S1E71 / Is SARS-CoV-2 Here to Stay? / Jennie Lavine, Angela Rasmussen, Jeffrey Shaman

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Society & Culture, #Eradication, Medicine, #Covid, Science, Life Sciences, #Sarscov2, Documentary, #Coronavirus, #Covid19, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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"I don't think that herd immunity is a possibility for SARS CoV-2. I think there's going to be a different kind of equilibrium that we reach in the future where humans and SARS-CoV-2 co-exist in a much milder, more benign way." -Jennie Lavine The end of the pandemic might not mean the end of SARS-CoV-2. In fact, many scientists think COVID is here to stay, even with vaccines. In this episode we'll hear why we may never reach herd immunity, how the coronavirus could change over time, and why kids are the key to reducing the severity of the disease. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	I think if I had to put money on it, I think it's more likely that this virus will be persisting
0:14.2	in human populations for as long as I'm alive.
0:17.2	I think there's going to be a different kind of equilibrium that we reach in the future
0:21.2	where humans, and SARS-CoV-2, coexist in a much milder, more benign way.
0:39.2	You're listening to Epidemic, the podcast about the science, public health, and social impacts
0:44.2	of the coronavirus pandemic.
0:46.2	I'm your host, Dr. Saline Gounder.
0:51.2	We're going to start today's show talking about a coronavirus.
1:06.2	No, not SARS-CoV-2, another one.
1:09.2	OC-43.
1:11.2	Oh, yeah, OC-43.
1:14.2	This is a fun little science mystery.
1:16.2	This is Jenny Levine.
1:18.2	She's a postdoctoral epidemiologist and infectious disease researcher at Emory University.
1:23.2	So OC-43 is one of the four circulating endemic coronaviruses.
1:29.2	As far as we know, everybody has gotten it probably multiple times.
1:33.2	OC-43 is very mild.
1:35.2	Most people experience it like the common cold.
1:38.2	Besides rare outbreaks in places like nursing homes, it's not a cause of concern.
1:43.2	But it might not have always been that way.
1:46.2	Adults alive today were exposed to all of those for the first time in childhood.
1:51.2	And so it is possible that any of those when they first entered the human population
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