{"podcast":{"title":"Dr. John Campbell","slug":"dr-john-campbell-7851784","podcast_index_feed_id":7851784,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG9554039150","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7a133470-32e4-11f1-ae26-ef5a830a5f06/image/aacd596ff9b51467520b0238cfcd1c87.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Campbellteaching","episode_count":480,"summary":"Hello Everyone, My name is John Campbell and I am a retired Nurse Teacher and former clinical nurse based in England. I also do some teaching in Asia and Africa when time permits. These videos are to help students to learn the background to all forms of health care. My PhD focused on the development of open learning resources for nurses nationally and internationally. LinkedIn profile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-john-campbell-5256223b/ Twitter, https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed. They should never replace individual clinical judgement from your own health care provider. No media-based material on this channel is suitable for using as professional medical advice. All comments are also for educational purposed only and must never replace advice from your own health care provider","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T10:19:57.883522+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784"},"episode":{"title":"China, numerous infections","slug":"china-numerous-infections","published_at":"2026-07-20T00:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/china-numerous-infections","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3701918962.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3701918962.mp3","summary":"China, the first and the last, alpha and omega of the covid pandemic with omicron Abrupt U-turn on COVID controls on 7th December Cases + 5,000 December, 248 million infections, (18%) Deaths, + 3 = 5,253 When is a covid death a covid death? http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/s3574/202212/a9510969ad85461297016f6ad1c87770.shtml Prof Wang Guiqiang, National Health Commission Only fatalities caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure Not deaths caused by cardiovascular, cerebrovascular diseases, blood clots, sepsis the main cause of death from infection with Omicron is the underlying diseases UK Department of Health Covid pre-departure, 48 hours, as from 5th January (Spain, the US, Italy, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan) Health Security Agency, surveillance of arrivals from 8th January Fitter variants have always got through in the past Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Professor Andrew Pollard Imposition of travel curbs was unlikely to stop variants reaching the UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay to gain rapid insight into potential new variants circulating in China The best defence against the virus, however, remains the vaccine Direct from China I can confirm a lot of what you said in your broadcast Many being treated at home due to very busy hospitals Crematoriums are backed up by about two weeks in many cities More than 60% of my work and social contacts, young and old have had COVID in the last three weeks. All has symptoms lasting 7 to 10 days Last round of vaccinations in some areas 6 to 12 months ago Body aches/headache - usually one of the first symptoms Most people have a fever lasting 2-5 days Cough - dry with no phlegm – (Lasting up to two weeks) Running nose and congestion lasting about 5-7 days Sore throat lasting 5-7 days Some people su…","meta_description":"China, the first and the last, alpha and omega of the covid pandemic with omicron Abrupt U-turn on COVID controls on 7th December Cases + 5,000 December,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1348,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/china-numerous-infections/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/china-numerous-infections.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}