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.

Guest: Daniel Griffin

Links for this episode

• Excess COVID-19 Deaths by Age and Race and Ethnicity (MMWR) 11:31
• Excess COVID-19 deaths (JAMA) 13:02
• SARS-CoV-2 transmission (CDC) 15:42
• UK challenge trial (Nature) 7:00, 2:23:44
• Inflammatory cytokine signature for severe COVID-19 (Nature) 30:42
• Death in AstraZeneca vaccine trial (Reuters) 33:07
• Herpetic Legion – Reactivation (YouTube) 47:34
• Tech position with Dr. Rosenfeld 49:14
• Biological safety officer position at CUMC 49:33
• Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders 48:58
• Foege letter to Redfield (text, NPR article) 50:50
• False promise of herd immunity (Nature) 57:27
• Secret vaccine plans released (NY Times) 1:38:19
• Neuropilin-1 and SARS-CoV-2 entry (paper one, two) 1:48:26
• Letters read on TWiV 675 33:02, 2:01:58
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Science Picks 2:41:55

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

• COVID-19
• Host-Microbe Biology

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