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TWiV 622: Nonhuman primate model for COVID-19 with Emmie de Wit

Emmie de Wit joins the TWiV team in episode 622 to explain her work on the pathogenesis of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques, including studies on remdesivir and vaccine candidate.

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TWiV 623: Bats and coronaviruses with Peter Daszak

If there's only one podcast you have time for this week make it this one. Peter Daszak provides a thoroughly in depth and accessible overview of how coronaviruses have the potential to jump from bats into people. In TWiV 623 Peter also explains the work of EcoHealth Alliance in surveillance of bats in China for SARS-related coronaviruses to provide the information needed to prevent future pandemics, and why NIH recently withdrew financial support for their work.

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TWiV 624: SeXX matters with Sabra Klein

Do you think sex and gender affect your response to infectious diseases? In TWiV 624 Sabra Klein discusses just that; the effect of sex, gender, and age on viral infectious disease, including COVID-19. Fascinating is not a strong enough word. As in recent episodes, Daniel Griffin continues to provide a clinical update on COVID-19 at the top of the show.

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Immune 32: Immunology of COVID-19, part four

In Immune 32 the team continues to discuss the immune response to infection with SARS-CoV-2, including inflammatory responses and disease, antibody and T-cell responses, and vaccines, and answers to listener questions.

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TWiV 625: Fred Murphy, virologist for all seasons

TWiV 625 is a special episode where Vincent and Rich visit Fred Murphy. This is a bit of a break from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. There's a little discussion about SARS at the beginning of the show but it is mostly focused on Fred's wide-ranging career in virology, spanning many institutions, involving dangerous viruses like rabies virus, Ebolavirus (he took that famous iconic image), Marburg virus, Lassa virus, coronaviruses, and later writing a history of the field.

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TWiV 626: Ralph Baric and fancy ferrets

Daniel Griffin provides his weekly clinical update on COVID-19 in TWiV626. Please note that Daniel’s update is only in the audio version of this episode at the beginning. Always worth spending some time listening to Daniel. Ralph Baric, coronavirologist extraordinaire, returns to TWiV and discusses SARS-CoV-2 transmission, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and a new animal model from his laboratory that does not use transgenic mice. This is a long episode but, as ever, it's packed full of useful pandemic related information.

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TWiV 628: Physical distance for COVID-19

I'm skipping an episode and going straight to TWiV 628 where Vincent and Rich discuss the SARS-CoV-2 D614G amino acid change in the spike glycoprotein, duration of infectious virus shedding from patients, virus transmission among hamsters infected in the laboratory, and tackle listener email.

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TWiV 629: Coronavirus update, pandemic sitrep

In TWiV 629 Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, including analysis of the dexamethasone trial. As ever, if there's only enough time to listen to some of the podcast make sure you get to hear Daniel. The team then discuss two Ebolavirus outbreaks in DRC, clinical and virological aspects of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections, age-dependent effects on transmission, and answer listener email.

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TWiV 631: Lots of eggs in the spike basket

Keeping with the SARS/COVID theme I've skipped ahead again to TWiV 631 where Vincent, Rich, and Brianne discuss a study estimating the fraction of symptoms and severe disease after SARS- CoV-2 infection, cellular immune responses without seroconversion during interfamilial infections, and answer listener email.

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TWiV 632: Countering a miasma of anti-think

In TWiV 632 Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then we review SARS-CoV-2 infections in non-humans, vesicular stomatitis in Kansas horses, and answer listener questions.

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TWiV 634: 1000 hours of the sunlight of TWiV

In episode 634, TWiV reviews a new H1N1 swine influenza virus from China with pandemic potential, Ad5 vectored SARS-CoV-2 oral vaccine candidate, Operation Warp Speed vaccine candidates, FDA guidance on vaccine approval, and answer listener email.

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TWiEVO 57: SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding evolution blooms

Fascinating insights in TWiEVO 57 into SARS-CoV-2 biology by Jessie, Allie and Tyler who join Nels and Vincent to describe their work on deep mutational scanning of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain.

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TWiV 635: Mask hysteria

In TWiV 635 there are more positive signs from Daniel Griffin in his clinical update on COVID-19, then the TWiV crew review SARS-CoV-2 shedding in children, how to resume school safely, the need for widespread testing and wearing face masks, and much more, including listener email.

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TWiV 637: Clearing the fog of ignorance

I've done what Vincent hates and skipped an episode to keep with the coronavirus theme. In TWiV 637, there's some great chat about vaccines with the approval of an Ad5 vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for the military in China, description and clinical trials of a Novavax vaccine joining Operation Warp Speed, prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain, shedding and transmissibility of the virus, and listener email.

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TWiV 638: Do, there is no try

Once again, in TWiV 638, Daniel Griffin delivers! He provides a clinical update on COVID-19 and has some useful insights into why cases have increased but deaths have remained low. Viviana Simon joins to review serological assays developed at Mt. Sinai for SARS-CoV-2 infection, tracking the outbreak in NYC, and listener questions.

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TWiV 640: Test often, fast turnaround, with Michael Mina

In TWiV 640 Michael Mina joins TWiV to reveal why frequent and rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing is more important than accuracy, how a daily $1 rapid test could control the pandemic, and why group testing works. This has to be one of the more exciting and positive discussions about the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Wannabe, unsurprisingly, was very excited to share the news!

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TWiV 641: COVID-19 with Dr. Anthony Fauci

Here's Fauci! In TWiV 641 Dr. Anthony Fauci joins TWiV to discuss SARS-CoV-2 transmission, testing, immunity, pathogenesis, vaccines, and preparedness.
 
TWiV 642: Bringin’ in 50 keys of spike mRNA

In TWiV 642 Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then the TWiV team discuss phase I preliminary results of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine, factors associated with death in 17 million patients, and answer listener questions.

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TWiV 644: Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good

In the mid-week edition of TWiV, 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.

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TWiV 645: Lions and tigers and zookeepers (oh my)

As usual, Daniel Griffin is on point in TWiV 645 and provides his very informative weekly clinical report on COVID-19. Don't miss the discussion about the review of the State Department document on the Wuhan BSL-4 laboratory. There's a lot of clarification here about what was reported and what was actually found. Plus, don't miss the report on infection of tigers and lions in the Bronx Zoo, and, answers to listener questions.

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