Episode 128: A Light at the End of a Tough Two Weeks

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the latest news on vaccines, and the current Marburg virus outbreaks in Africa. Dr. Osterholm also answers two COVID queries and shares a beautiful place from one of our listeners.

Jane Ellen's beautiful place

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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.
0:41.5	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrome Update Podcast.
0:45.8	Throughout the three years that we've been doing this podcast, there have been several
0:49.0	episodes where I've sounded notes of optimism in my introduction that we might be nearing
0:53.4	the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:56.4	The first time was in the spring of 2021, when cases were dramatically declining amid
1:01.2	the initial vaccine rollout.
1:03.8	But that optimism has almost always been dashed by news of new SARS-CoV-2 variants and
1:09.4	the subsequent rise in cases.
1:11.6	It seems we're now once again in one of those moments of optimism, especially here in
1:15.8	the United States, where cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to decline.
1:21.6	Is the light at the end of the tunnel finally here?
1:24.6	That will be the focus of this April 6th episode of the Ostrome Update Podcast, as we discuss
1:29.4	the current COVID trends here in the US and around the world.
1:32.4	Dr. Ostrome will also talk about the latest news on COVID vaccines, undress some of the
1:36.7	wonderful and not so wonderful email that he's received since coming down with COVID,
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