Episode 137: Variant Soup

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss national and international COVID trends, record dengue outbreaks around the world, and the updated timeline for the new COVID booster shots. Dr. Osterholm also answers an ID query on leprosy in Florida and shares a moment of joy from one of our listeners.

Content Warning: This week's dedication and closing include discussion about suicide awareness and prevention. For listeners who would prefer to avoid this topic, we recommend skipping 3:35-6:28 and 1:00:34-1:03:32.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update, a podcast on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases
0:13.5	with Dr. Michael Ostrome. Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective
0:19.1	and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or SIDRAP, at
0:23.4	the University of Minnesota. In this podcast, Dr. Ostrome draws on nearly 50 years of experience
0:29.0	investigating infectious disease outbreaks to provide straight talk on the latest infectious
0:34.0	disease and public health threats. I'm Chris Doll, reporter for SIDRAP News, and I'm your
0:39.1	host for these conversations. Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrome Update Podcast.
0:48.0	If you've been following the news lately, you've probably seen several headlines indicating
0:51.9	the US may be in the midst of another summer surge of COVID-19 cases. While the data on infections
0:57.6	is completely unreliable at this point and has been for a long time, COVID hospitalizations have risen
1:03.0	over the last several weeks, and wastewater data appear to be showing an upward trend in virus
1:07.7	concentrations around the country. But is this uptick anything like what we've seen in the past three
1:12.7	summers? And does it indicate another significant change is occurring in the SARS-CoV-2 virus?
1:18.4	That's one of the topics we're going to discuss on this August 10th episode of the podcast,
1:23.2	as we look at the international and national COVID trends and dive into what we know about the
1:28.0	latest COVID variant. We'll also look at the shifting timeline on the updated COVID booster shots,
1:34.0	discuss how people should approach getting shots for COVID, flu, and RSV in the fall,
1:39.2	answer an infectious disease query on leprosy in Florida, and talk about dengue outbreaks around
1:44.6	the world. And we'll share our latest moment of joy submission. But before we get started, as always,
1:50.8	we'll begin with Dr. Ostrom's opening comments and dedication.
1:56.3	Thanks, Chris. And welcome back to all the podcast family. It is wonderful to be with you again.
2:01.2	Thank you for coming back to share this experience with us. And for those who might be listening
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