TWiV 917: Boosters on, Paul Offit

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2022

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Paul Offit returns to TWiV to discuss why, during the recent FDA advisory committee meeting, he voted against releasing revised COVID-19 vaccines containing an Omicron component, and the reasons why children must be vaccinated against the disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Paul Offit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode 28 June 2022 VRBPAC meeting materials (FDA) Don’t rush to change COVID vaccines (STAT) Monkeypox situation report #1 (WHO) Letters read on TWiV 917 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Woody Herman and his orchestra. 1955-1965. Signature song: The Preacher. Signature album: Woody Herman and His Orchestra (1956) Kathy – Solargraphic analemmas Rich – Windy (desktop; app) Vincent – Why monkeypox is mostly hitting men who have sex with men Listener Picks Mark – Hand Wash Dance – NHK WORLD-JAPAN 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.
0:10.4	From microob TV, this is Twiv, this week in virology, episode 917 recorded on July 8th, 2022.
0:20.7	I'm Vincent Racken-Yellow and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:25.7	Joining me today from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
0:29.3	Hi everybody. Here it's 81 degrees and it's just started raining and they say it's going to be heavy
0:35.2	rain for the hour. And that was Fahrenheit, of course, and in Celsius, it's 24 degrees.
0:44.3	Kathy here in New York, we have your favorite, one of your favorites, it's 28.
0:50.3	28 is 82. Also joining us from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
0:54.4	Hi everybody. Bright Blue Skies, 100 degrees for yet another day.
1:03.1	That's about 38 C, I think. And looking at the forecast, we're looking at 100.
1:11.0	Actually, the forecast for Monday is 107. Wow.
1:16.3	Yeah, it's been a really hot dry summer. That's serious.
1:20.4	I don't see rain anywhere in the forecast. You know what? You get used to it.
1:24.3	And it's not too humid and I actually run my day appropriately.
1:29.9	I'm outside in the morning because otherwise I go completely sturdier.
1:34.1	And I'm actually even working in my garden and all that kind of stuff.
1:37.3	The plants don't really get used to it today.
1:40.2	There's, you know, depends on what kind of plant you are. Depends on what's in your plant DNA.
1:46.0	So the native plants think everything is just a hunky-dory and some other plants are not
1:53.8	quite so crazy about this. You know, some viruses confer thermotolerance to plants.
1:59.3	There you go. It could be that those native plants have viruses that make them
2:02.9	bigger. It could be. Temperature resistant. But we have a guest for you today
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