TWiV 757: Supershedders and super vaccines
May 20, 2021•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 757
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Episode description
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% of SARS-CoV-2 positives carry most viral RNA (PNAS)
- Pan-coronavirus nanoparticle vaccine (Nature)
- Why HIV-1 particles have few spikes (PLoS Path)
- Letters read on TWiV 757
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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 PicksJH – Fungus kills cicadas Alan – Liftoff by Eric Berger
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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