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Director New episodes of our podcast on COVID-19:

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    24 Jan 2021

    Thank you to all the MN Dept of Health and State of MN staff who made it possible for me to get my COVID-19 vaccination yesterday! I will admit I experienced tears of immense appreciation and gratitude as the needle went into the my arm (skillfully done I might add).

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    Mar 24

    New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" podcast! & discuss the state of the pandemic in the US, Europe, and Western Pacific; vaccines in preschoolers, and new data on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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    Mar 8

    ICYMI, new roadmap details the of living with , including investing in testing & public health and supporting schools, surveillance efforts, & clear communication. Expert authors include , , et al

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    Mar 3

    New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" episode! & provide an update on the pandemic nationally and internationally, on vaccine efficacy in young children, and on SARS-CoV-2 origins, and answer a COVID Query on Ukraine

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    Feb 16

    The first episode of our miniseries on diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship just dropped! 🔬 Join host Dr Marnie Peterson as she speaks with Dr Duane Newton () about how to convey the clinical value of novel microbiology technologies

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    Feb 3

    New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" podcast! & cover the BA2 subvariant, the data on booster dose effectiveness, and the challenges with understanding what immunity from vaccination and natural infection really means.

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    Jan 27

    “Governments must work more transparently and collaboratively in dealing with threats that know no borders.” Read and Mark Olshaker on what the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic will demand of world leaders.

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    Jan 26

    Critically acclaimed award-winning folk-singer, , & epidemiologist talk about preventing future pandemics, what’s next for Covid 19, how variants & mutations work, & more. Curious how long Omicron will last? Subscribe:

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    Jan 27

    New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" podcast! & cover the trajectory of Omicron in the US and abroad, China's zero-COVID policy, the Biden administration's response to case surges, and what's known about long COVID

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    Jan 25

    "President Xi Jinping and his government seem to believe that the country can be sealed off until the virus is eradicated around the world. But that goal is unattainable," write and .

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    Jan 25

    You can’t build a wall around COVID; it's why China’s zero-COVID policy is unsustainable. We all need China to come to terms with our new normal of endemic COVID. If not, disease & shutdowns there will affect the whole world. More below with :

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    Jan 24

    New Foreign Affairs commentary: "The Pandemic of Unknowns: Reaching a New Normal in an Age of Uncertainty" by & Mark Olshaker lays out uncertainties to come, messiness of science evolving in real-time, & importance of vaccination

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    Jan 20

    New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" podcast! & cover the future of the Omicron wave in the US and globally, the potential need for a 4th vaccine dose, and the reality of school closures during the current surge

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    Jan 20

    For the 1st time, has posted data for hospitalizations partitioned by booster, 2-shots, or no vaccination. Age groups (50-64, 65+) It's Delta, mostly pre-Omicron 50-fold risk for unvaccinated Remarkably low, at times zero/100,000 people, for boosted

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    Jan 18

    It's not too late My editorial today The need for a single, consistent, and unified public message, to fix the profound data deficits, and have step up

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    Jan 13

    New "Osterholm Update: " podcast! & cover in the US and elsewhere, what our "new normal" should be, Omicron's effect on kids, what hospital numbers truly mean, and listeners' questions about testing

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    Jan 12

    It’s time to acknowledge reality. Many schools will likely have to close because of omicron, and Cory Anderson write in an op-ed

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    Jan 7

    🚨I wrote about what this surge is doing to the healthcare system. It's bad. Though less severe, Omicron is spreading quickly enough to inundate hospitals, which can't handle the strain cos so many healthcare workers had quit or are now sick. 1/

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    Jan 7

    1/ published 3 Viewpoints in on an updated national strategy for controlling COVID. 1st in the series: A National Strategy for the “New Normal” of Life With COVID

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    Jan 6

    New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" podcast! & discuss the severity of the Omicron variant, the rise in hospitalizations, the effectiveness of rapid antigen tests, and new testing strategies.

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    Jan 6

    We all want to return “normal,” but what would that practically mean? We need to think about COVID as a respiratory virus – “normal” will look like a bad flu year. More from , , + me in :

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