TWiV 1319: An earful of SARS-CoV-2

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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TWiV explains the emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains from the novel oral polio vaccine in the Central African Republic, and the infection of spiral ganglion neurons in the inner ear by SARS-CoV-2, which may explain hearing loss in humans. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) Bernard Roizman dies (U Chicago) Craig Venter dies (Sci Am) Trump fires National Science Board (AAU) It was World Vaccine Week (WHO) nOPV2 phenotypically reverts via recombination (mBio) SARS-CoV-2 infects inner ear (Cell Rep) Letters read on TWiV 1319 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – Science of rats and other organisms in the East River Alan – Chronolog citizen science project Vincent – Why Do Train Engines Sometimes Face Backwards? Listener Picks Chris – Consensus: AI for research 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.
0:13.4	This week in Virology, episode 1319, recorded on May 1st, 26.
0:21.9	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:27.4	Joining me today from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
0:31.9	Hi, everybody.
0:32.8	Here, it's 49 Fahrenheit, which feels like 39 Fahrenheit.
0:37.3	And there's a freeze warning for tonight. And when you go through and you read the freeze warning... It's 49 Fahrenheit, which feels like 39 Fahrenheit.
0:38.9	And there's a freeze warning for tonight.
0:43.2	And when you go through and you read the freeze warning, it's a little bit crazy.
0:47.2	Sub-freezing temperatures, as low as 27 expected.
0:51.8	As if we didn't just go through a winter where the lows were, you know, in the single digits.
0:54.0	It's like we forgot how to do that.
0:55.5	But anyway, impacts.
1:01.4	Frost and freeze could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation, and damage outdoor plumbing.
1:02.8	That's unprotected.
1:03.6	Yeah, we know that.
1:13.7	So those of you that haven't heard me say it in Celsius, 49F in Celsius is, I don't know.
1:19.0	Anyway, it's kind of gray and cloudy, and we have that freeze warning coming.
1:21.7	I'll get you the Celsius here.
1:24.6	Here it's 17C and sunny in Chelsea.
1:26.3	It's a nice day out.
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