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Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, Slovlakia's plan to test all adults for SARS-CoV-2 infection, viral variants arising in Danish mink and their potential threat to humans, why it is unethical to carry out challenge trials, Nipah virus dynamics in bats and spillovers into humans, and direct cardiac damage by spike-mediated cardiomyocyte fusion.
Guests: Daniel Griffin and Amy Rosenfeld
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- Denmark will cull mink (Reuters)
- State Serum Institute statement in Danish
- Unethical to use SARS-CoV-2 human challenge studies (PNAS)
- Nipah virus dynamics in bats (PNAS)
- Spike-mediated cardiomyocyte fusion (ResearchSquare)
- SARS-CoV-2 infects engineered heart tissues (bioRxiv)
- You cannot lock up all risks groups (Das Coronavirus)
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- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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