Special Edition: Sick Season is Coming - Insights from an Epidemiologist
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 28 September 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The arrival of fall means so-called "sick season" is right around the corner. It's a time when respiratory viruses like flu, COVID and RSV tend to peak. So, what can you expect this year?
Today we're talking with epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. You may know her from social media or her popular Substack newsletter, "Your Local Epidemiologist." She also co-founded the Health Trust Initiative and is a senior scientific advisor to the CDC.
Today, she's sharing insights about the type of flu season to expect, what to know about this year's vaccines (and when to get them), and even new guidelines for parents.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, September 28th. |
| 0:02.2 | The arrival of fall means so-called six season |
| 0:04.9 | is right around the corner, when respiratory viruses like flu, |
| 0:08.0 | COVID and RSV, tend to peak. |
| 0:10.4 | So what can you expect this year? Today we're talking with epidemiologist Dr Caitlin Jettolina. |
| 0:16.0 | You may know her from social media or her popular sub-stack newsletter, |
| 0:19.0 | Your Local Epidemiologist. |
| 0:21.0 | She also co-founded the Health Trust Initiative and is a senior scientific advisor to the CDC. |
| 0:25.0 | Today, she's sharing insights about the type of flu season to expect, what to know about this year's vaccines and when to get them, |
| 0:32.0 | and even new guidelines for parents. |
| 0:34.8 | That and more coming up. |
| 0:37.8 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday when we sit down with a |
| 0:42.2 | different expert or celebrity |
| 0:43.4 | every Saturday to talk about something in the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday |
| 0:47.2 | through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide all the days news in 10 minutes. |
| 0:51.5 | I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special |
| 0:54.4 | edition Saturday. Dr Caitlin Jettolina, thank you so much for joining us |
| 1:00.7 | again on the newsworthy. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:03.3 | So first let's talk about what's happening now. |
| 1:05.7 | What are the current trends and what to expect next |
| 1:08.4 | when it comes to both COVID and flu? |
| 1:10.3 | Flu and RSV season, general six season is really around the corner. |
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