TWiV 999: Vaccinated to the nines
TWiV notes Ashish Jha’s call for doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information while ignoring our contributions, China CDC’s surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at the Huanan Seafood Market, and an experimental infectious attenuated COVID-19 vaccine that elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity in hamsters. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Register for ASV 2023 MicrobeTV Discord Server Jha ignores TWiV contribution to disseminating science information (STAT) Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at the Huanan Market (Nature) Pandas in the Huanan Market? (ArsTechnica) Infectious attenuated COVID-19 vaccine candidate (Nature Micro) Virus attenuation by codon pair deoptimization (Cell Rep) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Jazz Project: Conductor/composer: Gill Evans. Produced Sketches of Spain, Porgy And Bess. Quincey Jones. Numerous albums, all kinds of music. Duke Ellington. Prolific musician, pianist, and composer. Antonio Carlos Jobim. Signature album: Sound track from the film – Black Orpheus. Signature songs: Girl From Ipanema; The Waters of March. Brianne – This is what it sounds like when plants cry Kathy – I know who you are by Barbara Rae-Venter Alan – Svalbard seed vault virtual tour Vincent – We’re Asking the Impossible of Vaccines by Katherine Wu Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv