{"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https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed.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":"Symptom change and waning protection","slug":"symptom-change-and-waning-protection","published_at":"2026-09-06T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/symptom-change-and-waning-protection","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7910560306.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7910560306.mp3","summary":"COVID cases no longer climbing as feared, except Scotland https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/covid-cases-no-longer-climbing-as-feared https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time Data from 21st August to 4th September COVID cases no longer climbing as feared Current cases, + 51,876 (symptomatic) Based on PCR and LFT test data from up to five days ago, n = 31,075 Down 9.2% from 57,158 new daily cases last week In the fully vaccinated population Cases, + 17,674 (symptomatic) (Last week’s average, + 17,342) New cases are the highest among the 0-18 and 18–35 year-old On average 1 in 90 people in the UK currently have symptomatic COVID UK R value = 1.0 Wales, 1.1 Scotland, 1.1 Scotland and England Cases remain highest in 0-19 years old Longer covid 894 people a day will go on to experience symptoms for longer than 12 weeks Professor Tim Spector It’s great to see the return to schools and summer festivals haven’t yet resulted in a spike in cases as feared. Worse in Scotland, rates are still rising Scottish hospitals could soon be overwhelmed The Scottish situation makes it clear we can’t be complacent about COVID as winter approaches We are still producing far too many Long Covid cases and hospitalisations unnecessarily For 521 days, ZOE and King’s College London have demanded cold and flu-like symptoms be recognised as common COVID-19 symptoms UK rates the highest in Europe, if the government continues with no restrictions, surely we should at least help people to recognise the symptoms early and know when to stay at home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERHPwt9ExL8&t=1097s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"COVID cases no longer climbing as feared, except Scotland https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/covid-cases-no-longer-climbing-as-feared https://covid.joinzoe.co…","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/symptom-change-and-waning-protection/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/symptom-change-and-waning-protection.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}