TWiV 588: Coronavirus update - Save the pangolin!

<p>The TWiV team returns this week to SARS-CoV-2019 coverage to review the latest epi curves, the fatality rate, furin cleavage site and receptor binding domain in the spike glycoprotein, related CoV recovered from pangolins, evidence that the virus did not escape from a laboratory, and many more questions sent in by listeners.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, and <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iTunes</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3>Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports"> WHO CoV sitreps</a></li> <li><a href= "https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CbsG_zfvOmTWK8rCzr7XM2vSfSV7MpUM"> Epidemiology</a> of COVID-19 (China CDC)</li> <li>COVID-19 <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32056235">incubation period</a> (J Med Virol)</li> <li>China <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00444-3">clinical trials</a> for COVID-19 (Nature)</li> <li><a href= "http://www.virology.ws/2020/02/13/furin-cleavage-site-in-the-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-glycoprotein/"> Furin cleavage site</a> in SARS-CoV-2 spike (virology blog)</li> <li><a href= "http://virological.org/t/the-proximal