TWiV 862: COVID-19 clinical update #100 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #100, Daniel Griffin, from Accra, Ghana, reviews the challenges in evaluating Omicron severity, over 800 deaths in children, Pfizer vaccine EUA application for under 5 year olds, false positives from soft drinks, Novavax vaccine EUA application, childhood experiences and vaccine hesitancy, fourth vaccine dose in Israel, effects of antivirals and monoclonals against Omicron, and multiple factors associated with PASC.</p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</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 id="links-for-this-episode"><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Omicron severity <a title="challenges" href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2119682">challenges</a> (NEJM)</li> <li><a title="Children and COVID" href= "https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/"> Children and COVID</a> data (AAP)</li> <li>Vaccine EUA for <a title="under 5 year olds" href= "https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-initiate-rolling-submission-emergency"> under 5 year olds</a> (Pfizer)</li> <li>B cell boot camp (<a title="Immune 52" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/immune/immune-52/">Immune 52</a>)</li> <li>Soft drink and <a title="LFA false positives" href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.05.21260003v1.full"> LFA false positives</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li>EUA application for <a title="Novavax vaccine" href= "https://ir.novavax.com/2022-01-31-Novavax-Submits-Request-to-the-U-S-FDA-for-Emergency-Use-Auth