Dr. Mike Trangle

So I think the bottom line message is expect the unexpected, be humble and just know that, uh, you know, it won't last forever in the way it started, but it's around now for good. It's

So I think the bottom line message is expect the unexpected, be humble and just know that, uh, you know, it won't last forever in the way it started, but it's around now for good. It's

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Yeah, well, I think, again, we really haven't appreciated the mental impact that COVID's had. And, you know, I think that one of the lessons I've learned in my career was, you know, when I started at the University of Minnesota as a newly minted undergraduate, and then within days started at the Minnesota Department of Health,

Yeah, well, I think, again, we really haven't appreciated the mental impact that COVID's had. And, you know, I think that one of the lessons I've learned in my career was, you know, when I started at the University of Minnesota as a newly minted undergraduate, and then within days started at the Minnesota Department of Health,

in 1975, you know, I got asked many times, why are you going into infectious diseases? That's horse and buggy stuff. You know, this is done. We're over, man. I mean, we're going on to the next generation of public health challenges and we're going to fix them. Okay.

in 1975, you know, I got asked many times, why are you going into infectious diseases? That's horse and buggy stuff. You know, this is done. We're over, man. I mean, we're going on to the next generation of public health challenges and we're going to fix them. Okay.

And no one really had a full understanding of just how complex this world is and why we would see the return of some of the infectious disease problems that we had not even imagined could be this bad. I mean, I go down a laundry list of issues. And so I think that one of the things we have today is what I call creative imagination. You know, what's happening.

And no one really had a full understanding of just how complex this world is and why we would see the return of some of the infectious disease problems that we had not even imagined could be this bad. I mean, I go down a laundry list of issues. And so I think that one of the things we have today is what I call creative imagination. You know, what's happening.

I can remember very well, one of my mentors and who, someone who has had a dramatic impact on my career was the late D.A. Henderson, who was really the father of smallpox eradication in his office out of WHO. And D.A., was one of those brilliant minds that kind of thought about things, not just in the abstract, but, you know, creative imaginations I talked about.

I can remember very well, one of my mentors and who, someone who has had a dramatic impact on my career was the late D.A. Henderson, who was really the father of smallpox eradication in his office out of WHO. And D.A., was one of those brilliant minds that kind of thought about things, not just in the abstract, but, you know, creative imaginations I talked about.

And we talked at length about in the 1990s, what would happen when the population ages and we've not used any kind of smallpox vaccine, nor have had smallpox as a clinical illness in our communities for some decades. Today, the vast majority of the population in low-income countries are younger than 45 years.

And we talked at length about in the 1990s, what would happen when the population ages and we've not used any kind of smallpox vaccine, nor have had smallpox as a clinical illness in our communities for some decades. Today, the vast majority of the population in low-income countries are younger than 45 years.

Well, it was 45 years ago we stopped vaccinating for smallpox and we stopped, you know, basically clinical cases from occurring. Much of the world's population, particularly in low-income countries, have no protection against pox viruses today. Well, lo and behold, why should we not be surprised? Monkeypox is now returning in a big way because we now have this very vulnerable population. You know,

Well, it was 45 years ago we stopped vaccinating for smallpox and we stopped, you know, basically clinical cases from occurring. Much of the world's population, particularly in low-income countries, have no protection against pox viruses today. Well, lo and behold, why should we not be surprised? Monkeypox is now returning in a big way because we now have this very vulnerable population. You know,

We have, for example, today a situation where the large urban areas of low and middle income countries, particularly low income countries, are nothing largely than, unfortunately, major garbage environments where there's all this discarded garbage, plastic, et cetera. And that is ideal habitat for breeding the 80s mosquito. because they want to live close to humans.

We have, for example, today a situation where the large urban areas of low and middle income countries, particularly low income countries, are nothing largely than, unfortunately, major garbage environments where there's all this discarded garbage, plastic, et cetera. And that is ideal habitat for breeding the 80s mosquito. because they want to live close to humans.

They want to live where there's this little bit of water in a plastic container or a piece of plastic or a piece of junk that water collects in. Very different than the mosquitoes that cause malaria that are much more open water mosquitoes, et cetera.

They want to live where there's this little bit of water in a plastic container or a piece of plastic or a piece of junk that water collects in. Very different than the mosquitoes that cause malaria that are much more open water mosquitoes, et cetera.