TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 10 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the harms of perpetuating the lab leak hypothesis and the recent ACIP recommendations for the RSV vaccine for those individuals over 60, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, treatment guidelines for the different phases of COVID, including vaccines, Pemgarda, early treatment with Paxlovid, remdesivir and molnupiravir, steroids at the right time, anticoagulation support, immune modulation in some cases, and a comprehensive definition of long COVID. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Harms of the lab leak hypothesis (Journal of Virology) Lab leak mania (PaulOffit, Substack) This is a special message: pandemic started in nature! (TWiV) RSV vaccine recommendations August 6 2024 (MMWR) COVID-19 national trend (CDC) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) Where to get Pemgarda (Pemgarda) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC) Early phase of SARs-CoV-2 infection (COVID.gov) NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society) Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org) Long COVID defined (NEJM) Contribute to our Floating Doctors fundraiser Lenacapavir on Puscast #60 Letters read on TWiV 1138 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin 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 1138, recorded on August 8,
0:21.5	2024. I'm Vincent Rachin-Yello and you're listening to the
0:25.9	podcast all about viruses. Joining me today from New York, Daniel Griffin.
0:32.2	Hello everyone. New York, Daniel Griffin.
0:32.6	Hello everyone.
0:34.0	And Daniel today, I know exactly what is on your bow tie.
0:38.0	What is it, Vincent?
0:40.0	It's the logo for Parasites Without Borders and it's a it's a hookworm right?
0:45.6	Askeris. Askeris.
0:47.3	Yeah, so it's the yep it's the globe and then you've got Askeris wrapped around it with all the fine details that it took us so many back
0:56.7	and forths with Dixon to make sure it was just right.
1:00.8	I remember he wanted the tip to be sharp because that's correct right? Yes,
1:06.0	can't be rounded. The tip's got to be sharp. It's a very nice design I like it very much.
1:11.5	Yeah actually you know it was worth the back and forth.
1:14.3	So, you know, sometimes, you know, to be honest, Dixon drives me a little crazy,
1:17.7	but it's worth it.
1:20.2	Okay.
1:21.4	All right. Dixon, I don't even know if Dixon listens to these, but sort of a shame.
1:25.7	But anyway, let's jump right in.
1:26.9	We've got a quotation, we've got a lot to talk about.
1:30.8	And actually, this first quotation is from the article that we're going to talk about right afterwards.
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