Listen to the 'On The Line' podcast: Monkeypox, the other outbreak

Detroit Free Press
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Clinical Laboratory Scientist Thanh Le, 37, of Lansing prepares the master mix formula later to be combined with the extracted DNA sample to test for Orthopox at the Sparrow Hospital lab in Lansing, on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. The combined sample is placed in the Cobas Z 480 machine, which analyzes the sample for Orthopox. If the result turns out to be positive, they rerun the process to specifically test for Monkeypox.

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On The Line

  • Host: Cary Junior II

  • Producers: Cary Junior II and Darcie Moran

  • Executive producers:  Anjanette Delgado and Maryann Struman  

  • Guests: Detroit Free Press health reporter Kristen Jordan Shamus; Dr. John Brooks, infectious disease specialist and chair of the emerging pathogens response team at McLaren Health Care; and Dr. Matthew Sims, director of infectious diseases research at Beaumont Health 

  • Theme song: "Fort Trumbull" by DJ LostBoy, Detroit

  • Email: ontheline@freepress.com

On this episode: Not another global outbreak.

Monkeypox cases are on the rise in Michigan. But how concerned do we need to be?

On this episode of the "On The Line" podcast, host Cary Junior II speaks with Free Press health reporter Kristen Jordan Shamus about the contagious lesions that force people to isolate for weeks on end. The pair discuss why you might want to take precautions against it, even if cases are few when compared with COVID-19.

Shamus also speaks with Dr. Matthew Sims, director of infectious diseases research at Beaumont Health, and Dr. John Brooks, infectious disease specialist and chair of the emerging pathogens response team at McLaren Health Care. The experts delve into the stigma surrounding monkeypox and the LGBTQ+ community, the government's response and safety measures.

"On The Line" is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts.

For more: 

Michigan monkeypox cases quadruple in 3 weeks as vaccine rules change, access improves

Detroit offering monkeypox vaccines to city residents exposed to virus

Michigan launches monkeypox website, Oakland County forming task force to address outbreak

Sparrow Health System now doing in-house testing for monkeypox at its Lansing lab

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