Never miss an episode! So proud of the work you all do. So sad about the nursing shortage. There is a very good reason. Most, no all hospitals treat them poorly and work then to death with never a pat on the back. I’m retired from an Atlanta Hospital who treated all their staff poorly, but the floor nurses were treated the most poorly. It breaks my heart. I just got out of an amazing rehab center where the staff was exceptional, I knew immediately that they had excellent management that reflected in the wonderful patient care. What a shame, most hospital management have never worked a single day in patient care. Signed, a Mother of two Road Rescue Dogs.
You need a reality check. No pharmaceutical company is going to make a new drug for 8,600 users. It's simply not profitable. Pfizer is in it to make money. Unless you are ready to cough up $7,000 per booster, Pfizer is not going to give you an updated booster every winter.
This is the policy adopted by the UK. A booster every 6 months for those 75+ and every year for those 65+ and for vulnerable people and frontline health workers. In addition vaccines are recommended for pregnant women. Generally I think that this is a prudent policy; however I would like to see the very young vaccinated as those under 2 years old are at significant risk.
You are so comprehensive in your podcasts. Thank you for covering the availability of care beds in medical facilities. The problem is indeed financial. It is a serious problem absolutely. What could some solutions be?
We totally need 6 mos intervals of vax...what the heck is the matter with the CDC??? Throwing Srs under the bus...we need to remember Covid should be on the ballot!!! Politicians are ignoring us 😡
I'm assuming you are older than my parents. You need to enjoy what's left of your life and stop worrying about a curable disease. You have a 94% chance of survival WITHOUT treatment. With proper treatment, that number is almost 100%. Stop worrying.
Please remark on availability of vaccine that is made by historic methods. Have you noticed the rise in excess deaths especially among younger people? Please give this your attention.
All the studies are showing the pandemic has transitioned from acute symptomatic severity (initial impact seems milder which is what most are focusing on) into a post infection vascular disease with multi system and organ damage with increased risk with each reinfection of becoming long covid and fatlity. There is no lasting immunity yet. its not getting better. its only less severe during infection. immune system dysfunction is progressively making us more susceptible to all other illnesses hense the rise in rsv flu strokes and heart attacks etc. covid is systematically unfolding into a mass disabling event. children are being born with long covid and aged immune systems. allowing unmitigated spread of this lvl3 biohazard is horrifying and a great failure of public health for the temporary economic gain.
The mass disabling event I'm more afraid of is people developing paranoid ideation after four years of relentless fearporn. Fortunately their numbers seem to be few and largely confined to the U.S. and Canada.
@@Logotic Yes mass paranoid ideation is also a consequence a public health failure to be transparent and honest with the people. Meanwhile the numbers of those coming to the realization the pandemic is increasingly disabling and killing more people via more secondary non acute covid presentations is increasing. the short term "ignore covid" strategy is not sustainable. all the sudden strange deaths, reactivation of measles and increase in many normal illnesses is due to repeat covid infections damaging immune systems and nearly every organ and and system. its a vascular disease. the acute infection is just the beginning,
@@Logotic paranoid ideation is also an unintended consequence of public health failure to be transparent with the people. people are witnessing a live horror show and being gaslit by our leaders to keep cash registers churning. its not sustainable. long covid disability and resulting secondary fatalities are increasing and chipping away. we will have to confront this virus eventually. ignore and hope will not work
Thank you for your updates. I’ve listened to all the podcasts throughout the years and learned much from you. What do you know about these plastic like blood clots found in autopsies.
Osterholm is not a medical doctor nor a medical researcher, and therefore he has no idea what's going on. You might get more accurate information from the likes of Jane Ruby and David Martin.
I read recently that wastewater measures dead virus, so it is not accurate as to live infections. If that’s true, wastewater doesn’t seem to be a valid measure. Could you speak to that?
The wastewater measurements detect non-replication competent segments of the virus genome. These breaks-down over time and give an indication of when the virus entered the system. Many different viruses and subtypes can be identified. Combined this allows the prevalence of subtypes to be tracked over time. This was fully addressed in the previous episode.
@@christopherrobinson7541 okay, I’ll go back and listen to that again. But the significant point for me is that it sounds like wastewater is not a valid measure of active virus, after all.
In this episode Osterholm agrees that his policy recommendations aren't based on good science, but rather what he believes the public will adopt. He also points to a specific example where incorrectly loosening public-health protocols compound into more lax policies and less adoption. He justifies his approach with the "anything is better than nothing" mantra, completely failing to realize that his approach is one of the causes of these policies rapid converging to zero. It seems that nearly all the experts have admittedly become more concerned with popular solutions like vaccines rather than the difficult and effective solutions like masking, quarantining, and other science-based mitigations. At this point, I wonder if it even is possible to do anything on a large scale, or if the toothpaste has already left the tube. Every episode of these podcasts focus on the current trends in hospitalizations and deaths, but despite the ebb and flow of the death rates, they always continue to accumulate. Regardless, the public has created the perfect breeding ground for new variants, each a roll-of-the-dice as to how infectious it is or how serious the outcomes. And nobody wants to do anything about it. Even our experts.
Looks like viewership for this channel has really dropped off. Long gone are the days of 33K views. This reflects how confidence in Osterholm has dropped over the past 4 years. Trust has been blown and pharmaceutical shilling is increasingly despised.
The first two vaccinations were supposed to be the big solution to the Covid problem. We thought it was going to be over! Instead we are told to keep getting boosters and keep wearing masks. The public got burned out and decided to move on.
Thank you for continuing the updates, providing information that is difficult to find any where else🙂
I have quit one website I depended on but I won’t quit this one because I have been treated to unbiased information with no axe to grind!
@@willmpet Wow. You are oblivious to the leftist bent of Osterholm. He is a flaming liberal. All the information he presented is leftist propaganda.
Never miss an episode! So proud of the work you all do. So sad about the nursing shortage.
There is a very good reason. Most, no all hospitals treat them poorly and work then to death with never a pat on the back.
I’m retired from an Atlanta Hospital who treated all their staff poorly, but the floor nurses were treated the most poorly. It breaks my heart.
I just got out of an amazing rehab center where the staff was exceptional, I knew immediately that they had excellent management that reflected in the wonderful patient care.
What a shame, most hospital management have never worked a single day in patient care.
Signed, a Mother of two Road Rescue Dogs.
Perhaps the nurse shortage was caused by the mandatory experimental jabs? PERHAPS???
About 29:50 minutes starts the Paxlovid information regarding how to get a coupon to pay for it, etc.
Brought to you by Pfizer!!
I just got another booster last month! I have decided to get booster dose every 4 months because I’m old 78 with underlying health conditions.
Where are you able to get boosters without limits and do you get Novavax or something else like Moderna , Pfizer ?
That sounds pretty reckless
Thank you for advocating for a booster to be available every 6 months for those who are at-risk!
You need a reality check. No pharmaceutical company is going to make a new drug for 8,600 users. It's simply not profitable. Pfizer is in it to make money. Unless you are ready to cough up $7,000 per booster, Pfizer is not going to give you an updated booster every winter.
This is the policy adopted by the UK. A booster every 6 months for those 75+ and every year for those 65+ and for vulnerable people and frontline health workers.
In addition vaccines are recommended for pregnant women.
Generally I think that this is a prudent policy; however I would like to see the very young vaccinated as those under 2 years old are at significant risk.
@@christopherrobinson7541 thx, I hope the U.S. adopts a policy of every 6 months as an option for all vulnerable people.
@@christopherrobinson7541 Pregnant women!? You are obviously not ethical.
Vax protects unborn baby. Very ethical!
GPs who make themselves unavailable = Paxlovid unavailable
Thank you !
I checked with my pharmacist recently and he said my Medicare ( I do have supplemental insurance) would cover Paxlovid.
Can we timestamps?
Yes, that would be great!
Excellent news re Don.
Keep on keeping on Don ❤️❤️❤️
You are so comprehensive in your podcasts. Thank you for covering the availability of care beds in medical facilities. The problem is indeed financial. It is a serious problem absolutely. What could some solutions be?
We totally need 6 mos intervals of vax...what the heck is the matter with the CDC???
Throwing Srs under the bus...we need to remember Covid should be on the ballot!!! Politicians are ignoring us 😡
Why not every 3 weeks?
I'm assuming you are older than my parents. You need to enjoy what's left of your life and stop worrying about a curable disease. You have a 94% chance of survival WITHOUT treatment. With proper treatment, that number is almost 100%. Stop worrying.
Please remark on availability of vaccine that is made by historic methods. Have you noticed the rise in excess deaths especially among younger people? Please give this your attention.
All the studies are showing the pandemic has transitioned from acute symptomatic severity (initial impact seems milder which is what most are focusing on) into a post infection vascular disease with multi system and organ damage with increased risk with each reinfection of becoming long covid and fatlity. There is no lasting immunity yet. its not getting better. its only less severe during infection. immune system dysfunction is progressively making us more susceptible to all other illnesses hense the rise in rsv flu strokes and heart attacks etc. covid is systematically unfolding into a mass disabling event. children are being born with long covid and aged immune systems. allowing unmitigated spread of this lvl3 biohazard is horrifying and a great failure of public health for the temporary economic gain.
The mass disabling event I'm more afraid of is people developing paranoid ideation after four years of relentless fearporn. Fortunately their numbers seem to be few and largely confined to the U.S. and Canada.
@@Logotic Yes mass paranoid ideation is also a consequence a public health failure to be transparent and honest with the people. Meanwhile the numbers of those coming to the realization the pandemic is increasingly disabling and killing more people via more secondary non acute covid presentations is increasing. the short term "ignore covid" strategy is not sustainable. all the sudden strange deaths, reactivation of measles and increase in many normal illnesses is due to repeat covid infections damaging immune systems and nearly every organ and and system. its a vascular disease. the acute infection is just the beginning,
@@Logotic paranoid ideation is also an unintended consequence of public health failure to be transparent with the people. people are witnessing a live horror show and being gaslit by our leaders to keep cash registers churning. its not sustainable. long covid disability and resulting secondary fatalities are increasing and chipping away. we will have to confront this virus eventually. ignore and hope will not work
Tinfoil hat stuff right here. Crazy talk.
Omg!! Are you serious 😂
I am so gratified to hear you are advocating for Corona virus vaccine which can be made available.
Thank you for your updates. I’ve listened to all the podcasts throughout the years and learned much from you. What do you know about these plastic like blood clots found in autopsies.
Osterholm is not a medical doctor nor a medical researcher, and therefore he has no idea what's going on. You might get more accurate information from the likes of Jane Ruby and David Martin.
Have you been following the reports regarding the fibrin threads being found by morticians in embalming the deceased. All received mRNA vaccines.
I read recently that wastewater measures dead virus, so it is not accurate as to live infections. If that’s true, wastewater doesn’t seem to be a valid measure. Could you speak to that?
The wastewater measurements detect non-replication competent segments of the virus genome. These breaks-down over time and give an indication of when the virus entered the system. Many different viruses and subtypes can be identified. Combined this allows the prevalence of subtypes to be tracked over time.
This was fully addressed in the previous episode.
@@christopherrobinson7541 okay, I’ll go back and listen to that again. But the significant point for me is that it sounds like wastewater is not a valid measure of active virus, after all.
the last story about the dogs is totally fake.
In this episode Osterholm agrees that his policy recommendations aren't based on good science, but rather what he believes the public will adopt. He also points to a specific example where incorrectly loosening public-health protocols compound into more lax policies and less adoption. He justifies his approach with the "anything is better than nothing" mantra, completely failing to realize that his approach is one of the causes of these policies rapid converging to zero. It seems that nearly all the experts have admittedly become more concerned with popular solutions like vaccines rather than the difficult and effective solutions like masking, quarantining, and other science-based mitigations.
At this point, I wonder if it even is possible to do anything on a large scale, or if the toothpaste has already left the tube. Every episode of these podcasts focus on the current trends in hospitalizations and deaths, but despite the ebb and flow of the death rates, they always continue to accumulate. Regardless, the public has created the perfect breeding ground for new variants, each a roll-of-the-dice as to how infectious it is or how serious the outcomes. And nobody wants to do anything about it.
Even our experts.
People like you are the prime examples of victimhood. You've been scared to death.
This illustrates the difference between science and public health.
Agree with you totally.
@@christopherrobinson7541 "Science" died a long time ago.
2024 and we still have people thinking masking, quarantining are effect policies. Lunatics
Looks like viewership for this channel has really dropped off. Long gone are the days of 33K views. This reflects how confidence in Osterholm has dropped over the past 4 years. Trust has been blown and pharmaceutical shilling is increasingly despised.
The first two vaccinations were supposed to be the big solution to the Covid problem. We thought it was going to be over! Instead we are told to keep getting boosters and keep wearing masks. The public got burned out and decided to move on.