TWiV 942: Omicron boosters with Paul Offit

<p>Paul Offit returns to TWiV for a discussion of SARS-CoV-2 bivalent boosters containing ancestral and Omicron spike mRNAs, including their composition, why they are being recommended by CDC, and who would benefit the most from them.</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>,  <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href="https://www.chop.edu/doctors/offit-paul-a">Paul Offit</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">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li>Research assistant position at FDA (<a href= "https://twiv.s3.amazonaws.com/Research+Assistant.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> <li>Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (<a href= "https://vaccinated.us/">Vaccinated.us</a>)</li> <li>CDC oversells <a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-oversells-the-bivalent-covid-shot-hospitalizations-vaccine-booster-omicron-pandemic-pfizer-moderna-china-illness-death-11663793472"> bivalent booster</a> (Wall St Journal)</li> <li>FDA authorizes <a href= "https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-moderna-pfizer-biontech-bivalent-covid-19-vaccines-use"> bivalent COVID-19 booster</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-942-letters/">Letters read</a> on