Episode 100: You Can't Stop the Wind
Osterholm Update
CIDRAP
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
In our 100th episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the end of mask mandates on public transportation, and how to assess the risk posed by emerging variants, like the new Omicron sublineages. They also discuss a COVID query on wastewater testing and share some special thoughts and messages to commemorate our 100th regular episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. Before we get started, please note that the Sidrap and Ostrome Update podcast |
| 0:06.0 | Spring Merchandise Collection is now available to purchase, including new t-shirts and tumblers. |
| 0:12.0 | Please visit sidrap.umn.edu-forwardslashshop. |
| 0:24.0 | Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update COVID-19, a podcast on the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 0:29.0 | with Dr. Michael Ostrome. Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective |
| 0:34.0 | and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy or Sidrap at the University of Minnesota. |
| 0:40.0 | In this podcast, Dr. Ostrome will draw on more than 45 years of experience investigating infectious disease outbreaks |
| 0:46.0 | to provide straight talk on the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for Sidrap News, and I'm your host for these conversations. |
| 0:59.0 | Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Ostrome Update podcast. |
| 1:03.0 | Two years ago, if you had asked Dr. Ostrome, are any of us involved in this podcast, what we'd be talking about on the 100th episode of the Ostrome Update, |
| 1:11.0 | I don't think any of us would have been able to process that idea. |
| 1:14.0 | At that point, just putting out a single episode was an adventure, and we certainly didn't think we had 100 episodes in us. |
| 1:20.0 | But we've learned a lot over these two years, and here we are on our 100th episode. |
| 1:25.0 | Thank you to all of you who have been with us on this journey. |
| 1:28.0 | Of course, the main reason we're on our 100th episode is because this pandemic just won't quit. |
| 1:33.0 | COVID is raging in China despite that country's zero COVID policy, new Omurcon variants are emerging, |
| 1:39.0 | and here in the United States, the long-awaited wave of BA2 infections is causing national case numbers to climb again, |
| 1:45.0 | perhaps more than we know, given the lack of testing, and one of the last mitigation measures we had in this country is now gone. |
| 1:51.0 | Those will be among the topics of discussion here in this April 21st episode of the podcast, |
| 1:56.0 | as we assess the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and around the world. |
| 2:00.0 | We'll also talk about some new data on long COVID, answer a COVID query about wastewater data, |
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