TWiV 1247: In the company of vaccines with Stanley Plotkin

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Stanley Plotkin joins TWiV to recount his career as a vaccinologist, having participated in the development of vaccines for polio, rabies, and rubella, and his thoughts on the current anti-science, anti-public health, and anti-vaccine climate. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Stanley A. Plotkin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Stanley Plotkin (History of Vaccines) Talking about vaccines with Dr. Plotkin (CHOP) Path to eradication of rubella (Vaccine) Status of cytomegalovirus vaccine (J Inf Dis) Human diploid cell vaccines (Dev Biol Stand) IPV an essential part of polio eradication (Clin Inf Dis) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.3	From MicrobTV, this is Twiv, this week in Virology, episode 1247, recorded on August 22, 2025. I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast,
0:27.2	All About Viruses. Joining me today from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit. Hi there, Vincent. We have 92
0:36.2	degrees in sunny here.
0:37.9	We have a typical Austin summer day, and I'm done with that, but I still got to wait a month or two.
0:46.0	Now, here we're back down into the 20s.
0:50.2	It's really cold off last week.
0:51.7	I don't know what it is right now.
0:52.8	My phone is charging.
0:53.9	Also joining us from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
0:57.3	Hi, everybody. Here it's 80 Fahrenheit, which is 27 Celsius, and we have blue sky with white
1:04.6	puffy clouds. Pretty nice. It's nice. We have a guest for you today.
1:18.5	He is an emeritus professor at the Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, Stanley Plotkin.
1:20.2	Welcome to Twiv.
1:21.4	Thank you.
1:23.5	Good to have you.
1:26.0	None of us have met you in person. So we're all going to learn about you today. And for you. None of us have met you in person. So we're all going to learn about you today.
1:30.8	And folks listening, if you like these programs, as I always say, please give us your support.
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1:43.7	science shows all about
1:44.9	science truth, no lies, no disinformation. Go to micrope.tv slash contribute. Stanley, I wanted to start
1:54.7	with your history. Go as far back as you can remember. You grew up in New York City, right?
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