{"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https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed.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, trajectory and unknowns","slug":"omicron-trajectory-and-unknowns","published_at":"2026-07-22T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/omicron-trajectory-and-unknowns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG2960551814.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG2960551814.mp3","summary":"I'm hoping the pandemic will be essentially over in a few weeks and move into an endemic phase. The question is of course, how will the next month pan out? US cases and deaths data https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases Colorado https://covid19.colorado.gov/data California https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/#todays-update Florida http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/covid19-data/covid19_data_latest.pdf New York https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-data-new-york Illinois https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data.html https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/docs/2021-12-24_health_advisory.pdf UK data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk Zoe https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/cases-set-to-break-200k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7ISb-ReAo&t=139s https://covid.joinzoe.com SA hospital data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ UK, 30th December 2021 Omicron hospital patients, + 261 + 98 + 49 = 815 Total omicron deaths, + 10 + 4 + 1 = 54 ONS, 23 December prevalence increases https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights England – 1,202,300 people (1 in 45) Wales – 54,400 people (1 in 55) Northern Ireland – 37,800 people (1 in 50) Scotland – 76,200 people (1 in 70) Third-dose and booster vaccinations lowest among ethnic minorities As of 24th December 2021 Adults aged 50 years and over in England, three vaccinations, 74.7% Pakistani, 42.2% Black Caribbean, 44…","meta_description":"I'm hoping the pandemic will be essentially over in a few weeks and move into an endemic phase. The question is of course, how will the next month pan out…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2067,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/omicron-trajectory-and-unknowns/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-trajectory-and-unknowns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}