TWiV 669: All the wrong COVID-19 moves

<p>Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, including a discussion of the role of vitamin D in COVID-19, Michael and Christopher explain why we have made all the wrong moves during the pandemic, evidence that the D614G amino acid change improves transmission in hamsters, and 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.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, and <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/BioProfBarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guests: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a>, <a href="https://yaffelab.mit.edu/">Michael B. Yaffe</a>, and <a href= "https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/109440"> Christopher D. Barrett</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>Regeneron CoV-2 mAb cocktail <a href= "https://newsroom.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/regenerons-regn-cov2-antibody-cocktail-reduced-viral-levels-and"> results</a> (Regeneron)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213858720301832?via%3Dihub"> Vitamin D</a> and COVID-19 (Lancet Diabet Endocrin)</li> <li>J&S <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.23.20199604v1">Ad26 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine</a> phase 1/2a results (medRxiv)</li> <li>All the <a href= "https://stke.sciencemag.org/content/13/649/eabe4242">wrong moves</a> (Science Signaling)</li> <li>Trump main drive of <a href= "https://ww