TWiV 590: COVID-19 and coronavirus - we have mail

The TWiV trio continues in-depth coverage of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, including discussion on genome mutation and circulating lineages, handwashing, facemasks, cruise ship outbreaks, the South Korean situation, and much more.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode

• Stanley Perlman answers CoV questions (Boston Globe)
• Fist bump (Am J Infect Control)
• Joint WHO-China report (pdf)
• Second coronavirus (LA Times)
• Response to second coronavirus (virological.org)
• COVID-19 animal models (STAT)
• Clinical predictors of COVID-19 mortality (Inten Care Med)
• CoV by the numbers (NY Times)
• Contamination of bar soaps (Microbios)
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccine timeline (NPR)
• How new vaccines are developed (GSK)
• SARS among critical care nurses (Emerg Inf Dis)
• How churches prevent SARS-CoV-2 spread (NPR)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 590
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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