Episode #1439
Michael Osterholm
Books mentioned
Living Terrors
Mentioned by Michael Osterholm · at 00:19:00 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Coyote America
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:28:57 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Michael Osterholm is an infectious disease epidemiologist and public-health researcher at the University of Minnesota. The episode examines COVID-19 transmission, prevention, preparedness, vaccine planning, and supply-chain risks, alongside influenza vaccination, Lyme disease, tick ecology, antibiotic effects on the microbiome, and fecal transplants. Osterholm also discusses chronic wasting disease, prions, and safeguards for testing and hunting-related risks to wildlife and humans.
What they talked about
- COVID-19 pandemic severity and projections
- Incubation period and asymptomatic transmission
- School closures and unintended consequences
- Drug supply chain dependency on China
- Chronic wasting disease in deer and prion risk
- Lyme disease spread via ticks and deer movement
- Vaccine development timeline and safety testing
- Wet markets as sources of zoonotic diseases
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