Talking Flu with NYSDOH's Infectious Disease Expert Bryon Backenson

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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.

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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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