TWiV 1295: Are YOU willing to take one for the team?

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 110 minutes

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TWiV reviews a survey conducted in Cambodia's floating villages to explore measles vaccination perceptions and willingness to consider novel vaccination approaches, and how a prophage defends against an infecting phage. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2026 Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) Update on US measles outbreak (npr) Tracking Poll on Trust in the CDC and Views of Federal Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes (KFF) Measles vaccination perceptions in Cambodia (J Virol) Prophage defends against infecting phage (Cell Host Micro) Letters read on TWiV 1295 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne - Libib book cataloging app Rich - The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt Jolene - Ellie Jameson artwork and Redbubble Vincent - Recursion by Blake Crouch Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv 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 1295, recorded on February 6,
0:20.3	2026. I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast,
0:25.8	all about viruses. Joining me today from Austin, Texas, Rich Conduct. Hi there, Vincent. I'm trying to
0:34.9	look up the weather here, you caught me by surprise.
0:38.6	But, you know, it's sunny and it's about 70 degrees, I think.
0:44.7	And we're headed for, I think the forecast today was for the low 80s.
0:51.5	So, oh, it says it's 82.
0:53.6	Holy cow. So winter's over. It's spring.
0:58.9	Done. That was, winter took a week. Here it's minus one in Chelsea. It feels like minus six.
1:06.9	And tomorrow we have a extreme cold warning.
1:14.5	It's going to be minus 15 and minus 17 on Sunday.
1:16.2	That's Celsius, of course.
1:17.9	It's pretty cold.
1:19.9	And then Monday minus 14.
1:23.5	And then all next week below sub-zero temperatures.
1:25.7	We still have winter here.
1:26.4	It's not over.
1:29.6	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brianne Barker.
2:18.3	Hi. Great to be here. It is also 31F, negative 1C here. We also are going to be quite in the colds next week, although it's supposed to warm up here later in the week. It's going to be above freezing for the first time in like a month. I don't know. Here it's going to be, it says later in the week, which is Friday, minus five. Next, a week from today, minus five. What about Tuesday, Wednesday? Minus nine, minus three, minus four. Yeah, that's not what I have. It's all... Apparently, we're keeping the heat in New Jersey. Maybe you're inland. Maybe that's it. I don't know. You know, big cities are supposed to be inherently warmer, but we have all these winds coming in. You know, I just noticed on our video here, the two people on the bottom are really freezing,
2:20.7	and the two people on the top are warmer.
2:25.8	So joining us from College Station, Texas, Jolene Ramsey.
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