TWiV 675: Forget what you've herd about immunity

<p>Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss Bill Foege’s letter to CDC director Robert Redfield, the false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19, secret blueprints for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials released, and neuropilin-1 as a possible entry protein for the virus.</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.alandove.com/">Alan Dove</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>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>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Excess COVID-19 Deaths by <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm">Age and Race and Ethnicity</a> (MMWR)</li> <li>Excess <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771761">COVID-19 deaths</a> (JAMA)</li> <li>SARS-CoV-2 <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-sars-cov-2.html"> transmission</a> (CDC)</li> <li>UK <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02821-4">challenge trial</a> (Nature)</li> <li>Inflammatory <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1051-9">cytokine signature</a> for severe COVID-19 (Nature)</li> <li>Death in AstraZeneca <a href= "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trial-volunteer-has-died-brazil-health-authority-