{"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https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed.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":"Constructive UK data","slug":"constructive-uk-data","published_at":"2026-07-13T04:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/constructive-uk-data","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG1855075480.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG1855075480.mp3","summary":"Less people going to hospital with Omicron infection compared to Delta infection. Apologies, I had a few technical problems with todays video Zoe update: Wednesday 22 December 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGC310hPoI https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/everything-we-know-so-far-about-omicron https://joinzoe.com/learn/category/covid https://joinzoe.com/learn/new-omicron-variant 144,284 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in the UK In people who have had at least 2 vaccine doses 56,346 new daily symptomatic cases in the UK 70% + cases in England are now Omicron The UK R value, 1.2 R value in London is 1.5. From 17,000 omicron cases Runny nose Headache Fatigue (either mild or severe) Sneezing Sore throat (NHS test and trace is not telling users of their Omicron status anymore) Report 50 - Hospitalisation risk for Omicron cases in England https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/report-50-severity-omicron/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/risk-of-hospital-stay-40-lower-with-omicron-than-delta-uk-data-suggests Differences in the risk of hospitalisation between Omicron and Delta 1st to 14th December inclusive Analysed data from all PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases in England Cases S-gene Target Failure (SGTF) and genetic data Omicron, n = 56,000 Delta, n = 269,000 Reduction in the risk of hospitalisation for Omicron relative to Delta infections Endpoint, any attendance at hospital 20-25% reduced risk Endpoint, hospitalisation lasting 1 day or longer 40-45% reduced risk These reductions must be balanced against the larger risk of infection with Omicron, due to the reduction in protection provided by both vaccination and natural infection. Intrinsic differences in severity between Omicron and Delta Omicron may result in slightly…","meta_description":"Less people going to hospital with Omicron infection compared to Delta infection. Apologies, I had a few technical problems with todays video Zoe update:…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":867,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/constructive-uk-data/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/constructive-uk-data.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}