TWiV 660: In case of emergency finish the trial

<p>Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss decline of virus-specific bone marrow B cells within a year after influenza vaccination, the push to release SARS-CoV-2 vaccines before completion of phase 3 trials, and absence of evidence for infectious virus in aerosols.</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>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/BioProfBarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <p><strong>Links for this episode</strong></p> <ul> <li>Convalescent plasma <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.26.20182444v2">RCT</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li>Multicenter RCTs on <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770275">corticosteroids for COVID-19</a> (JAMA)</li> <li>Decline of influenza B cells a <a href= "https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/12/science.aaz8432"> year after vaccine</a> (Science)</li> <li>Be ready to <a href= "https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/health-officials-worry-nation-not-ready-for-covid-19-vaccine/"> distribute vaccines</a> 1 Nov (WPRI and <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/health/covid-19-vaccine-cdc-plans.html"> NYTimes</a>)</li> <li>EUA during <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/277024