Thanks!

This was my favorite, and uplifting, podcast until it became all about RFK Jr and budget cuts in the health agencies. We are barraged by this all day on TV. I miss more extensive coverage about infectious diseases and their science.

I am so thankful for this podcast and the voice and the measured, thoughtful and informed information that Dr. Osterholm provides. I also know this is a team effort and I thank all who work behind the scenes to bring us this wonderful podcast. This is my trusted source for the facts and truth.

Clarity amid confusion. I am disturbed by men and women on the street sowing misinformation and mistrust of not only vaccines but of doctors as well. It’s a political narrative——not a medical or scientific one. Thanks for bringing forward the clarity.

I love this podcast. It got me through the dark days of initial COVID outbreak and now gives me hope for our future. Absolutely love all aspects of this program. Thank you Dr Osterholm!

I am a longtime listener to the Osterholm Update It’s one of a handful of podcasts I listen to without fail, and certainly the most important one. Listeners to the show will find factual, unbiased and relevant information about infectious disease and the vital role that public health plays in keeping us safe. Now, more than ever, we need Dr. Osterholm’s expertise and integrity. In addition, Chris Dall and the rest of the podcast team do a great job researching, hosting and producing an outstanding show.

Thank you Dr. Osterholm and all your helpers for all that you do to advocate for health and science worldwide. I trust you implicitly. Yours is the voice of knowledge and integrity which sustains those of us who are hungry for information on epidemiology and current healthcare issues. Please keep up the great work. Heartfelt appreciation.

I’m probably not gonna subscribe anymore. I’m tired of Dr. Oster Homes bias. It would’ve been different if he had ever tried to state the case for the virus coming out of China, which we know is the truth now. Or if he had ever discussed the complications of Covid vaccines, which he has never really done. Or if he had has ever discussed how bad Fauci treated us and lied to us. About Covid I. No longer think Dr. Olster home is a straight shooter and tell us the truth, cause I don’t believe he does.

I have been listening to Michael Osterholm’s podcast since nearly the first one five years ago. I have never failed to benefit from the ‘straight talk’ of each episode. I don’t ever subscribe to or review any podcast but I’m doing so now with this one because I want others to find it. There is no other agenda here than the health and well being of all of us based on scientific knowledge.

Thank You for calling it as You see it! We need your astute experience and honesty!

I first heard MO on Joe Rogan when C19 was hitting, and really enjoyed/appreciated his take. I stopped following along eventually, and recently decided to look him up when it became apparent H5N1 was going to be a real, lasting problem. This is not the kind of podcast I usually listen to, but I count the days, anxiously waiting for new episodes to drop. Excellent, relevant, well thought out/broken down information, from someone who seems to be a truly good human who cares about nothing but improving peoples’ lives.

Thank you for your great information and your careful work!

So grateful for the work you! Would you ever consider going back to weekly episodes while we deal with this current administration?

Thank you for keeping our lives in ‘the know’! As a nurse, I find that I need to stay medically updated not only personally, but as a member of my family and my community to keep others informed of the truth in healthcare. Thank you for helping me with that! You are my inspiration and thank goodness for this podcast!! Please keep on being our guiding light. Just signed up for the CIDRAP newsletter.

You need not apologise, Dr. Osterholm. As an RN who worked in a major hospital during COVID, I lived through the disastrous response to the pandemic during the Trump regime. I have worked in the hospital during HIV, Ebola, and other public health challenges. Never have I witnessed such a denial of science and false information from a president in my career. The chaos from Trump made my job so much worse. Unfortunately, some of my colleagues believed Trump which added to the stress. In my opinion, another term with Trump will be terminal for all the scientific progress this Country has achieved. We will be dragged back to the Dark Ages. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE, like your children’s’ lives depend on it! Thank you, Dr. Osterholm. Everyone needs to sound the alarm before it is too late.

Thank you for bringing this podcast to us. I know it didn’t end the way I had hope for but it definitely was a guiding light at some point in the past 4 years for me. I’m forever grateful. Take care

Always factual, humble, dependable, based on data, and in the best interest of public health. A great go-to resource.

I am a primary care physician. During the pandemic, it was difficult even for us to get up-to-date and accurate science discussion around COVID-19. The Osterholm Update was my source through the pandemic and now. I found Dr. Osterholm to consistently give accurate information. More importantly, he was able to clarify when there was no helpful or useful information available around certain subjects, and carefully and thoughtfully explain why. I could not find any other source of information, even including the CDC, that was able to do so. I would like to add that I appreciated Dr. Osterholm’s humanity throughout the pandemic. He helped provide hope and support to all of us trying to take care of our patients and families through that difficult time as a provider. He and his entire staff (as I know he could not provide this information without his wonderful staff ) have my genuine gratitude and thanks.

Osterholm now sounding like Tracy Beth Hoeg “I am 71 yrs old and had long COVID for months but since I exercise there is no need for respiratory protection in crowds!” Brain fog or peer pressure?

Thank you for being a reliable information source on COVID. It is so hard to get trustworthy information. I look forward to every episode! You have a magnificent show and team!

A couple of years ago, I wrote this about this podcast: “Dr. Osterholm sounds like one of the kindly old ministers in the Minnesota-based church I grew up in, which is comforting in a way. The hard-headed science he presents is often not so comforting but it’s still there whether we want to hear it or not. I’d rather hear it and learn from it, and enjoy the sense of love and shared humanity he brings along with it.” Sadly, the host and podcast have changed now. Dr. Osterholm seems to have joined the rest of his professional colleagues in abandoning efforts to avoiding spreading this virus or getting infected by it. His recent defense of the California “just go back to work” policy on Covid-19 was the last straw for me. Unsubscribed after four years of regular listening.

Wish I could give it 100 stars! Superb work! Extremely grateful for the dedication, hard work, thoughtfulness, commitment to humanity, and intellectual study offered each week by Dr. Osterholm and his team. God bless you.

Covid minimizer. You can't "both sides" this.

As a Clinical Microbiologist working as a Senior Clinical Laboratory Manager, this podcast brings me much joy! Having a knowledgeable source of scientifically valid information on virology, immunology, vaccines, and public health is a breath of fresh air! Thank you Dr. Osterholm for your contributions and compassion, and please continue this podcast! This is a shining light in a world that needs public health education!

It’s hard to find information about Covid now so this is a much appreciated resource.

I’ve listened to every episode from the beginning. Dr. Osterholm is my trusted sources for pandemic news. Thank you to the entire team.

Excellent, excellent information! Dr Osterholm and guests cover all subjects and questions related to infectious disease with measured, empirical and emphatic advice. I will do my part in this struggle to get my family and friends to vaccinate and mask as much as I can.

The message of this podcast as I hear it is be afraid, stay afraid, get the modRNA injection, and get the boosters. Pay attention to what the host doesn’t address. Negative information about the “vaccine” that is being discovered and entering public knowledge? Early treatment options, known from practically the beginning? The dangers of vaccinating a population during a pandemic? How are the vaccinated fairing compared to the unvaccinated? Nope, the host does not discuss any of this.

Really appreciate the best of this podcast/ the kindness, the broad, experienced take on the pandemic as well as periods of intense data delivery/ guidance on how to navigate from a consistent perspective in a world where we disagree so dramatically on what is happening. Really wonder what happens now/ I’m still hearing dire concerns about repeat Covid infections, but the creep to just accept the current situation is powerful, even as cases rise significantly and people are taken by surprise by unpleasant infections. Will this podcast drift towards a low profile coverage of Covid and avoid the risk of standing out as a place of sharing sometimes unwelcome but needed, accurate information? I hope not, we may need to adjust our behaviours and expectations, but I want to know the what and why, as best we can.

Every week there are rumors and News items about Covid 19 and other lesser known infectious diseases. I wait intently for the bi-weekly “Osterholm Update” for a thorough science-based review of the latest developments.

As many places stop paying attention, this podcast continues to inspire and inform. Dr. Osterholm is well qualified to produce it, and gives us data we can rely upon and use in our lives to help us handle this pandemic.

Valuable and up-to-date information for those of us still interested in the state of the pandemic. Sincere thanks to Dr. Osterholm for his painstaking research, analysis… and compassion. His podcasts reveal that he is a man of science with a kind and generous heart. His detailed narrative of his own experience with Covid was most informative. So glad he has recovered.

I hate to downgrade my feelings on this podcast. I have listened since the beginning, and I can no longer follow Dr. Osterholm’s advice. It is pretty much down the line CDC recommended advice that hasn’t changed since the beginning. I now follow the advice of the FLCCC. I cannot believe that anyone would recommend boosters every 6 months with the data currently available.

I am grateful to this group of dedicated podcast folks. The consistency and desire to gather, interpret & share the data & information regarding Covid 19 & other potential health risks has been significantly helpful. The dedications, the thoughtfulness & the humanity is inspiring. Thank you!!

Thank you for this podcast! Dr. Osterholm is a kind and knowledgeable source for Covid information that I trust. His interpretation of the situation reassures me during difficult times. Yes, this podcast reassures me even when the situation is difficult because accurate information is power. Power to assess risk and then to take appropriate action.

I’m a physician and I find this podcast so wonderful: excellent medical and scientific information, delivered by a kind, thoughtful expert. Dr. Osterholm is a critical resource in navigating a challenging situation. And he acknowledges the emotional and personal challenges as well. I appreciate this podcast deeply.

Your podcast is priceless. Incisive, reliable information at a time when that is all too rare. Thank you. Chris, I’m begging you, get a pop filter for your mic.

I am a NP and have listened faithfully to this podcast. This is also the podcast I refer my patients to listen to when they want to deep dive on COVID information. Thank you!

No real answers

I so appreciate the straight talk and scientifically fact based reporting from this podcast. It has helping me keep my sanity with a frame of reference during this now 3 year crisis. Knowing the facts as best we can, respecting the virus and mitigating where possible makes life closer to what it was before Covid arrived.

I listen to this every week or so. It is my single most reliable and up to date source of information on COVID variants, public health issues, vaccines, and more. Thank you.

Grateful for your guidance and support . I haven’t missed an episode. The dedications, the beautiful places, and songs all offer hope and encouragement. If the team would like to have some joy and a chuckle this week , watch the YouTube performance by Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Son , as he and the boys perform You’ll Never Walk Alone, while in quarantine at their parents wee flat in England. Mum gets the last laugh after the song is finished. Thank you Dr O and team, Rita, Boston

I have been listening faithfully to this podcast since 2021. It currently appears to be only podcast out there sharing science-based facts about COVID and framing the ongoing pandemic as the crisis it truly is. Dr. Osterholm is a comfort to listen to every other week, and I base many of my risk assessments on what he’s advised (WWOD: what would Osterholm do?) I hope CIDRAP continues to commit to producing this podcast, however, if it did ever come to an end, I would know the pandemic were over and that would be welcome news!

Scientific info shared in a meaningful way!

I am viewed as a sort of crazy Cassandra, still wearing my mask, not gathering, etc. I live in New York City and I really feel it’s going to be a difficult winter. Dr Osterholm is so supportive and kind. What my family has been going through has been extremely difficult. My sister got Covid twice in 2021, and she’s still lying in a bed. A pressure sore that developed while she was intubated is still not healed. Our cousin, a young healthy girl, has long Covid and can’t work. People are not getting that this is more than just the infection, it can have long range and long lasting results. Again I say thank you.

Best podcast hands down. No one can hold a candle to Dr. Osterholm. He brings not only his expertise and exceptional fund of knowledge to listeners but he strives for honesty and openness . His honesty is what separates him out from the crowd. You know he’s always going to tell the truth no matter how difficult it may be hear it. Take a listen. His heart is all in on delivering an amazing podcast.

the best covid podcast.

Obviously Covid is in a separate group as individuals must breathe and thus the Covid is widespread. Monkey Pox on the other hand is spread almost exclusively through sexual intimacy. Breathing is important, whilst sex is not, is it to much to expect individuals to slow down on their sexual behavior? Unless you only have one exclusive sexual partner, keep it in your pants weather you are a man or woman…

My partner and I are extremely thankful to Dr Osterholm and his team for this podcast. Along with the critical thinking, we appreciate the the dedications (the shelter animal dedication made us cry). Living in an upside-down world where the pandemic still rages but most people act like it’s 2019, it’s grounding to listen to science-based reports delivered with kindness - and humility about the unknown. Thank you all!

Thank you Dr Osterholm!