TWiV 735: COVID-19 clinical update #55 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #55, Daniel Griffin reviews recommendations for keeping transmission low in school settings, optimal testing strategies for schools and businesses, impact of vaccines on asymptomatic infections, vaccine safety in PASC patients, and early use of aspirin associated with decreased mortality.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 734: Weiss hath no furin like a virus scorned

Susan Weiss returns to TWiV to discuss coronavirus entry into cells and the role of spike protein cleavage by proteases, why lab escaped hypotheses for SARS-CoV-2 are unlikely, and modulation of innate immune responses during infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Brianne Barker, and Amy Rosenfeld

Guest: Susan Weiss

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Weekly Picks 1:55:18

Brianne – Tiktok of How mRNA Vaccines Work
Alan – Dark
Rich – Unmixing Color Machine (Ultra Laminar Reversible Flow) – Smarter Every Day 217
Amy – MOMA Calder exhibit, reviewed in NYTimes
Vincent – Ripple Training (free YouTube channel)

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Ruth – 100 million year old seafloor bacteria resuscitated
Iradis – Linda Zall, CIA spy for science

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TWiV 733: COVID-19 clinical update #54 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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In COVID-19 clinical update #54, Daniel Griffin covers effectiveness of 3 vs 6 ft physical distancing, effectiveness of masks, physical distancing, and eye shields, second vaccine dose completion, alleviation of COVID-19 symptoms after vaccination, vaccine trials in children, and IDSA approval of a mAb cocktail.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 732: Citizen science with Forest Rohwer and Maria-Isabel Rojas

Forest and Maria-Isabel join TWiV to discuss their their project to engage thousands of citizens to swab inanimate surfaces in the San Diego area, then send the samples to the Rohwer Lab for nucleic acid analysis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:34:05

Dickson – 10 amazing science tricks with liquids
Brianne – How Do Blind Worms See the Color Blue?
Rich – Statewide Study Shows Evidence Of Significant COVID-19 Antibodies In Children
Kathy – Dark side of the moon as it crosses Earth
Vincent – Wasdkeyboards and Novelkeys

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Bronwen – COVID Performance Index

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TWiV 731: The kids aren’t alright

On a TWiV tetramer, we review the ongoing outbreaks of Ebolavirus disease in DRC and Guinea, evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infections in children are far more prevalent than are being detected, and recent long COVID estimates from the UK.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:35:36

Brianne – Who Would Kidnap a Space Telescope?
Alan – Radio Garden
Rich – Countries with more obesity have had  more covid deaths on average
Vincent – Concord Aerospace

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TWiV 730: COVID-19 clinical update #53 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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In COVID-19 clinical update #53, Daniel Griffin reviews underreporting of infections and long term disease in children, a blood test for T cells, results of phase 3 trials for monoclonal antibodies, preliminary findings on an oral antiviral, clinical trial of ivermectin, and recommendations for upcoming gatherings.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 729: A floret of spikes with Matt Frieman

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Matt Frieman returns to TWiV to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic from the point of view of a coronavirologist, including his work with Novavax on their spike protein-based vaccine.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Matt Frieman

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Weekly Picks 1:43:29

Dickson – Covid-19 deaths per million ranked by average income
Brianne – KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor for Feb 2021 and KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor Dashboard
Rich – The Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of ‘Thalidomide Babies’ (wiki)
Kathy – Quadrantid meteor (Quadrantids)
Vincent – Higher Superstition by Paul Gross and Norman Levitt

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TWiV 728: Cover your nose and mouse

TWiV notes the passing of Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, and reviews data on maximizing fit for cloth and medical procedure masks, SARS-CoV-2 total and subgenomic viral load in hospitalized patients, and effect of changes in spike protein on efficacy in a mouse model of infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:53:57

Dickson – Wild animal photos
Brianne – Greater than COVID
Alan – WHO report on infodemic response
Rich – Reference Guide to the International Space Station
Vincent – 3D Molecular Designs

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Lisbeth – Have the new jab
Karen – Cholera exhibit at Museum of Trades and Crafts

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TWiV 727: COVID-19 clinical update #52 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #52, Daniel Griffin reviews differences in attack rates between children and adults, J&J vaccine phase III data, G6PD deficiency and vaccines, NIH halts convalescent plasma trial, dexamethasone in hospitalized patients, data on tocilizumab, and long COVID in children.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 726: Molecular animator Janet Iwasa

Janet Iwasa joins TWiV to recount how she became a molecular animator, including a pivot during her Ph.D. thesis research, the value of animations in science, and their latest animation of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Janet Iwasa

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  • The Animation Lab 45:04, 1:16:38
  • SARS-CoV-2 animation 51:46
  • Documents for J&J COVID-19 vaccine review (FDA) 1:17:51
    • Phase III data (pdf) 1:18:39
    • Slide presentation of data (pdf) 1:22:08
    • Addendum (pdf) 1:29:41
    • Summary of v-Safe data (pdf) 1:34;50
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks 1:39:07

Brianne – How T cells see SARS-CoV2
Rich – Ice bubbles in Lago Bianco, Switzerland
Kathy – Music in COVID-19 control tents
Vincent – Perseverance runs on processors used in 1990s iMacs

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