TWiV 797: COVID-19 clinical update #77 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #77, Daniel Griffin discusses children becoming increasingly infected, virological characteristics of infections in vaccinated health care workers, transmission dynamics among close contacts, licensing of Pfizer mRNA vaccine, cost of hospitalization of unvaccinated patients, 29 times higher hospitalization rates in unvaccinated patients, boost in neutralizing antibody potency and breadth by third vaccine dose, and use of J&J vaccine as second dose.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a> and <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</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> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>COVID-19 <a href= "https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06357-4"> false dichotomies</a> (BMC Inf Dis)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.20.21262158v1">Virological characteristics</a> of infections (medRxiv)</li> <li>Transmission among <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2783099"> close contacts</a> (JAMA)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/comirnaty-and-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine"> Comirnaty</a> licensed (FDA)</li> <li>Cost of hospitalization of <a href= "https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/unvaccinated-covid-patients-cost-the-u-s-health-system-billions-of-dollars/"> unvaccinated</a> (Health Sys Tracker)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e5.htm">29 times higher hos