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TWiV explains the meaning of vaccine-derived poliovirus found in London sewage, risk of long COVID after infections with Delta or Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2, and enhancers of innate immune signaling as broad-spectrum antivirals.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler.
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- Poliovirus in UK sewage (ProMedMail and Science)
- Poliovirus eradication effort (Science)
- Long COVID after Delta and Omicron (Lancet)
- How common is long COVID? (Nature)
- Immune enhancers as antivirals (Cell Chem Biol)
- Letters read on TWiV 913
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Rich – NASA Gateway (Thanks Ellis)
Alan – Polio Eradication in Nigeria
Vincent – The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel
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