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419 - COVID-19 in Lincoln, Nebraska: The Mayor's View
Season 5 Episode 419
Lincoln, Nebraska has fared quite well compared to counties with similar demographics: the county is in the top 10% in terms of lowest mortality rate…
4 years, 8 months ago
Bonus - The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Transition Phase with Dr. Monica Gandhi: What Questions Do We Need to Ask and What Answers Do We Need to Find in 2022?
Season 5
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Monica Gandhi returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what the COVID pandemic might look like…
4 years, 8 months ago
418 - Update: COVID-19 Vaccines and Immunocompromised Patients
Season 5 Episode 418
What do we know now about the number of doses needed for people on immunosuppressant medications to be protected from severe COVID? What about the us…
4 years, 8 months ago
417 - An Update on Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19
Season 5 Episode 417
Early in the pandemic, clinicians began to treat people sick with COVID-19 with the plasma of people who have recovered from COVID-19. The idea was t…
4 years, 8 months ago
416 - Will President Biden's Infrastructure Bill Address the Historical Legacy of Racist Transportation Policies?
Season 5 Episode 416
For decades, infrastructure policies harmed communities of color. New highways displaced residents through eminent domain, public transit systems wer…
4 years, 8 months ago
415 - Modeling the Omicron Wave
Season 5 Episode 415
Dr. Shaun Truelove, an infectious disease epidemiologist, returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the latest model for the COVI…
4 years, 8 months ago
BONUS: Omicron Update—The Good, The Bad, and the Unknown
Season 5
Dr. Josh Sharfstein checks in again with virologist Dr. Andy Pekosz about omicron and what we now know in terms of increased transmission, immune eva…
4 years, 8 months ago
414 - The Disappointing State of Global Vaccination for COVID-19
Season 5 Episode 414
In September 2020, President Biden pledged to vaccinate 70% of the world’s population by September 2021. More than a year later, however, the US has …
4 years, 8 months ago
413 - Rethinking the US COVID Strategy
Season 5 Episode 413
Going into 2022, what should the next phase of our COVID strategy look like? Epidemiologist Dr. Emily Gurley talks with Stephanie Desmon about how ou…
4 years, 8 months ago
412 - Backstage at Public Health On Call: 2021 In Review with Dr. Josh Sharfstein and Stephanie Desmon
Season 4 Episode 412
In the last episode of Season 4, Lindsay Smith Rogers talks with co-hosts Dr. Josh Sharfstein and Stephanie Desmon about 2021: how it started, what h…
4 years, 9 months ago