TWiV 806: COVID-19 clinical update #80 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #80, Daniel Griffin reviews infections in children, masking, testing to limit transmission, high barrier for monoclonal antibody escape, are boosters needed, use of steroids, grants for long COVID, and how the pandemic unfolds in Africa.</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><a href= "https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-898254/v1">Hospitalization</a> pre- and post-vaccines (Res Sq)</li> <li>Infection in <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.30.21258086v2">children</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li>Updated <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/types-of-masks.html"> mask guidance</a> (CDC)</li> <li>Transmission to <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7036a3.htm?s_cid=mm7036a3_w"> masked and unmasked</a> (MMWR)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01908-5/fulltext"> Daily testing</a> in schools (Lancet)</li> <li>High barrier to <a href= "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.06.455491v1">mAb escape</a> (bioRxiv)</li> <li>Boosters <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02046-8/fulltext"> not needed</a> (Lancet)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.phe.gov/emergency/events/COVID19/investigation-MCM/Bamlanivimab-etesevimab/Pages/Update-13Sept21.aspx"> Distribution system</a> for mAbs (HHS)</li> <li>Steroids in <a h