{"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https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed.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":"Omicron does reinfect after organic immunity","slug":"omicron-does-reinfect-after-organic-immunity","published_at":"2026-06-28T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/omicron-does-reinfect-after-organic-immunity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5003699438.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5003699438.mp3","summary":"Reinfections are probable, not good news actually How likely somebody who has already had Covid to catch Omicron? (catching it twice or more) Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of the Omicron variant in South Africa What is already known on this topic https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2.full.pdf Prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to provide 84% reduction in infection risk What this study adds We find no evidence of increased reinfection risk associated with circulation of Beta or Delta variants, compared to the ancestral strain in routine epidemiological data from South Africa. In contrast, we find clear, population-level evidence to suggest substantial immune evasion by the Omicron variant. Omicron selection advantage is at least partially driven by an increased ability to infect previously infected individuals. Omicron variant increases reinfection risk - Yes Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrates substantial population-level evidence for evasion of immunity from prior infection. Retrospective analysis of routine epidemiological surveillance data 4th March 2020 to 27th November 2021 South Africa’s National Notifiable Medical Conditions Surveillance System N = 2,796,982 Laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Results 35,670 suspected reinfections were identified among 2,796,982 individuals with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2, who had a positive test result at least 90 days prior to 27th November 2021 35,670 individuals with at least two infections 332 individuals with third infections 1 individual with four infection The relative hazard ratio for wave 2 versus wave 1 was 0.75 The relative hazard ratio for wave 3 versus wave 1 was 0.71 Relative hazard ratio for the period from 01 November 2021 to 27 Novem…","meta_description":"Reinfections are probable, not good news actually How likely somebody who has already had Covid to catch Omicron? (catching it twice or more) Increased ri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1119,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/omicron-does-reinfect-after-organic-immunity/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/omicron-does-reinfect-after-organic-immunity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}