{"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":658,"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https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed.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":"2026-09-22T06:22:02.195523+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784"},"episode":{"title":"Omicron, half of regular colds","slug":"omicron-half-of-regular-colds","published_at":"2026-07-27T11:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/omicron-half-of-regular-colds","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG8935755485.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG8935755485.mp3","summary":"Half of people in the UK with a common cold have a covid cold Check out Wefwafwa's channel for more about our community health work in Uganda, https://www.youtube.com/c/WefwafwaAndrew ONS, 13th December 2021 to 19th December 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/24december2021 England Percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), 2.83% 1,544,600 people in England had COVID-19 One in 35 people London 1 in 20 people had COVID-19 Wales, One in 45 Northern Ireland, one in 40 Scotland, one 65 people SA data https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ SA hospital data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ UK data https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview Tim Spector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGC310hPoI&t=142s Omicron, similar cold type symptoms to delta in the first few days Omicron cases have less anosmia Fever is less common Having 5 or more symptoms less common with omicron than delta More breakthrough infections with delta, after 2 or 3 doses of vaccine Common colds less transmissible than omicron just now One in two chance common cold symptoms will test positive for covid Therefore, test for colds Avoid people who have a cold Pings are now too slow to be effective Omicron onset, 2 days rather than 5 for delta Omicron will run its course faster, all over in 4 or 5 days Infection risk after 8 days in negligible IOM, back to work when symptoms resolve and 2 lateral flow tests From 17,000 omicron cases https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/the-20-symptoms-of-covid-19-to…","meta_description":"Half of people in the UK with a common cold have a covid cold Check out Wefwafwa's channel for more about our community health work in Uganda, https://www…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1503,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/omicron-half-of-regular-colds/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-half-of-regular-colds.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}