TWiV 614: COVID Tetris - Test, trace, isolate

<p>Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then we review results showing requirement for the furin site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike for replication, US state vaccine exemptions, concerns with a rapid diagnostic test, and answers to listener questions.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href="http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href="http://www.turbidplaque.com/">Alan Dove</a>, <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a> and <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/BioProfBarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iTunes</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3>Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31042-4/fulltext"> Triple therapy</a> for COVID-19 (Lancet)</li> <li><a href="https://www.thaliagig.com/twiv-goes-viral">Virology podcast goes viral</a> (Thalia Gigerenzer)</li> <li>Paul Stays Home (<a href= "https://paulmeasles.s3.amazonaws.com/PSH_English.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> <li>Multibasic cleavage site <a href= "https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1097276520302641">essential for SARS-CoV-2 infection</a> (Mol Cell)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/world/asia/mumbai-lo