In "A High Plain Plateau," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the trajectory of the BA.5 wave in the U.S. and around the world, the updated CDC COVID guidelines, and the latest data on long COVID. Dr. Osterholm also provides an update on the monkeypox outbreak and answers a query about polio.

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‘Living with Covid’ should be countered by containing the virus once and for all (Eric Topol, The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/cdc-living-with-covid-should-be-countered-by-containing-virus

It's not just long COVID (Hank Balfour and William Hoffman, The Atlantic): https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/long-covid-monovirus-ebv/671080/

Unexplained post-acute infection syndromes (Choutka et al., Nature Medicine): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01810-6

Asking gay men to be careful isn't homophobia (Jim Downs, The Atlantic): https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/monkeypox-aids-gay-men-safe-sex/671126/

Let’s speak clearly: monkeypox is mostly being transmitted via sex (David Mack, Buzzfeed News): https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/monkeypox-sex

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