
TWiV 665: This half-week in coronavirology
09/20/20 • 176 min
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, structure of virion glycoprotein of a commmon cold coronavirus reveals changes driven by prolonged circulation in humans, and listener email.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode
- Increased risk for COVID-19 during pregnancy (MMWR)
- COVID-19 and community and close contact exposures (MMWR)
- COVID-19 clusters in Japan (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Eyeglass use associated with less COVID-19 (JAMA Ophthal)
- Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong (Nat Med)
- HKU1 HE structure and evolution (Nat Comm)
- Das Coronavirus summaries
- TWiVerse
- Letters read on TWiV 665
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, structure of virion glycoprotein of a commmon cold coronavirus reveals changes driven by prolonged circulation in humans, and listener email.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Daniel Griffin
Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiV!
Links for this episode
- Increased risk for COVID-19 during pregnancy (MMWR)
- COVID-19 and community and close contact exposures (MMWR)
- COVID-19 clusters in Japan (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Eyeglass use associated with less COVID-19 (JAMA Ophthal)
- Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong (Nat Med)
- HKU1 HE structure and evolution (Nat Comm)
- Das Coronavirus summaries
- TWiVerse
- Letters read on TWiV 665
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiV 664: TWiV is for the dogs
On this mid-week edition, does it matter that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, seasonal coronavirus immunity is short-lived, another bogus claim that the virus was produced in a laboratory (it came from Nature), and answers to listener questions.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- Coronavirus is mutating (Nature)
- Seasonal CoV immunity is short (Nat Med)
- Sorry, no link to the fake science document!
- Letters read on TWiV 664
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiV 666: A far-UVC light bulb went off for David Brenner
David Brenner joins TWiV to explain how far-UVC lights could provide protection from SARS-CoV-2 and other airborne viruses in public places, solutions to face mask fogging, transmission during airplane flights, and listener questions.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker
Guest: David Brenner
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Links for this episode
- Far-UVC light inactivates viruses (paper one and two)
- Tips to avoid mask fogging (YouTube, article one and two)
- Funding for virus hunting
- Jonna Mazet interview (YouTube)
- Pandemic fake news (NY Times)
- Airplane SARS-CoV-2 infections (summary, article one, two, three)
- COVID-19: Wrong moves in wrong places (Science)
- Das coronavirus bullet points
- SARS-CoV-2 was not made in a lab (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiV 666
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]
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