Episode 147: JN.1, Hospital Capacity, & Vaccine Uptake

Osterholm Update

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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<p>In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the JN.1 variant, the rising levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, and the low uptake of the COVID-19, RSV, and influenza vaccines. Dr. Osterholm also shares his thoughts on hospital capacity issues in the U.S. and shares the latest "This Week in Public Health History" segment. </p> <ul> <a href="cidrap.umn.edu/support">Support this podcast</a> </ul>

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Osterholm update, a podcast on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases with Dr Michael Osterholm.
0:15.0	Dr Ostrom is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center for
0:20.3	Infectious Disease Research and Policy or or Sidrapp at the University of Minnesota.
0:25.2	In this podcast, Dr. Ostrom draws on nearly 50 years of experience investigating
0:29.6	infectious disease outbreaks to provide straight talk on the latest infectious disease
0:33.7	and public health threats.
0:36.0	I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for Sidrapp News,
0:38.5	and I'm your host for these conversations.
0:44.0	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrom Update Podcast.
0:48.0	I hope all of you in the podcast family are having a happy holiday season.
0:52.0	And since we're in the midst of the holiday season,
0:54.4	today's episode is going to be a shorter one,
0:56.8	focused on COVID-19 and other respiratory virus activity.
1:00.4	But before we get started, as always,
1:02.1	we'll begin with Dr. Ostrom's opening
1:03.9	comments and dedication.
1:07.0	Thank you Chris and happy holidays to everyone listening to the
1:10.9	podcast to the podcast team that help put this together.
1:14.0	I hope that your days are enjoyable, rewarding, filled with wonderful moments.
1:21.0	And for those who have been challenged through the holidays which we know there are a
1:25.1	number of you who have through illness or other family related events or just out of work
1:30.4	schedule and could not get home for Christmas that in fact you are also getting as much as you can from these holiday seasons.
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