TWiV 658: Everyone needs a H.E.A.R.T.

<p>Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss CDC softening testing guidelines, Moderna vaccine phase I results in older people, Abbott's $5 rapid antigen test, and reinfection with a distinct SARS-CoV-2 isolate, followed by listener email.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href="http://www.turbidplaque.com/">Alan Dove</a>, <a href="http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, and <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</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">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <p><strong>Links for this episode</strong></p> <ul> <li>CDC told to soften SARS-CoV-2 <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/politics/coronavirus-testing-trump-cdc.html"> testing guidelines</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li>Moderna investor presentation on mRNA-1273 vaccine (<a href= "https://investors.modernatx.com/static-files/34f97bb2-d89a-45e4-a770-cae0591fa807">link</a>)</li> <li>SARS-CoV-2 <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1275/5897019"> reinfection</a> (Clin Inf Dis)</li> <li>Dr. Fauci talks with <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/27/upshot/fauci-media-appearances.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage"> just about anyone</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-658-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 658</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <p>Intro music is by