Episode 150: A Family Discussion
Osterholm Update
CIDRAP
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In "A Family Discussion," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant, consider the current and future challenges accessing Paxlovid, and explore new long COVID research. Dr. Osterholm also revisits last episode's discussion on changing public health guidelines and celebrates some canine heroes in the "This Week in Public Health History" segment.
- Viral afterlife: SARS-CoV-2 as a reservoir of immunomimetic peptides that reassemble into proinflammatory supramolecular complexes (Yue Zhang, PNAS)
- Minnesota hospitals say 65,000 days of care were avoidable if patients had somewhere to go (Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune)
- Have a Paxlovid Prescription? Low Cost Options Available (Minnesota Department of Health)
- Find COVID-19 Medications (Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, HHS)
- Homeless man leaves puppies at N.C. shelter with heart-tugging note (Cathy Free, Washington Post)
Transcript
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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 and public health threats. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for Sid Rapp News, and I'm your host for these conversations. |
| 0:53.9 | Welcome back everyone. conversations. continue to show signs of high viral activity for COVID-19, several key indicators are showing signs of decline, according to the most recent update |
| 0:57.5 | from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Test positivity and |
| 1:01.2 | emergency department visits are down, as are hospitalizations, and deaths remain relatively unchanged. |
| 1:07.0 | As we've noted over the last few episodes, a lot of people are getting COVID right now, but the severity of illness is greatly diminished. |
| 1:14.6 | But as we all know by now, the SARS COB2 virus is full of surprises. |
| 1:19.2 | The latest is a new, highly mutated variant identified in South Africa. We'll fill you in on all the details |
| 1:25.4 | in this February 8th episode of the podcast as we examine the latest COVID-19 data from the United States |
| 1:30.7 | and other parts of the world. We'll also provide an update on flu and |
| 1:34.2 | respiratory sensual virus, look at some intriguing new long COVID research, discuss a recent |
| 1:39.7 | efficacy estimate for the updated COVID-19 shot, talk about what happens when PEX Lovid's emergency use |
| 1:46.0 | authorization expires and revisit our discussion of California's updated COVID isolation |
| 1:51.7 | guidelines. We'll also discuss measles outbreaks and |
| 1:55.0 | bring you the latest installment of this week in public health history. |
| 1:58.0 | But before we get started, we'll begin with Dr. O's Drom's opening comments and dedication. |
| 2:04.0 | Thanks, Chris, and welcome back to all the podcast family, |
| 2:08.0 | and you'll see that I mean that sincerely today |
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