TWiV 902: Autoantibodies drive severe COVID-19

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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🗓️ 22 May 2022

⏱️ 127 minutes

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TWiV reviews recent cases of monkeypox, presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA but not infectious virus in feces, and the association of autoantibodies to interferons with severe COVID-19. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Monkeypox in MA (ProMed Mail) Possible monkeypox in NYC (NY Times) Occupational monkeypox, Wisconsin (Emerg Inf Dis) SARS-CoV-2 in feces (Nature) IFN autoantibodies and severe COVID-19 (PNAS) Letters read on TWiV 902 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – How to grow food on the moon Brianne – APod May 16: Milky Way over French Alp Hoodoos Kathy – Covid Nationwide data visualization Rich – NIH All of Us Research Program Vincent – Physicians Spreading Misinformation on Social Media — Do Right and Wrong Answers Still Exist in Medicine? Listener Pick Lisa – E.H. Danner Museum of Telephony 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 microbe TV, this is TWIV, this week in virology, Episode 902 recorded on May 20th,
0:18.0	2022. I'm Vincent Racken, Yellow, and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:24.9	Joining me today right here at the incubator, Rich Condit. Hello there, Vincent. Hello.
0:32.0	Hello. We're already together again. This is great. Now you may be wondering why Rich is here.
0:36.0	We had an opening of the incubator yesterday in Rich came as did our second host today from
0:44.3	Fort Lee New Jersey, Dixon de Pomme, yay. Hello everybody. Let's see, looking out the window.
0:50.8	It's a little grayish out, but the weather is bordering on summertime and I can tell you that
0:58.8	the weekend is going to be a scorcher and we're going from two feet of snow on the ground to...
1:08.7	Here come the daffodils, forget that. There comes the crocuses, they've already croaked.
1:13.2	The next thing you know, we've got summertime plants coming and going, the birds are terribly confused.
1:19.6	They actually, they are confused by the way. And then there was a wonderful report just recently on
1:28.0	NPR saying the best place to go to watch birds migrate in Central Park in New York City. So Rich,
1:35.1	if you get a moment, get out there and look for the Vermilion fly catchers.
1:40.3	I may have a moment tomorrow. I'm going to be around tomorrow for a little while.
1:45.4	Today I went down to... I've been outside, it's by the way. It's can't be much different than
1:52.5	where it is where you are, Dixon. But the weather channel says it's 66 in New York and that's about
2:00.5	right. And it's been sort of partly cloudy. So sometimes it's sunny and warm and other times it's
2:06.2	a little chilly and cool. But I've been out in it. I went to Ellis Island and Liberty Island today.
2:12.1	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brienne Barker. Hi, great to see everyone. It's been
2:20.3	such a long time since seeing you all last night or seeing someone else night. Brienne was also here
2:25.6	yesterday at the incubator opening. Yes. And the weather channel says it's 71 in Madison and also
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