Episode 143: Immunological Chess Match

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss national and international COVID trends, the low uptake in the latest COVID vaccine, and share thoughts about which infectious agents have pandemic potential. Dr. Osterholm also answers an ID query about influenza vaccination and shares a moment of joy from one of our listeners.

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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 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
0:47.4	podcast. Although most COVID-19 markers in the United States have been on the decline for several
0:52.5	weeks, putting at least a temporary pause on concerns about a fall surge of cases,
0:57.2	recent data provided by the CDC to NBC News could raise a red flag for the coming winter.
1:02.8	According to a CDC spokesperson, only 3.5% of the U.S. population has received the updated COVID
1:09.0	shot to date. The low uptake could be related in part to some early logistic and insurance
1:14.5	issues that hindered the rollout and prevented people from getting the shot. But one expert thinks
1:19.3	there's more to it. The logistic complications certainly were not helpful, but I think that the
1:23.9	low uptake is more than that. Dr. Dan Baruch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine
1:28.9	Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, told NBC. The low uptake reflects that
1:34.7	most of the public is no longer concerned about COVID. If uptake of the updated shot doesn't pick
1:40.8	up significantly, could we be in for another surge of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths?
1:46.8	That's one of the topics we're going to discuss on this November 2nd episode of the podcast,
1:50.8	as we look at the International and National COVID trends. We'll also provide an update on the
1:55.5	variant picture. Discuss the National Association of Allergy and Infectious Diseases list of viruses
2:00.9	with pandemic potential. Look at the role that indoor air quality improvements could play in
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