TWiV 798: Rats, more coronaviruses!

The TWiV team explains what the Biden report on SARS-CoV-2 origins did not: evidence that the virus came from Nature, not a lab; and reveals new coronaviruses in rodents that inhabit populated areas in southern China.

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

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Links for this episode

• Biden preliminary report on virus origins (NY Times)
• Window on SARS-CoV-2 origins closing (Nature)
• WHO Committee members on TWiV 760
• Origins of SARS-CoV-2 review (Cell)
• Comirnaty? Really Pfizer? (FDA)
• Why the weird name for Pfizer vaccine (Quartz)
• US vaccine names (CDC)
• More coronaviruses from rodents in China (J Viral)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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