TWiV 614: COVID Tetris - Test, trace, isolate
May 17, 2020•2 hr 47 min•Ep. 614
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Episode description
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then we review results showing requirement for the furin site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike for replication, US state vaccine exemptions, concerns with a rapid diagnostic test, and answers to listener questions.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker
Guest: Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode- Triple therapy for COVID-19 (Lancet)
- Virology podcast goes viral (Thalia Gigerenzer)
- Paul Stays Home (pdf)
- Multibasic cleavage site essential for SARS-CoV-2 infection (Mol Cell)
- Mumbai engulfed by CoV (NY Times)
- All must be vaccinated (Stat)
- FDA concerns with Abbott test (FDA)
- How US lost 6 weeks (BBC)
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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