TWiV 898: Immunity is skin deep

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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🗓️ 8 May 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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TWiV explains why the concept of herd immunity might not apply to COVID-19, and the observation that smallpox vaccination causes an increase in skin bacteria that promote pathology and influence the immune response. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Herd immunity may not apply to COVID-19 (J Inf Dis) Smallpox vaccination increases skin bacteria (PLoS Path) The invinceable TWiV (TWiV 145) By the pricking of my thumbs… (TWiV 284) Letters read on TWiV 898 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Bacteria and Me Coloring Book Kathy – Smarter 3D printing Rich – Big Ben Restoring the Worlds Most Famous Clock 2021 Vincent – Scientific review articles as antivaccine disinformation Listener Pick Suellen – Your Fantastic Mind Season 3 Ep 2: Long COVID and Making of a Brain Surgeon (Full Episode) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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0:00.0	This week in virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.3	From micro TV, this is Twiv, this week in virology, episode 897, recorded on May 3, 2022.
0:20.0	I'm Vincent Racken Yellow and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses,
0:24.8	joining me today from Austin, Texas, Ridge Condit.
0:27.9	Hello there, Vincent.
0:29.4	How's it down there in Austin? Do you have good weather?
0:33.0	It is 87 degrees, mostly cloudy, so it would be mad, except it's the temperatures okay.
0:41.9	Just a little gloomy. But it's a beautiful spring here and the garden is in better shape than
0:48.3	it's ever been in. It's glorious. So it's all good.
0:51.3	Also joining us from Ann Arbor Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
0:54.1	Hi everybody, here at 52 degrees Fahrenheit. I just lost one of this Celsius 11 and it's raining.
1:01.5	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brian Barker.
1:04.8	Hi, 65 Celsius, partly cloudy, or 65 Fahrenheit, 18 Celsius, partly cloudy, and an okay day to be inside.
1:15.5	It was to sunny when I came down. I went to Columbia this morning. I'm cleaning, oh, I'm cleaning
1:20.9	out the lab. I'm throwing out the minus 70 stuff. Wow, Vincent, this is momentous.
1:26.5	I have to show you this. I mean, we're filling the red bags with vials of viruses.
1:32.3	But I'm giving a good chunk of the collection to Amy and she'll take it with her.
1:36.1	So that's all good. I have no problems throwing out stuff, no problems whatsoever.
1:41.1	Before we do that, I have a, I'm sorry, I didn't get this PSA and I want to remind people,
1:47.2	there's early bird registration for ASV. It ends this Friday. Costs of all the registrations go
1:53.9	up $75 if you haven't registered by the end of Friday. And then the following Friday is the
2:00.8	deadline for ASV CARES applications. If you want to ask for some money to help pay for a caregiver
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