Outbreak Investigations: Toxic Burgers, Toxic Shock, and Vaccine Talk

Public health expert Mike Osterholm discusses outbreak investigations, pandemics, and the risky path the United States is taking on vaccine recommendations and abandoning innovative technology. Mike’s motivation to leave his small town in Iowa to become a disease detective was driven by reading a steady diet of “The Medical Detectives” by Berton Roueche, journalist for the New Yorker. Mike helped solve hamburger-associated thyrotoxicosis, tampon-related epidemic of toxic-shock in 1980, and a decades-old cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases “Austin pneumonia”. Recently, he directed his energy toward filling the gap created when CDC’s science-backed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was dismantled and replaced with political appointees. He is the author of a new book "The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics".Additional guest information & links to podcast platforms are available at www.inspiredtoheal.net.  Please like and follow us on your favorite platform.Contact us with feedback and suggestions through the website.