Joe Rogan interviews Michael Osterholm an expert in infectious disease epidemiology.
Straight off the bat Michael Osterholm introducing himself as a medical detective having spent his whole career tracking infectious diseases down and trying to stop them.
What Michael has to say about the Coronavirus debunks many myths on prevention and outlines exactly what we can expect not just from the virus itself, but also the fallout effect on the greater society because of the virus.
“My job isn’t to scare you out of your wits, it’s to scare you into your wits.”
Michael Osterholm
Michael Osterholm also was the author of a now very in-demand book Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs that explores public health emergencies including antimicrobial resistance, emerging infectious disease and the threat of an influenza pandemic.
So should we listen to what Michael has to say? With 9.4million views at the time of posting – watch and decide for yourself.
Watch: Joe Rogan Experience – Michael Osterholm
Video breakdown
- 0:32 – The seriousness and projected timeline of the current Coronavirus outbreak
- 4:09 – Age and other risk factors in the outcome of the disease
- 5:27 – Incubation period and contagion
- 6:36 – Pandemic timing forecast
- 7:54 – Effective protection and myths
- 10:02 – Coronavirus infection among children
- 12:12 – SARS, MERS, and flu
- 12:54 – Medical preparedness
- 15:25 – Sauna’s effectiveness against infectious diseases
- 18:04 – Is COVID-19 a bio-weapon
- 21:05 – Chronic wasting among the deer population and “Mad cow” disease
- 31:46 – Seasonality and outlook of Coronavirus epidemics compared to a flu outbreak
- 36:57 – The Spanish Flu
- 38:35 – Shoring up the immune system and personal prevention
- 46:31 – Healthcare workers’ protection
- 51:14 – Vaccines
- 52:52 – The market reaction to the current outbreak
- 54:49 – Meningitis, measles, and anti-vaxxers
- 1:02:06 – Chinese food supply and the wet markets
- 1:08:52 – Influenza pandemics and flu vaccine
- 1:11:11– Preventing the flu
- 1:12:48 – Benefits of probiotics and fecal transplants
- 1:15:47 – Ticks and Lyme disease, changing wildlife and vegetation in the North-East U.S.
- 1:29:42 – Recap
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