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Osterholm Update

Episode 37: Now Is the Time

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

<p>In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss reports of new SARS-CoV-2 variants from the UK and South Africa and potential implications, additional federal recommendations for vaccine prioritization, further information on vaccines for pregnant women, and the epidemiology of the pandemic heading into the holidays. </p> <p>Email us your questions: <a href="mailto:OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu">OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu</a></p> <p>Browse the podcast and CIDRAP merchandise store: <a href="https://www.mnalumnimarket.com/collections/cidrap">https://www.mnalumnimarket.com/collections/cidrap</a></p> <p>Resources for COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy:<br /> <a href="https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/12/vaccinating-pregnant-and-lactating-patients-against-covid-19">https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/artic…</a><br /> <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.smfm.org/media/2591/SMFM_Vaccine_Statement_12-1-20_(final).pdf">https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.smfm.org/media/2591/SMFM_Vaccine_Statement…</a><br /> <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/umn-pregnancy-covid-vaccine">https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/umn-pregnancy-covid-vaccine</a></p>

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, just to note that we will be off next week, but we'll be back on January

0:04.6

7th with a new episode of the Ostrome Update.

0:06.9

I also want to let our listeners know about some new Ostrome Update podcast merchandise

0:11.4

that we have available.

0:12.4

Approxweeds from this merchandise will help fund research work at SidRap.

0:15.7

You can find it on the Minnesota Alumni Market website and we'll have a link to that page

0:19.9

on the Ostrome Update website and there'll also be a link in the podcast description.

0:30.6

Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update, COVID-19, a weekly podcast on the COVID-19 pandemic

0:36.3

with Dr. Michael Ostrome.

0:38.3

Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center

0:42.4

for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or SidRap, at the University of Minnesota.

0:47.1

In this podcast, Dr. Ostrome will draw on more than 45 years of experience investigating

0:51.7

infectious disease outbreaks to provide straight talk on the COVID-19 pandemic.

0:56.2

I'm Chris Doll, reporter for SidRap News, and I'm your host for these conversations.

1:06.8

It's December 23rd and as we near the end of what has been a tumultuous and deadly year,

1:11.4

we're entering a new period of uncertainty in the pandemic.

1:14.2

We now have two authorized COVID-19 vaccines and the effort to immunize the population

1:18.6

against the coronavirus is well underway.

1:21.1

At the same time, COVID-19 cases are still surging in the United States and the rest

1:25.2

of the world and new variants of the virus discovered recently in England and South Africa

1:29.4

have shown the ability to spread more rapidly than other variants.

1:33.1

Hope has arrived, but we're not out of the woods yet.

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