Episode 61: Divided by Delta

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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<p>In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and guest host Cory Anderson discuss the global and national impact of the delta variant, address misinformation about vaccines, discuss mixed messaging that has challenged public health, and answer a listener question about seasonality.</p> <p>Email us your questions: <a href="mailto:OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu">OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu</a></p>

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Ostrome Update COVID-19, a podcast on the COVID-19 pandemic with
0:11.8	Dr. Michael Ostrome.
0:13.8	Dr. Ostrome is an internationally recognized medical detective and director of the Center
0:18.0	for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or CITRAP, at the University of Minnesota.
0:23.0	In this podcast, Dr. Ostrome will draw on more than 45 years of experience investigating
0:27.2	infectious disease outbreaks to provide straight talk on the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:32.1	I'm Chris Dahl, reporter for CITRAP News, and I'm your host for these conversations.
0:41.7	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrome Update podcast.
0:46.0	As I'm sure many of you have noticed, this is not the familiar voice of our usual podcast
0:49.8	host extraordinaire, Chris Dahl.
0:52.2	Chris is taking some well-deserved time off work this week.
0:55.2	Instead, standing in his host for this episode of the podcast will be me, Corey Anderson,
0:59.6	current research assistant at CITRAP.
1:02.1	For the many of you who are members of the podcast family and have grown to know and appreciate
1:05.8	Chris, he will be back next week to continue his role as host of the Ostrome Update podcast.
1:11.4	Yes, you heard that correctly.
1:13.6	We are returning the podcast to a weekly status.
1:16.7	As we'll be discussed throughout today's episode, the world and the U.S. has entered
1:20.4	a new and dynamic era of this pandemic.
1:23.4	To respond to this reality and ensure that you, the listeners, are receiving information
1:27.5	in a timely manner, we will once again produce weekly episodes of the Ostrome Update.
1:33.0	Our hope is that this will not be necessary for the long term, but as we have shared with
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