TWiV reveals that 2% of SARS-CoV-2−positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in a college campus, and a nanoparticle vaccine that induces cross-reactive immunity against multiple pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- ASV vaccine town halls 2:14
- 2% of SARS-CoV-2 positives carry most viral RNA (PNAS) 16:29
- Pan-coronavirus nanoparticle vaccine (Nature) 33:07
- Why HIV-1 particles have few spikes (PLoS Path) 41:33, 1:09:25
- Letters read on TWiV 757 10:50, 1:17:07, 1:58:18
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:47:47
Brianne – Darwin’s Arch Collapses
Kathy – The woman who discovered the first coronavirus
Rich – “Richard Feynman: The pleasure of finding things out”
Vincent – CORONA Project
Listener Picks
JH – Fungus kills cicadas
Alan – Liftoff by Eric Berger
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Are breakthrough infections related to viral load,immune suppression or other factors ?
How many get monoclonal Antibody during infection phase or drop in oxygen ?
Twiv 756 and 757. Twiv’s Mantra has been “follow the science “ yet Vinnie and the rest say they will continue to wear masks. Come on, guys, stop the Olsterholm doom and gloom. It’s time to drop the mask and radical left group think.
It is interesting to read this comment in hindsight.