TWiV 606: Evidence-based science and medicine for COVID-19

<p>Daniel Griffin provides his weekly update on the COVID-19 clinical situation, followed by our discussion of tests of an inactivated vaccine, results of serological surveys, an inhibitor of the cell protease needed for virus entry, and answers to listener questions.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href="http://www.turbidplaque.com/">Alan Dove</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>Guest: <a href="http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</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= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3>Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.17.046375v1">Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine</a> protects monkeys (bioRxiv)</li> <li>Saliva is <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20067835v1">more sensitve</a> than nasopharyngeal swab (medRxiv)</li> <li>NY serological <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html"> survey results</a> (NY Times)</li> <li>FDA caveats on <a href= "https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/important-information-use-serological-antibody-tests-covid-19-letter-health-care-providers"> serological tests</a> (FDA)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingameric