Episode 11: Driven by the Data

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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<p>In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the role that asymptomatic individuals might play in COVID-19 transmission, the issue of repeat PCR testing and "chronic infection," the latest updates on masks, and studies assessing the effectiveness of shutdowns in reducing illness. </p> <p>Email us your questions at <a href="mailto:OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu">OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu</a></p>

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Oster Home Update, COVID-19, a weekly podcast on the COVID-19
0:10.9	pandemic with Dr. Michael Oster Home. Dr. Oster Home is an internationally recognized
0:15.7	medical detective and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
0:19.8	or CITRAP at the University of Minnesota. In this podcast, Dr. Oster Home will draw on
0:24.7	more than 45 years of experience investigating infectious disease outbreaks to provide
0:29.1	straight talk on the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm Chris Doll, reporter for CITRAP News. I'm your
0:34.4	host for these conversations. After focusing on a single topic last week, we've got a lot of
0:45.2	territory to cover for this week's episode of the Oster Home Update. But before we get started,
0:49.2	Mike, who are you dedicating this week's episode to? Well, first of all, thanks Chris. It's going to be
0:54.3	with you again. You know, with all the reader and listener email that we've gotten over the course
1:01.6	of the past week, it's clear to me that we've been able to establish a, you might say, a podcast
1:08.0	family here that I think is a very special situation. I first of all have to thank everyone for
1:17.6	taking the time to read the transcript or listen to the podcast. I know you all have lots to do
1:23.2	and you have lots of different sources of information you can use to get what you're looking for
1:27.7	with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. So being here with us each week is a very special gift. I
1:35.4	appreciate that. And so I've decided this week I'm going to dedicate it to all of you. This is
1:40.0	dedicated to all the listeners. And someday I'm sure we'll get a song out of that dedicated to
1:44.9	all the listeners somehow. You know, Mama's and Papa's could try to do dedicated to the one you
1:49.8	love will do it to get a kidded doll the listener. So thank you for being here with us this week.
1:55.6	Mike, the last week and a half has seen an outbreak of protests in the US against racial
1:59.4	injustice and police brutality. The wake of the killing of George Floyd with mask gatherings in
2:04.6	several US cities. What could this mean for COVID-19 transmission? The protests have surely added
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