The TWiV trio continues in-depth coverage of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, including discussion on genome mutation and circulating lineages, handwashing, facemasks, cruise ship outbreaks, the South Korean situation, and much more.

Links for This Episode

• Stanley Perlman answers CoV questions (Boston Globe) 2:05:03
• Fist bump (Am J Infect Control) 1:36:25
• Joint WHO-China report (pdf) 8:26
• Second coronavirus (LA Times) 13:35
• Response to second coronavirus (virological.org) 13:44
• COVID-19 animal models (STAT) 19:00
• Clinical predictors of COVID-19 mortality (Inten Care Med) 20:56
• CoV by the numbers (NY Times) 10:55, 22:05
• Contamination of bar soaps (Microbios) 32:24
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccine timeline (NPR) 1:25:10
• How new vaccines are developed (GSK) 1:24:32
• SARS among critical care nurses (Emerg Inf Dis) 1:56:34
• How churches prevent SARS-CoV-2 spread (NPR) 2:01:05
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 590 31:25
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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