TWiV 675: Forget what you've herd about immunity
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss Bill Foege's letter to CDC director Robert Redfield, the false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19, secret blueprints for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials released, and neuropilin-1 as a possible entry protein for the virus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode- Excess COVID-19 Deaths by Age and Race and Ethnicity (MMWR)
- Excess COVID-19 deaths (JAMA)
- SARS-CoV-2 transmission (CDC)
- UK challenge trial (Nature)
- Inflammatory cytokine signature for severe COVID-19 (Nature)
- Death in AstraZeneca vaccine trial (Reuters)
- Herpetic Legion – Reactivation (YouTube)
- Tech position with Dr. Rosenfeld
- Biological safety officer position at CUMC
- Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders
- Foege letter to Redfield (text, NPR article)
- False promise of herd immunity (Nature)
- Secret vaccine plans released (NY Times)
- Neuropilin-1 and SARS-CoV-2 entry (paper one, two)
- Letters read on TWiV 675
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Nikon Small World Photography Competition Brianne – Modeling Herd Immunity for measles Alan – Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Rich – Boundless Body Radio Bethany and Casey Ruff Vincent – The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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