Posts Tagged ‘MERS’

Joe Rogan Interviews Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm on the Wuhan Coronavirus

Sunday, March 29th, 2020

Here’s a Joe Rogan interview with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, co-author of Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, talking about the battle against the Wuhan coronavirus. It’s informative but not exactly encouraging:

  • People with underlying conditions or risk factors like smoking or obesity suffer much higher death rates. 10% of Chinese men over 70 who smoked who contracted the Wuhan coronavirus died.
  • Don’t expect coronavirus to go away in short order; we’re going to be dealing with it for a while.
  • Don’t expect summer to kill the virus; MERS thrived on the Saudi Arabian peninsula.
  • It could be ten times worse than a seasonal flu.
  • Keep doing the hand washing, but don’t think it’s going to stop the virus, whose transmission vector is primarily airborne.
  • N-95 masks are effective, but there’s a shortage.
  • Fecal transplants > Probiotics.
  • There are coyotes in New York City’s Central Park.
  • It’s easy to make a cornavirus, but it’s hard to make a safe vaccine. It could be years before we have a vaccine…
  • Also features discussion of various other diseases.