TWiV 598: Who was that masked man? Coronavirus update with Daniel Griffin

Daniel Griffin MD returns to TWiV from a hospital parking lot to provide updates on COVID-19 diagnostics, clinical picture, and therapeutics, followed by our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Daniel Griffin, MD

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• Restricted dispensing of Plaquenil in NY state
• Virology of COVID-19 patients (Nature)
• Susceptibility of domestic animals to SARS-CoV-2 (bioRxiv_
• Cloth face masks for all of US (NY Times)
• Masks and respiratory virus shedding (Nat Med)
• 50 million face masks to Japanese households (Kyodo News)
• More than you want to know about face masks (Slate Star Codex)
• Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? (virology blog)
• Tracking SARS-CoV-2 in sewage (UM)
• 1918 flattening the curve (Nat Geo)
• COVID near you
• Pandemic stops polio eradication (Science)
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccine patch in mice (U Pitt)
• Letters read on TWiV 595
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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