Episode 141: One Huge Puzzle

Abstract

In "One Huge Puzzle," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the U.S. and around the world, the rollout of the updated mRNA vaccines, and two recently published studies on long COVID. Dr. Osterholm also shares his thoughts on the updated Novavax vaccine and answers an ID Query about COVID vaccine side effects. "A one-way ticket. A cash-stuffed teddy bear. A dream decades in the making," Carolyn Johnson, Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/01/katalin-kariko-covid-vaccines/); "A scientific hunch. Then silence. Until the world needed a lifesaving vaccine," Carolyn Johnson, Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/10/01/drew-weissman-mrna-vaccine/); "'A deadly societal force': A Q&A with author Dr. Peter Hotez on the anti-science movement," Mary Van Beusekom, CIDRAP News ) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/deadly-societal-force-qa-author-dr-peter-hotez-anti-science-movement); "Do you 'matter' to others? The answer could predict your mental health," Francine Russo, Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-you-matter-to-others-the-answer-could-predict-your-mental-health1/)