Episode 139: Time for a Mindset Change
Osterholm Update
CIDRAP
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In "Time for a Mindset Change," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the rise in COVID activity in the U.S. and around the world, a recent study on COVID in white-tailed deer, and a survey on vaccine hesitancy in pet owners. Dr. Osterholm also provides an update on avian and human influenza and shares a moment of joy from one of our listeners.
- Amy's moment of joy
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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 |
| 0:23.5 | 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 Dahl, 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 |
| 0:47.3 | podcast. As we flip the calendar and say goodbye to summer and hello to the school year, we seem |
| 0:52.8 | to be on the verge of another period of uncertainty. As Dr. Ostrome was pointed out in recent episodes, |
| 0:58.6 | we are in a much better place now than we've been at any point over the past three years with |
| 1:03.0 | respect to COVID-19. But while the increase we've seen in COVID-19 activity over the past month |
| 1:08.5 | continue with kids now back in school, is the BA 2.86 variant different enough from previous |
| 1:14.1 | variants to pose a new challenge to our vaccines and treatments? These are some of the topics we're |
| 1:18.7 | going to discuss on the September 7th episode of the podcast as we look at the international |
| 1:23.4 | national COVID trends and provide an update on SARS-CoV-2 variants. We'll also discuss a recent |
| 1:29.1 | study on COVID infection in deer, provide updates on avian and human influenza, look at a recent |
| 1:34.8 | survey on vaccine hesitancy and pet owners, answer an infectious disease query, and share our |
| 1:40.3 | latest moment of joy submission. But before we get started, as always, we'll begin with Dr. Ostrome's |
| 1:45.8 | opening comments and dedication. Thank you Chris and welcome back to everyone to another |
| 1:52.5 | edition here of the podcast. In particular, I want to welcome all of our podcasts. |
| 1:56.8 | So many members, thank you so much for staying with us, providing your feedback and your encouragement, |
| 2:04.3 | and I hope today that we can provide you with information that you will find helpful. |
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