TWiV returns to the 2012 brouhaha over transmission experiments with avian H5N1 influenza virus, re-examines the claim of SARS-CoV-2 RNA integration into human DNA, and reviews the engineering and testing of a genetically stable version of the attenuated type 2 Sabin poliovirus vaccine.

Links for This Episode

• ASV vaccine town halls 15:10.
• First smallpox vaccine day 3:53.
• Revised masking and distancing (CDC) 9:17.
• Science vs Spin (Sandman) 18:16.
• Artifactual SARS-CoV-2 integration (PNAS) 31:13
• SARS-CoV-2 integration is artifactual (J Virol) 32:51.
• Engineering new OPV2 (Cell Host Micr) 43:13.
• Safety and immunogenicity of nOPV2 (Lancet) 1:01:40.
• Poliopolis (Lancet) 1:02:18.
• Letters read on TWiV 756 15:28, 1:31:20.
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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