{"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https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed.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, symptom progression","slug":"omicron-symptom-progression","published_at":"2026-09-12T03:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/omicron-symptom-progression","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5082269703.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5082269703.mp3","summary":"Link for free download of John's two text books, http://159.69.48.3/ Campbell's Pathophysiology Notes, Amazon orders for the UK, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012HWC8SU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_AYC5Q7G3H2B3T4BCHQY0 Campbell's Physiology Notes https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955379725/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_K0MXMAP26Y77TY4J90FB Omicron, clinical picture (7th December) Dr Angelique Coetzee, South African Medical Association First to raise alarm about the new omicron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtELl7-zE_w Totally different symptoms Can be easily missed Body aches and pains Muscle pains Headache Tiredness (1 to 2 days) Slight sore throat No severe cough No runny nose Decrease in patients coming to doctors South Africa vaccines Pfizer J and J Hospitalizations, 99% unvaccinated Symptoms more intense in unvaccinated More intense but not severe Body aches and pains Muscle pains Headache Lateral flow testing and Omicron Becomes positive after 24 hours up to 5 days Very accurate Omicron prevalence in SA https://www.nicd.ac.za Ref for graphics (3rd December data) https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Update-of-SA-sequencing-data-from-GISAID-3-Dec-21-Final.pdf SGTF has increased from 0.9% in October to 96.3% for November. Children under the age of 12 years accounted for 7.9% of the SGTF positives, and those 13 – 18 years old for 6.1%. For week 47, Hospital data from SA https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NICD-COVID-19-Daily-Sentinel-Hospital-Surveillance-report-National-20211206.pdf Live data, hospital patients who have tested positive https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ Omicron and common cold https://osf.io/f7txy/ Omicron has insertion mutation ins214EPE (From the co…","meta_description":"Link for free download of John's two text books, http://159.69.48.3/ Campbell's Pathophysiology Notes, Amazon orders for the UK, https://www.amazon.co.uk/…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1806,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/omicron-symptom-progression/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-symptom-progression.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}