Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, we debunk the Great Barrington Declaration, and discuss smell and taste changes as early indicators of the pandemic, vascular disease and thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infected humans and rhesus macaques, and the ability of the swine pathogen SADS-CoV to infect human respiratory tract cells.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode
- Daniel’s COVID-19 testing strategy calculator (and medRxiv preprint) 19:24
- US COVID-19 mortality rates (JAMA) 17:50
- Final remdesivir report (NEJM) 20:23
- Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 (NEJM) 21:47
- Tech position with Dr. Rosenfeld 43:28
- Biological safety officer position at CUMC 44:19
- Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders 26:41, 43:20
- Smell and taste changes as early pandemic indicators (Nat Comm) 1:01:57
- Vascular disease and thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infected macaques (Cell) 1:12:45
- SADS-CoV can infect human airway cells (PNAS) 1:32:16
- Letters read on TWiV 673 27:08, 1:47:26
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Science Picks 2:24:08
Dickson – The Age of Nature
Brianne – Virologist, Immunologist, Science Communicator pins and Virus Earrings
Alan – Sharks, Squalene, and a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Rich – 6th Annual Science Mill Benefit
Vincent – The Evolution of Infectious Disease by Paul Ewald
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
I believe you folks frowned upon the open criticism of Atlas regarding things like herd immunity and mask wearing. As he apparently continues to pursue things you continue to find evidence against, maybe it’s time to reconsider opinions on harsh criticism. https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1317649867376893954?s=20
Wouldn’t you want harsher criticism? What exactly are you trying to convey?
A possible guest is https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/faculty/lawler.html
Dr. James Lawler at the university of Nebraska Med Center in Omaha. Nebraska is one of 5 states with the worst positivity rate. He’s been quite outspoken. As you recall UNMC was in the news a while back taking in Ebola patients. He’ll have something to say on the perspective from smack in the middle of the US.
Gentlemen
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Why is there no talk of prophylaxis, only treatment and vaccine? Why is there no study, not even anecdotal reports about zinc ionophores to protect the human race? Is all of western medicine only reactive? What happened to preventative medicine? Can at least one person be found out there with lupus for example, who is taking a zinc ionophore, say 200mg q.d. of HCQ but got infected anyway? I take quercetin, and now bromelain as well. I am a health care provider.
Speaking of smell and taste, wouldn’t a good test at the restaurant be to have a few scented candles and ask entering patrons to tell the greeter what the scent is?