Episode 125: Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In "Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and around the world, the newly released CIDRAP Coronavirus Vaccine R&D Roadmap, and the rise of vaccine misinformation and disinformation.

CIDRAP's Coronavirus Vaccines R&D Roadmap
A research and development (R&D) roadmap for broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: a pandemic preparedness strategy (Moore et al., Vaccine)
The time is now for committed and comprehensive action to attain more broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: the coronavirus vaccines R&D roadmap (Margaret Hamburg and Gregory A. Poland, Vaccine)
COMMENTARY: Wear a respirator, not a cloth or surgical mask, to protect against respiratory viruses (Brosseau et al.)
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0:00.0	Hi everyone, before we get started with this week's episode of the Ostrome Update,
0:04.1	I want to let our listeners know that Season 2 of Sidraps Podcast on Antimicurbler Resistance,
0:09.2	Superbugs and You launches on Tuesday, February 28th. You can hear a sneak preview if you go to
0:14.8	the Sidraps website and click on the podcast link. Season 2 of Superbugs and You is available on the Sidraps website,
0:21.4	as well as Apple, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
0:31.2	Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update COVID-19, a podcast on the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Michael Ostrome.
0:38.2	Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center for
0:42.8	Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or Sidraps, at the University of Minnesota. In this podcast,
0:48.4	Dr. Ostrome will draw on more than 45 years of experience investigating infectious disease outbreaks
0:53.3	to provide straight talk on the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for Sidraps News,
0:58.8	and I'm your host for these conversations.
1:05.8	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrome Update Podcast. As of the end of 2022,
1:12.2	SARS-CoV-2 infections had caused more than 650 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 6.6 million
1:19.0	deaths globally. The toll is staggering. But what if I told you it could have been even worse?
1:25.0	Though more contagious, the case fatality ratio of SARS-CoV-2 is much lower than two other
1:30.0	coronaviruses that have emerged this century. SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome are
1:35.2	more than 100 million confirmed. What will the next coronavirus look like? In Sidraps, newly released
1:43.2	coronavirus vaccines are in the roadmap. Dr. Ostrome and his co-authors addressed this very topic.
1:46.8	They write,
1:47.8	Beyond the global scourge of the current COVID-19 pandemic, even more concerning is the threat of a
1:52.7	new coronavirus in the future that could be both highly transmissible and highly lethal.
1:57.5	Thousands of different coronaviruses are circulating the animals worldwide,
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