TWiV 778: COVID-19 clinical update #70 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #70, Daniel Griffin discusses efficacy of portable air cleaners, vaccine induced serum neutralizing antibodies against variants, prevention and attenuation of disease with mRNA vaccines, ivermectin to prevent hospitalization, IL-6 antagonists and mortality, and impact of vaccination on long COVID.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a> and <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</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> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Efficacy of <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7027e1.htm">portable air cleaners</a> (MMWR)</li> <li>Ad26.COV2.S elicited <a href= "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.01.450707v1">neutralization of variants</a> (bioRxiv)</li> <li>Prevention of COVID-19 with <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2107058">mRNA vaccines</a> (NEJM)</li> <li><a href= "https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06348-5"> Ivermectin</a> to prevent hospitalization (BMC Inf Dis)</li> <li><a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2781880">IL-6 antagonists</a> and mortality (JAMA)</li> <li>Impact of vaccination on <a href= "https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3868856">long COVID</a> (Lancet)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-778-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 778</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <p>Intro music is by <a href= "http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a