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- Corona Calls for 01.16.2024 – Paperpalooza
Discussed in this episode:
- A study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases finds COVID viral load is peaking later after symptom onset than at the start of the pandemic https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad582
- A laboratory study on syrian hamsters found temperature and humidity had no statistically significant impact on the rate of airborne transmission. This suggests any seasonal pattern of COVID surges is determined by changes in behavior (like socializing indoors for holidays) https://doi.org/10.1038/s44298-023-00011-3
- A relatively small study of blood samples of people with Long Covid suggests a mechanism for some cases: immune dysregulation, possibly due to reservoirs of live virus or viral particles stimulating an ongoing immune response. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-023-01724-6
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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37 min - Corona Calls for 01.08.2024
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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1 hr 15 min - Corona Calls for 01.02.2024 – The wake of the holiday wave
Discussed in this episode:
- A CDC weekly surveillance report shows California had “Very High” levels of people seeking treatment for influenza-like illnesses at the end of 2023
- It’s safe to get vaccines for COVID, influenza, and RSV at the same time, but may increase the likelihood of side effects. (Side effects are usually minor and transient, like arm soreness and fatigue.)
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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39 min - Corona Calls for 12.18.2023 – JN.1
Discussed in this episode:
- Omicron subvariant JN.1 is now believed to account for a majority of all COVID cases worldwide.
- COVID hospitalizations are rising in the US, but less than at this time in previous years.
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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38 min - Corona Calls for 12.04.2023
Discussed in this episode:
- The CDC Covid Data Tracker is starting to show a significant uptick in COVID emergency room visits and hospitalization nationwide, though absolute rates are still low for most of the country, including California.
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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36 min - Corona Calls for 11.27.2023 – A new wave in China?
Discussed in this episode:
- Just before Thanksgiving, the WHO asked China for data on a surge in respiratory illness that has reportedly led to long lines at hospitals, especially children’s hospitals, in the country’s north.
- China’s responses so far indicate it’s found no new pathogens driving the surge. The country’s health officials attribute it to this being the first cold and flu season since China lifted its strict Zero Covid restrictions earlier this year. In other words: a lot of children in China are getting their first infections with serious respiratory pathogens at the same time, because COVID precautions prevented them from getting sick for most of the past three years. (That doesn’t mean there’s more disease than there would be without the COVID restrictions — just more at the same time.)
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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35 min - Corona Calls for 11.20.23 – Precautions for the Holidays
Discussed in this episode:
- The precautions Dr. Swartzberg’s taking when he travels to spend Thanksgiving with family: vaccines, masks, and tests
- Why we just don’t know yet whether nasal sprays like NoriZite actually help prevent infection
- The government is sending out more free tests. Here’s where to get yours: https://www.covid.gov/tests
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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40 min - Corona Calls for 11.13.2023 – HV.1 for the Holidays
Discussed in this episode:
- The subvariant rising to dominance in North America: HV.1
- Getting vaccinated when your immune system is suppressed
- Combining Paxlovid with Metfomin
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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36 min - Corona Calls for 11.06.2023
Discussed in this episode: what Dr. Swartzberg reads to stay current
- The CDC Covid Data Tracker
- Dr. Katelyn Jetelina’s newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist
- Dr. Eric Topol’s newsletter, Ground Truths
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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39 min - Corona Calls for 10.30.23
A mailbag episode! (No new papers to discuss.)
To send in questions: [email protected]
Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
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About KPFA - Corona Calls
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A weekly update on new research and developments concerning COVID-19 (and occasionally other infectious diseases that hit the news).
We take questions via call-in during the live broadcast, Mondays at 7:33am Pacific, streaming via kpfa.org. Podcasts with show notes go up later the same day. Between live shows, we take questions via email at [email protected] .
Our guest most weeks is Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Our question-wrangler most weeks is Brian Edwards-Tiekert, host of KPFA’s morning public affairs program, UpFront.
Music: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.