TWiV 890: Looking into a booster crystal ball

<p>This episode of TWiV is focused on COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies: who should get boosters, whether a variant matched mRNA vaccine is superior to a historical vaccine, and how the interval between vaccination and infection influences the quality of the antibody response.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "http://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condit</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></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>What next for <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2203329">COVID-19 boosters?</a> (NEJM)</li> <li>Boosting with <a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(22)00387-7.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867422003877%3Fshowall%3Dtrue"> historical or variant mRNA</a> vaccines (Cell)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666634022000897"> Vaccination-infection interval</a> determines antibody breadth (Cell Med)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-890-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 890</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3 id="weekly-picks-1-34-06">Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Dickson</strong> – <a href= "https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/webb-telescope-s-coldest-instrumen