TWiV 1121: SARS-CoV2 still didn't come from a lab

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

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🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 112 minutes

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TWiV rebuts a recent opinion piece which falsely claims that the COVID-19 pandemic began in a lab (it began in Nature), followed by a discussion of Paride bacteriophage, which has the unsual property of being able to kill dormant, antibiotic-tolerant cells by direct lytic replication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server 2024 International HBV Meeting Register for ASV Annual Meeting SARS-CoV-2 origin discussions previously on TWiV: TWiV 1019: Eddie Holmes on SARS-CoV-2 origins TWiV 1017: From Nature, not a lab TWiV 995: Viral origin stories TWiV 940: Eddie Holmes in on viral origins TWiV 876: Spillover market with Michael Worobey TWiV 762: SARS-CoV-2 origins with Robert Garry TWiV 760: SARS-CoV-2 origins with Peter Daszak, Thea Kølsen Fischer, Marion Koopmans TWiV 774: Kristian Andersen, Robert Garry, and the deleted SARS-CoV-2 sequences Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points (NY Times) Phage Paride kills dormant, antibiotic-tolerant cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Nat Comm) Interview with Enea Maffei (Spotify) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – How to build a nuclear warning for 10,000 years’ time Rich – Doctor My Eyes | Jackson Browne Alan – WHO Health for All Film Festival winners Jolene – El enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo Vincent – A Population Dotmap of New York City and Race and Ethnicity in New York City Listener Picks David – The greatest clock (and map) ever made Peter – The Mouse as a Microscope Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the Podcast About Viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:07.0	From Microbe TV, this is Twive this week in virology episode
0:16.3	1121 recorded on June 7, 2024 I'm Vincent Dracken-Yello and you're listening to the
0:24.9	podcast all about viruses. Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:32.0	Good to be here and here in Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove. Good to be here.
0:33.7	And here in Western Mass, it's muggy and cloudy and rainy.
0:39.6	It's the 85 Fahrenheit, 29c and it's been off and on raining for days.
0:47.0	I'm in Helsinki, Finland where it is 15C. It is completely blue sky. I'm looking at the hotel window here. It's 10 p.m.
0:58.0	it is bright as anything. It's going to get dark for another two hours.
1:02.1	Also joining us from It's going to get dark for another two hours.
1:03.1	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brienne Barker.
1:07.6	Hi, great to be here.
1:10.3	It is 81 and 8.1.
1:13.0	8. 8. 8.
1:14.0	And quite lovely.
1:17.0	Yesterday was pretty humid and rainy and today is great.
1:20.0	From Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
1:24.0	Hi, everybody.
1:26.0	Blue skies, 94 degrees, which is not nearly as bad as it's, well, it's not great.
1:32.0	But it was 70 this morning, which was okay. We're
1:36.0	okay, it's not a hundred. It's not a hundred. It's not a hundred. If it's not a hundred it's a good day.
1:45.0	And from College Station, Texas,
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