I’ve loved this show for years, and I am concerned about so much of our federally funded public health infrastructure being gutted from this administration. If this isn’t the #1 public health topic in this country right now then I’d really like an explanation about why

Didn’t have to wait for subsequent episodes about oximeter defects and analysis of reasons why this has occurred. So smart. I have learned so much good science and policies from this podcast. Best practices in public healthcare always presented.

I stumbled upon it and I have been hooked ever since. I look forward to hearing every single episode and I always come away with more knowledge, greater understanding, and more inspiration. Public Health On Call should be on the “reading list” of anyone who is remotely interested in public health and any person who cares about people, animals, and planetary health! Could not recommend it more! 👏🫶🏼

For all the great info AND the tip about the Zoom play: Enemy of the People

I absolutely love this podcast. It’s so informative and focuses on today’s issues at hand.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

You have the patience of a saint! Thank you for debunking the crazy misinformation out there with kindness and facts.

Just thanks to Zeke for the clarity of his master class in science and policy comminication

I work in a Jail and wear a three or four-layered mask. I've been all around people who have covid and haven't gotten COVID yet.

Can you give kind of a “state of the sate” on covid 19 relative to where we have been and where things might be heading? Peace and thanks for all the careful help!

Oh good, now Johns Hopkins is saying “you don’t need to wear a mask in the supermarket” with no acknowledgement of state, local, and store requirements. Are you out of your minds! How does this help anyone! Or have you joined the “it’s all a hoax” crowd. Think I’ll give this pod a miss for a while. I want health not stupid!

This is in response to episode 228. Please just get the vaccine out. All of this social engineering is complicating things and wIll just result in more deaths. As far as I can tell based on the numbers, the elderly (of all races) are dying at the highest rate, yet they are being relegated to the back of the line. The answer is more vaccine and quickly. I want everyone to have it but this complexity is going to slow down the process causing more death. This is in response to episode 346. The health commissioner was smug and self congratulatory. The most likely reason Vermont did so well is just as likely due to geographic reasons and the fact that Vermont has the second highest number of Democratic voters than the specific actions undertaken in Vermont that were likewise taken in many other states.

Enjoy show very much. Public health more often than not is specialty communities do not know much about. While I applaud the magnificent work done by my fellow public health professionals, the voices of public health nurses are not to be found on podcast (apologies if overlooked). I am a retired PHN with 30 years experience and witnessed the gradual cutbacks that severely impacted providing care to communities impacted by health disparities on so many levels. Covid-19 has really revealed such disparities and inequality. Please feature field PHNs and scholars who have a wealth of CD experience within public health. We have many stories and solutions to share.

Converting a convention center to a field hospital is a sign of FAILURE by our government. Trump knew about this virus 18 MONTHS AGO and STILL every day feels like it's March 13th.

There is a reason the variants we’re given Greek lettering titles. Unfortunately, the country name is still being used here and I find this disappointing.

Thanks for doing a podcast covering many different aspects of the novel Coronavirus. I truly appreciate all the different angles covered. I do have a question for you. Do you have any data on how robust the immune response is for immune-suppressed patients to the vaccines? In my case, as a myeloma patient, I have had a negative response to the Pfizer vaccine - no antibodies found to the spike protein. My doctor is going to retest in four weeks.

The expert on Feb 9 did not once mention the class of 2021. Seniors in Oregon may not see the inside of their schools since March 2020 until their “graduation.” This expert did not address how this lack of closure and lack of transition will affect them as they move on in life! The fall won’t help these kids. Very frustrating to listen. I just turned it off.

So disappointed in episode 223. I listen to Dr. O at the beginning of the pandemic thinking he was THE expert. But this episode he went on and on about killing your grandparents and killing your parents if you get together with them. 99.9% survival rate and he’s talking about EVERYONE killing grandma? Come on!! How ridiculous! It’s mathematically impossible! That’s not science! That just angers and confuses people and causes them to do whatever they want.

Listening to episode 216, I wish there were sources sited or linked to in the show notes. I appreciate the discussion I’m just wondering what level of evidence was used to inform the educated opinion. Thank you for bringing great guests and topics to the public.

If you want straight science without the political taint, check out Pandemic podcast. If you’re ok having your science tainted with one-sided politics, stay here.

Excellent to keep up and have clinician and PH practitioner perspective! Re: Episode 194, the “journal club” episode: Wish the limitations and weaknesses of the studies and papers were addressed, as well as gave more clinical context.

Great for covid and medical updates. Political episodes are beyond boring. Sorry for the bad review! Season 1 rocked. Season 2 is more opinion than science. Blah

This podcast is truly excellent. I have listened to every episode, each one is informative. What a pleasure being able to listen to subject matter experts on these topics. Hoping for many, many more episodes.

“This year has driven home as never before the message that there is no such thing as ‘the science’; there are different scientific views.” Who knew the topic of Public Health could be so woke?!

Great conversation with stunning research and questions that reach. Thanks so much for this ep in particular but for all of these.

Some of the podcasts, especially early on, were immensely helpful. When so much was unknown I relied on JHU for factual information and was grateful they devoted so many resources to help the public navigate our new world. Both the website and podcasts were so valuable. Recently I have been deleting more episodes than not. I’m sad that somehow this is morphing into a political commentary and social justice platform. Don’t we have enough sources for those topics already? I beg you to return to providing us with up to date scientific information and recommendations and leave the judgemental social and political claptrap to others. You risk loosing your expert standing on this topic when you start to slant your episodes toward what sounds like an agenda. Wish I could give you 5 stars, I really do.

Excellent discussion on importance of contact tracing!

All I want is direct, clear information from epidemiologists, virologists, and other doctors, scientists, and qualified researchers. This is the only quick, easy source to access that information.

The first episode I listened to had too much undefined jargon, but it has improved since then and is accessible. It’s unnecessarily dry at times, although I understand that the podcast is trying to strike an informative, academic tone...I’m not asking for entertainment but for digging deeper. The biggest drawback from my perspective is the podcast creators have narrowly defined what counts as expertise related to Covid-19. I’d like to see more representation from social scientists and bioethicists (JHU has an excellent bioethics center after all). This is a social disease and social response as much as it is a natural phenomenon and medical crisis. The episode on the intersection between Covid and marginalized sex workers and drug addicts was the best episode so far…something that other news outlets are definitely not covering and a topic that better addressed the social and ethical dimensions of Covid than most of the episodes.

I am a little worried that expanding the subject matter will dilute the efficacy of this pod. Regardless of my worry, the pod's Baltimore-centric nature makes it its own "The Plague," a 2020 documentary of one locality's heroism and expertise. Episode 92.093 was an expansion worth listening to.

Excellent information, very professional. Thanks for the voice of Science!

Listen to interviewer. Stop the um hums!

I appreciate this podcast. It keeps me updated on where the science is with the virus, and it shares the information in a way that the general public can understand. With all the disinformation, it’s great to hear from researchers, practitioners, health officials, and doctors who are working with the virus from different perspectives. I like the weekly Q&A with practitioners and researchers, it’s informative. Thank you for this podcast.

Just where the hell in the world in ANY hospital during the covid 19 pandemic is a transplant safe?

I am thoroughly enjoying this podcast - timely and focused info on Covid19 except for a few guests John Barry and others who obviously have a political bias to the point of unprofessionalism. Is he trying to alienate millions of people? Now is not a time for partisanship..

John Barry is highly uninformed and claims that influenza with an incubation period of up to 24hrs (before symptoms) is not likely to infect people than COVID which can be contagious for 14 days, which is obviously absurd. He also tries to comment on people getting their info from the internet and then admits that he isn’t on the internet, which means he’s completely unqualified to comment. Bad info from an institution like Johns Hopkins.

Episode 33 is informative and inspiring. It’s everything I would like to hear from our government. Singapore has done a stellar job of staying ahead of the virus with minimal disruption to their economy while keeping people safe.

Great info from the experts!

Contains too much political opinion. Was looking for something that had more science about the covid19 virus. Disappointing

The information on this podcast is so important. I love that it is delivered in small doses, less than 20 min/day. Not too much to overwhelm, it’s just the amount of daily info I desire. I find that the topics covered are usually about 1-2 weeks ahead of the national media convo. If you like being ahead of the curve, so to speak, then this covid podcast is essential.

Mostly about society, not much about science of virus.

This is a no-frills podcast produced by Johns Hopkins with some of the world’s leading public health experts. It is not glitzy, sensational, or “produced,” just an excellent source of facts by experts in the field in 20-minute digestible interviews.

It’s like NPR but they talk about Covid-19. Same vibes all around.

This podcast provides essential info and is easy to understand. Thank you to the crew and hosts who are providing us such a needed info.

Thanks to this podcast I’ve been ahead of the curve with information that eventually has come out from other news sources and agencies. I appreciate all the hard work that is put into the research done. I think Tom is brilliant and should get an award for doing this.

Informative podcast with calming Dr. Josh Sharfstein. My only complaint is that he has a habit of, often after an expert’s dire warnings or bleak statistics, etc., responding “great.” I understand he is essentially thanking the expert for appropriate information, but.... Although, this rejoinder never fails to make me smile so I guess this isn’t really a complaint after all.

Amidst of all the noise and freneticism about the novel coronavirus, Dr. Josh Sharfstein’s insightful questions to the world-class experts scattered all around Johns Hopkins is exactly what we need. The topics are deeply relevant, timely, and brutally honest about the grave conditions we face. All the while the information is delivered calmly and without drama or hype. What I’m most impressed with is that the interviewer and interviewees all speak about some very technical issues without resorting to using medical jargon at a level the average person couldn’t understand. They explain their terms like top educators. I’ve learned something from every episode. We are being educated, informed and prepared for what is upon us. Thank you!

I have a podcast, Married To Doctors and we know what it’s like to have loved ones on the front line. I’ve been recommending this podcast to my listeners. This podcast does a great job of getting straight to the point and sharing what we need to know. Thank you!

Breaking News that is of of little help. Professionals who know

Alternates between in-depth interviews on specific topics (most days) and wide-ranging FAQ answers, most in a bite-size 15min format. It’s really helpful for processing the information, and you get a good sense of broad consensus on important issues and subtle disagreements on the more debated options from specialists with different perspectives.