In COVID-19 clinical update #100, Daniel Griffin, from Accra, Ghana, reviews the challenges in evaluating Omicron severity, over 800 deaths in children, Pfizer vaccine EUA application for under 5 year olds, false positives from soft drinks, Novavax vaccine EUA application, childhood experiences and vaccine hesitancy, fourth vaccine dose in Israel, effects of antivirals and monoclonals against Omicron, and multiple factors associated with PASC.
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Links for this episode
- Omicron severity challenges (NEJM) 3:00
- Children and COVID data (AAP) 6:17
- Vaccine EUA for under 5 year olds (Pfizer) 7:24
- B cell boot camp (Immune 52) 9:08
- Soft drink and LFA false positives (medRxiv) 12:41
- EUA application for Novavax vaccine (Novavax) 15:20
- Childhood experiences and vaccine hesitancy (BMJ Open) 15:58
- Fourth vaccine dose in Israel (medRxiv) 18:30
- Antibodies and antivirals vs Omicron (NEJM) 22:42
- Paxlovid and Omicron (Pfizer) 23:41
- Multiple factors and PASC (Cell) 26:14
- Internship at Parasites Without Borders (pdf) 30:08
- Letters read on TWiV 862 30:21
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Unfortunately there seems to be a problem at the moment. The audio is not playing and the download link is to #859. There is no video but that may just be because Daniel is in Ghana. I am sure Vincent will sort it out once he is aware of the problem.
One of the authors of the PASC study in Cell was interviewed @
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/new-study-could-pinpoint-early-risk-developing-long-term-covid-19-symptoms
Regarding whether Daniel & Vincent should take a week off from doing clinical briefings, I say yes, so Daniel can debut his new show, TWiID (pron: tweed); This Week in Infectious Disease with co-host Laurel Bristow from Atlanta: http://www.instagram.com/laurel__bristow
, perhaps doing a joint podcast from time-to-time with Let’s Talk About Health in Africa. Peter Hotez can co-host with Laurel once Daniel has REALLY earned a vacation. 😉
First of all, thank you so much for your incredible work. I would ask that you continue the current weekly program as the pandemic remains in a critical juncture and I expect we are going to see a lot more data come out on Omicron in the coming weeks! In particular, I would love to see more data on the efficacy of early rapid antigen tests (and even PCR) on detection of Omicron as it seems obvious COVID cases are testing negative.
Thanks again for this incredible work! I look forward to it weekly!