TWiV 877: COVID-19 clinical update #106 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In COVID-19 clinical update #106, Daniel Griffin covers failure of ivermectin to improve hospitalization, increased hospitalization of children with Omicron, seroconversion of children versus adults, effectiveness of Pfizer mRNA vaccine in children, high vaccine effectiveness in Finland against Omicron, distinct long COVID clinical phenotypes, and estimating worldwide excess mortality.</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><a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivermectin-didnt-reduce-covid-19-hospitalizations-in-largest-trial-to-date-11647601200"> Ivermectin did not</a> reduce hospitalizations (Wall St J)</li> <li>Increased hospitalization of children <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7111e2.htm">with Omicron</a> (MMWR)</li> <li>Seroconversion of <a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2789845"> children vs adults</a> (JAMA)</li> <li>Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7111e1.htm?s_cid=mm7111e1_w"> vaccine in children</a> (MMWR)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.11.22272140v1">High vaccine effectiveness</a> in Finland (medRxiv)</li> <li>Distinct long COVID <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/4/ofac060/6543845?login=false"> clinical phenotypes</a> (Open Forum Inf Dis)</li> <li>Estimating <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext"> excess mort