TWiV 826: COVID-19 clinical update #87 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #87, Dr. Griffin reviews PCR cycle threshold and RNA copy number, rapid antigen tests, hospitalization rate after infection or vaccination, allergies and vaccination, community transmission and viral RNA load, early treatment with sotrovimab, meta-analysis of tocilizumab treatment, antibiotic overuse, and guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis.</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>CDC <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1102-PediatricCOVID-19Vaccine.html"> vaccine nod</a> to 5-11 year olds (CDC)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.714242/full"> Sensitivity</a> of rapid antigen tests (Front Micro)</li> <li>COVID-19 among <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7044e1.htm">infected or vaccinated</a> (MMWR)</li> <li>Allergy and <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2785466"> vaccination symptoms</a> (JAMA)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00648-4/fulltext"> Community transmission</a> and viral RNA load (Lancet)</li> <li>Early treatment with <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2107934">sotrovimab</a> (NEJM)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-021-01264-8">Tocilizumab treatment</a> meta-analysis (Leukemia)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.ajtmh.org/view/j