Episode 67: You Can’t Run Out the Game Clock

Osterholm Update

CIDRAP

Science

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and abroad, evolving data on vaccines and their effectiveness, and schools in the age of Delta. Email us your questions at <a href="mailto:OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu">OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu</a> Listen to the standalone version of Mike's interview with Dr. Jena here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIy3SBqdawo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIy3SBqdawo</a>

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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.
0:41.9	Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Ostrome Update Podcast.
0:46.0	Nearly two months after President Joe Biden declared that the worst of the pandemic was behind
0:49.9	us at a fourth of July celebration at the White House.
0:52.7	The numbers we're seeing in the United States are hard to fathom.
0:56.1	The seven-day average of New Delhi COVID-19 cases is around 160,000.
1:00.9	And for the first time since the winter surge, 100,000 COVID patients are in the hospital.
1:06.2	And more than 1,000 people are dying each day.
1:09.6	For many of us, the primary questions right now are how much worse this latest wave can
1:13.4	get, and when will it peak?
1:16.2	But beyond that, as the effort to get more Americans vaccinated continues, US health officials
1:21.3	consider booster shots for those who were vaccinated earlier in the year, and the country
1:25.5	wrestles with vaccine and mask mandates, there are bigger questions.
1:30.0	What is our goal with COVID-19?
1:32.0	And how do we get there?
1:34.1	On this September 2nd episode of the podcast, we're going to try to answer some of those
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