Great resource for info on Covid and vaccines - Dr Michael Osterholm's update

[flamingdem]

Apropos of another thread I feel I should share my online go to source for Covid information - The Osterholm Update.


Osterholm tried to get a second bivalent vaccine when it wasn't permitted. Then he caught Covid a couple of months ago. He advocates for taking the second bivalent and wishes he got it before his infection. Now he's got some long covid symptoms.

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Here's the University of Minnesota CIDRAP podcast page:

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/osterholm-update-covid-19

[Big Blue Marble]

1. An excellent source of current Covid Info,

And more importantly a truly decent man. I have listened to almost every podcast since
the very first one.

[flamingdem]

2. I depend on his podcast more now since accurate data

is getting hard to find.

The latest podcast is sounding pretty optimistic. We'll see!

[Big Blue Marble]

5. Yes, Michael did sound surprisingly optimistic, did't he?

I so agree now that accurate data sources are disappearing, his podcast is so important.
I am so glad he is planning to continue the podcast.

Nice to meet you as another member of his "podcast family."

[central scrutinizer]

3. A got another booster two days ago

Arm’s still sore. That makes jab #6, plus a bout of Covid last July, knocked down with Paxlovid.

[flamingdem]

4. Glad to hear Paxlovid worked for you

I wish my doctor would give me a prescription. Don't want to be trying to get one if sick. About to travel and flights are nerve wracking.

[central scrutinizer]

6. I got my scrip over the phone

I had symptoms (sore throat and slight fever) and tested positive on two different rapid home tests. I reported all this in a phone call to my clinic and the doctor called in the prescription. I am 72 so that was enough of a risk factor. A friend picked it up for me. I had none of the reported side effects. I isolated for a week after the symptoms stopped.