Episode 205: Disease Waits for No One

About this episode

Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the implications of a federal judge blocking a rollback of childhood vaccine recommendations and various public health updates.

<p dir="ltr">In "Disease Waits for No One," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss how a federal judge temporarily blocked Health Secretary RFK Jr's rollback of childhood vaccine recommendations. Has the damage of this administration's assault on US vaccine policy already been done? Or is there a chance it could be undone? They'll also dive into a report calling for sweeping changes to how the government tracks COVID vaccine harms, review a recent meningitis outbreak in the UK, cover the latest on measles and avian flu, and answer a listener's question about the risk of catching COVID in public. Plus, we'll bring you the latest respiratory illness update and another public health history segment honoring Women's History Month. <br><br><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/early-official-covid-death-tolls-may-have-undercounted-19"><strong>Early official COVID death tolls may have undercounted by 19%</strong></a> (CIDRAP)<br><br><a…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Osterholm

Guest: Chris Dall

Topics covered

• vaccine policy
• COVID vaccine harms
• meningitis outbreak
• measles
• avian flu
• public health
• respiratory illness

Keywords

• vaccine recommendations
• COVID
• meningitis outbreak
• measles
• avian flu
• respiratory illness
• public health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Health Secretary RFK Jr, CIDRAP, Vaccine Integrity Project

Places: UK, California

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