Monkeypox and the era of overlapping health crises

Make Me Smart

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Another virus, another public health emergency. Since monkeypox was first detected in the United States in mid-May, the number of confirmed cases has grown to more than 7,500. Is our public health infrastructure equipped to respond while we’re still dealing with the lingering COVID-19 pandemic? On the show today, Kimberly and guest host Meghan McCarty Carino speak with epidemiologist Celine Gounder, about monkeypox, why our public health system is unprepared to handle another crisis and what climate change has to do with this new normal.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Declares a Health Emergency” from The New York Times
“What Should Worry Most Americans About Our Monkeypox Response” from The Atlantic
“Biden administration estimates U.S. may need nearly $7 billion for monkeypox” from The Washington Post
“US Productivity Falls for Second Quarter as Economy Shrinks, Labor Costs Surge” from Bloomberg
“Biden signs China competition bill to boost U.S. chipmakers” from CNBC

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0:00.0	Perfect, let's do it.
0:02.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:09.0	Hello everyone, I'm Kim Brilliettams.
0:11.2	Welcome to Make Me Smart, where none of us is as smart as all of us.
0:15.2	And I'm Megan McCarty-Kareena, I'm Philanon for Chi-Riz Doll.
0:19.1	It's Tuesday, that means it's Deep Dive Day.
0:22.5	And today's topic is the latest public health emergency monkeypox.
0:28.2	We started to see a few cases pop up in mid-May, and now the CDC has confirmed more than
0:34.3	7,500 in the United States.
0:37.2	And I have just had so many questions about this.
0:41.4	And then last week, the Biden administration declared that monkeypox was a public health
0:45.9	emergency.
0:46.9	And so what we want to do today is figure out how we got here, how did this become a crisis,
0:52.0	what do we know about this disease and what we don't.
0:55.1	And also what it's going to take to combat monkeypox because we're still in an economy
1:01.2	and a world shaped by COVID-19.
1:04.3	So, so many questions.
1:05.8	Right.
1:06.8	So here to make a smart is Dr. Saline Gounder.
1:09.8	She is an epidemiologist and editor at large for public health at Kaiser Health News.
1:15.2	Hello Dr. Gounder.
1:16.7	It's great to be here.
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