Virology
TWiV 648: Life is for learning
By Vincent Racaniello
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, followed by a review of the findings that children shed as much SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA from the respiratory tract as older patients, the lineage giving rise to SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in bats in China for decades, and answers to listener questions. ...
Children transmit SARS-CoV-2
By Vincent Racaniello
Among the mountains of false information being peddled during the current pandemic, one of the most offensive is being used to drive opening of schools in the fall: that children do not transmit SARS-CoV-2. The results of multiple studies have shown that this assertion is incorrect. I'll review two of ...
TWiV 645: Lions and tigers and zookeepers (oh my)
By Vincent Racaniello
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, followed by a review of the State Department document on the Wuhan BSL-4 laboratory, the report on infection of tigers and lions in the Bronx Zoo, and, answers to listener questions. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 645 (98 MB .mp3, 163 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google ...
Preliminary phase I/II results of ChAdOx1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
By Gertrud U. Rey
by Gertrud U. Rey On July 20, 2020, Oxford University's Jenner Institute and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca reported preliminary results from phase I/II clinical trials assessing the safety and efficacy of a vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine candidate, named AZD1222 (referred to in the publication as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19), consists of ...
TWiV 644: Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
By Vincent Racaniello
In this mid-week edition, identifying flawed research before it becomes dangerous, Michigan governor tells America to mask-up, Pfizer mRNA vaccine gets $1.95 billion from Warp Speed, preliminary phase I/II results of the ChAdOx1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, answers to listener questions. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 644 (69 MB .mp3, 115 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google ...