TWiV 940: Eddie Holmes in on viral origins

<p>Eddie Holmes joins TWiV to discuss his role in the first release of the SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence, what really happened during the infamous Fauci teleconference, and evidence that the virus came from Nature and not from a lab.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a> and <a href="http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href= "https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/edward-holmes.html"> Eddie Holmes</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</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 id="links-for-this-episode">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li>Research assistant position at FDA (<a href= "https://twiv.s3.amazonaws.com/Research+Assistant.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> <li>Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (<a href= "https://vaccinated.us/">Vaccinated.us</a>)</li> <li>Novel 2019 coronavirus <a href= "https://virological.org/t/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome/319">genome</a> (Virological)</li> <li>Proximal origins of SARS-CoV-2 (<a href= "https://virological.org/t/the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/398">Virological</a> and <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9">Nature</a> versions)</li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32015508/">Original paper on new CoV in China</a> that led to genome sequence release (Nature)</li> <li>Reporting on <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiplqXN6LX6AhXEjYkEHQyUBhEQFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fopinion%2F2021%2F06%2F17%2Fcovid-