Episode 175: Drinking From a Fire Hose: Are We Drowning?

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In "Drinking From a Fire Hose: Are We Drowning?" Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss recent actions taken by the Trump administration, most notably the decision to leave the World Health Organization. Dr. Osterholm also shares his thoughts on the developing H5N1 crisis and provides an update on respiratory virus transmission in the U.S. and around the world.  Follow us on <a href="https://bsky.app/">Bluesky</a>: Dr. Michael Osterholm (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mtosterholm.bsky.social">@mtosterholm.bsky.social</a>) and CIDRAP (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cidrap.bsky.social">cidrap.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/newsletter">Sign up for CIDRAP's daily newsletter</a> <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/osterholm-update-covid-19">MORE EPISODES</a>

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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.
0:15.4	Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CIDRAP, at the University of Minnesota. In this podcast, Dr. O. Strom
0:27.0	draws on nearly 50 years of experience investigating infectious disease outbreaks to provide
0:31.8	straight talk on the latest infectious disease and public health threats. I'm Chris Dahl,
0:37.2	reporter for CidWap News, and I'm your host for these conversations.
0:44.1	Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Ostrom Update podcast.
0:48.2	When I initially wrote the intro script for this episode, my plan was to focus on the H5N1
0:53.2	outbreak in the United States, which as our audience
0:55.7	knows is an issue we've been covering since the very beginning. But with the inauguration of President
1:00.2	Trump on Monday, and his administration's immediate release of an executive order calling for the
1:05.5	United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization, it quickly became clear that we would
1:10.3	have a new focus for
1:11.6	this episode. If the Trump administration follows through and does indeed withdraw from the WHO,
1:18.1	what would that mean for the United States and the world? And how would it affect the ability
1:22.4	to monitor and combat infectious disease outbreaks? Those are some of the questions we'll be asking on this
1:28.4	January 23rd episode of the podcast as we assess the Trump administration's public health moves
1:33.9	in its first week in office. We'll also review the latest COVID flu and RSV data and discuss the
1:40.2	continuing H5N1 avian flu outbreak. And we'll bring you the latest installment of this week
1:45.7	in public health history. But before we get started, we'll begin with Dr. Ostrom's opening
1:50.4	comments and dedication. Thanks, Chris. It's great to be with all of you again. I want to welcome
1:58.1	back the podcast family to any of you who may be joining for the first time.
2:02.3	I hope we're able to provide you with the kind of information you're looking for. And I also want to
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