COVID in the Driver's Seat

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the challenges that China is facing with its COVID response, analyze a study that was recently published on surgical masks, and take a closer look at who is currently dying of COVID in the US.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update COVID-19, a podcast on the COVID-19 pandemic with
0:11.8	Dr. Michael Ostrome.
0:13.8	Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center
0:18.0	for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CITRAP, at the University of Minnesota.
0:23.0	In this podcast, Dr. Ostrome will draw on more than 45 years of experience investigating
0:27.2	infectious disease outbreaks to provide straight talk on the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:32.1	I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for CITRAP News, and I'm your host for these conversations.
0:41.4	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrome Update podcast.
0:45.4	As we begin our third holiday season of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's noteworthy that
0:49.9	SARS-CoV-2, after two years of dominating the respiratory virus landscape, is now being
0:55.2	challenged by other viruses.
0:57.5	While roughly 43,000 Americans a day are still contracting COVID-19, 35 states are seeing
1:02.9	high or very high flu activity in a flu season that began earlier than normal this year
1:07.8	in the Northern Hemisphere.
1:09.4	Meanwhile, children with respiratory sensational virus, or RSV, continue to fill pediatric
1:15.4	hospitals, some are calling it a triple-demic.
1:18.7	What is different about this year compared with the past two years of the pandemic, when
1:22.3	flu and RSV activity were minimal?
1:24.8	And what does it mean for our hospitals and healthcare workers over the next few months?
1:28.3	That's one of the items we'll be discussing on this December 1st episode of the podcast,
1:32.8	as we assess the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1:35.6	We'll also discuss the growing unrest in China over the government's zero COVID policy,
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