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Talking Flu with NYSDOH's Infectious Disease Expert Bryon Backenson
Manage episode 390431863 series 3517095
Commissioner McDonald and Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner Morne talk flu and the flu vaccine with the Department of Health's in-house infectious disease expert Bryon Backenson.
If you have an idea for topics we should discuss, please let us know: PublicHealthNowPodcast@health.ny.gov
Chapters
1. Introductions and Welcome (00:00:00)
2. About Bryon (00:01:27)
3. What Brought Bryon to Public Service and the State Department of Health? (00:02:14)
4. What is an Epidemiologist? (00:03:03)
5. What is Surveillance in the Context of Public Health? (00:05:08)
6. Infection Severity, Common Cold vs. the Flu (00:06:37)
7. Why Do We Vaccinate Against the Flu? (00:07:37)
8. Why Should a Healthy Middle-Aged Person Receive the Flu Vaccine? (00:10:03)
9. What Does the "Widespread" Flu Designation Mean? (00:11:50)
10. How Is the Flu Spread Person-to-Person? (00:13:37)
11. Can Humans Get the Flu from Pets? (00:14:16)
12. How Does This Flu Season Compare to Prior Seasons? (00:15:41)
13. Why is it Important to Look at Hospitalization Numbers Related to Flu? (00:16:59)
14. Are We Seeing More Hospitalizations for Flu vs. COVID? (00:18:15)
15. Bryon's Interesting Hobbies (00:19:22)
16. Feedback? publichealthnowpodcast@health.ny.gov (00:20:43)
22 episodes
Manage episode 390431863 series 3517095
Commissioner McDonald and Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner Morne talk flu and the flu vaccine with the Department of Health's in-house infectious disease expert Bryon Backenson.
If you have an idea for topics we should discuss, please let us know: PublicHealthNowPodcast@health.ny.gov
Chapters
1. Introductions and Welcome (00:00:00)
2. About Bryon (00:01:27)
3. What Brought Bryon to Public Service and the State Department of Health? (00:02:14)
4. What is an Epidemiologist? (00:03:03)
5. What is Surveillance in the Context of Public Health? (00:05:08)
6. Infection Severity, Common Cold vs. the Flu (00:06:37)
7. Why Do We Vaccinate Against the Flu? (00:07:37)
8. Why Should a Healthy Middle-Aged Person Receive the Flu Vaccine? (00:10:03)
9. What Does the "Widespread" Flu Designation Mean? (00:11:50)
10. How Is the Flu Spread Person-to-Person? (00:13:37)
11. Can Humans Get the Flu from Pets? (00:14:16)
12. How Does This Flu Season Compare to Prior Seasons? (00:15:41)
13. Why is it Important to Look at Hospitalization Numbers Related to Flu? (00:16:59)
14. Are We Seeing More Hospitalizations for Flu vs. COVID? (00:18:15)
15. Bryon's Interesting Hobbies (00:19:22)
16. Feedback? publichealthnowpodcast@health.ny.gov (00:20:43)
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