Michael Osterholm saw the pandemic coming and wants you to be worried

Iowa native Michael Osterholm, a world-renowned epidemiologist, saw the pandemic coming. Now, he wants you to be worried.

Michael Osterholm has Oprah Winfrey’s attention as he matter-of-factly explains why the world is unprepared to deal with a pandemic he knows is coming. A virus without a vaccine that spreads easily from person to person, nation to nation, is certainly on the horizon, says Osterholm, a nationally renowned epidemiologist.