded the episode, and whilst I was editing it, I got a call telling me that my grandmother had tested positive for COVID. A few days later, she passed away, and I've taken some time away from work to be with my family. Over that time, I've reflected a lot on just how sadly common weeks like mine have been for families all over the world for the past few years. |
| 1:31.0 | And while that does nothing to change my situation, what it does really underscore for me is the need for us to keep talking about COVID |
| 1:37.3 | and keep remembering that the pandemic isn't over. The more we know, the more we talk about it, the quicker we might be able to bring |
| 1:45.0 | some of the pain the pandemic has caused to an end. And so thanks for bearing with me, and let's get |
| 1:51.0 | back to the episode, recorded last week but published a little after the fact. Welcome to Corona Pod. |
| 1:58.0 | In this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest COVID-19 developments. |
| 2:03.8 | And we'll be speaking to experts around the world about research during the pandemic. |
| 2:10.1 | We're entering a new era now. We have new COVID strategies. There's some new unknowns, and we've got a vaccine. |
| 2:20.3 | Hello and welcome to CoronaPod. |
| 2:22.6 | I'm Noah Baker and joining me is World View Editor Monja Baker. |
| 2:26.5 | Monja, how are you? |
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