TWiV 1310: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello cover if the “five-second” rule for things that fall on the floor apply to surgical equipment, an outbreak of E. coli illness caused by raw cheese before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into the measles outbreak in South Carolina and Utah, recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, where to find PEMGARDA, strain selection for the 2026-2027 season influenza vaccine by the FDA, if standard or high dose influenza vaccination influences dementia protection, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, specific effects of Paxlovid and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode The “five-second” rule for dropped food: does it apply to dropped medical objects in the operating room? A randomized study of disinfection approaches for contaminated arthroplasty implants (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Program (FDA) Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: Raw Cheddar Cheese (March 2026) (FDA) Wastewater for norovirus (WasterWater Scan) Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) Big outbreak, bright lights…Measles Dashboard (South Carolina Department of Public Health) Utah measles outbreak response (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) UtahMeasles Dashboard (Utah Department of Health and Human Services) Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) Measles (WHO) Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles(CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) USrespiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Flu vaccine recommendations: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee March 12, 2026 Meeting Announcement (FDA) WHO updates all 3 viral strains to be included in fall flu shots (CIDRAP) FDA vaccine advisers recommend adding subclade K to fall shots (CIDRAP) Risk of Alzheimer Dementia After High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination (Neurology) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) OPTION 2: XOFLUZA $50 Cash Pay Option(xofluza) RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of Public Health) USrespiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Vaccines for Adults (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) Economic Analysis of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of Public Health) Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth (Cell) Early Detection and Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2 — Worldwide, November 2024–February 2026 (CDC: MMWR) Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUAfor the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion center (Prime Fusions) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC) NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Help your eligible patients access PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support Program (Pfizer Pro) UnderstandingCoverageOptions (PAXCESS) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society) What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Anticoagulationguidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) The answers: Long COVID Paxlovid shows organ-specific and age-specific impacts on risk of developing post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (Communications Medicine) The Effect of Fluvoxamine and Metformin for Fatigue in Patients With Long COVID (Annals of Internal Medicine) Reaching out to US house representative Letters read on TWiV 1310 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@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 MicroTV, this is Twiv. This week in Virology, episode 1310, recorded on April 2nd,
0:20.5	2026. I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast,
0:26.3	All About Viruses. Joining me today from New York, Daniel Griffin. Hello, everyone. I'm in Kansas,
0:36.8	Daniel. You were saying'm in Kansas, Daniel.
0:42.7	You were saying Lawrence, Kansas, that's where the university is, right?
0:43.4	That's right.
0:48.9	Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas is going to do a podcast tomorrow with a couple of virologists here at the university.
0:52.4	Oh, fantastic.
0:59.2	It's nice out here. My driver? I told him I did Lyra's podcast. And so he said, let me ask you about vaccines. Excellent. Excellent. So he said,
1:06.4	he didn't get any COVID vaccines or never had a flu vaccine. You know, he gets sick, but he's afraid of them. And I said, well, let me say this. When you hit 65, conquer your fear because you're going to start getting really sick. And he said, okay, I'll do that. And then I said, you should get the shingles vaccine and reduce your risk of dementia.
1:28.1	Okay, I'll do that.
1:29.4	I'll tell my wife, we'll go get that.
1:30.9	So I made some progress.
1:33.8	No, that's great.
1:34.8	And I think it's important to have those conversations because a lot of people would shut down.
1:39.6	That would say, just shake their heads off.
1:41.8	But it's not true.
1:43.2	Most people in this country, when they actually
1:46.7	know the truth about vaccines, they realize like, wow, that's really the right thing to do.
1:52.1	And there's a realization now that one of the ways to talk about vaccines is the fact that it's a way
1:59.1	for you to maintain your freedom, your
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