Infectious Disease physician Jake Scott joins TWiV to provide a west coast clinical perspective on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the impact of vaccines, antivirals, variants of concern and mortality. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,  and Kathy Spindler Guest: Jake Scott Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) with promo code MicrobeTV Omicron variant reproduction ex vivo (Nature) Clinical outcomes with Omicron (Nat Med) Low neutralizing antibodies induced by bivalent booster (NEJM) Antibody responses to bivalent booster (bioRxiV) Spike T cell responses not enhanced by bivalent booster (Sci Immunol) Pandemic end will not be televised (BMJ) Conflation of infection and disease (Twitter) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – 10 moments for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Residency (Item 7) and Alan’s pick from TWiV 931 The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez Rich – Wilderness Safaris Photographic Competition 2022 Alan – Massachusetts Science Education Leadership Association, and the talk I gave to them last week Vincent – Andrea Camillieri and his protagonist Inspector Montalbano Listener Pick Frank – Economics for the Future: Beyond the Superorganism Debby – As routine vaccination rates fall, polio survivor hopes her story reverses urgent trend Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Infectious Disease physician Jake Scott joins TWiV to provide a west coast clinical perspective on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the impact of vaccines, antivirals, variants of concern and mortality.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,  and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Jake Scott

Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

Become a patron of TWiV!

Links for this episode

• Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) with promo code MicrobeTV
• Omicron variant 022-04479-6.pdf">reproduction ex vivo (Nature)
• Clinical outcomes with Omicron (Nat Med)
• Low neutralizing antibodies induced by bivalent booster (NEJM)
• Antibody responses to bivalent booster (bioRxiV)
• Spike T cell responses not enhanced by bivalent booster (Sci Immunol)
• Pandemic end will not be televised (BMJ)
• Conflation of infection and disease (Twitter)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Kathy – 10 moments for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Residency (Item 7) and Alan’s pick from TWiV 931 The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez Rich – safaris.com/photo-competition">Wilderness Safaris Photographic Competition 2022 Alan – Massachusetts Science Education Leadership Association, and the talk I gave to them last week Vincent – Andrea Camillieri and his protagonist Inspector Montalbano

Listener Pick

Frank – Economics for the Future: Beyond the Superorganism Debby – As routine vaccination rates fall, polio survivor hopes her story reverses urgent trend

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv