TWiV 942: Omicron boosters with Paul Offit

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Paul Offit returns to TWiV for a discussion of SARS-CoV-2 bivalent boosters containing ancestral and Omicron spike mRNAs, including their composition, why they are being recommended by CDC, and who would benefit the most from them. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Paul Offit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Research assistant position at FDA (pdf) Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) CDC oversells bivalent booster (Wall St Journal) FDA authorizes bivalent COVID-19 booster Letters read on TWiV 942 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Jazz favorites: Small group #4: Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker: Gerry Mulligan, Baritone saxophone; Carson Smith, Bass; Larry Bunker, Drums, Chet Baker, Trumpet. Signature album: The Best Of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Chet Baker: Signature song: My Funny Valentine. Second pick: Wonder: Childhood and the Lifelong love of Science. Frank C. Keil. Brianne – A Devious Cellular Trick Cancers Can Use to Escape Your Immune System Kathy – Durable antimicrobial coating Rich – One Health Vincent – The works of Dashiell Hammett 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 942 recorded on September 30th, 2022.
0:21.8	I'm Vincent Drakin-Ello and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:26.0	Joining me today from New York. No, joining me today from Fortly New Jersey.
0:32.4	Dixandet-Pomye. Hello there, Vincent. I used to be here in New York.
0:39.5	Thank you. Hello to everybody. And looking at the window, it's kind of a grayish day, and it's
0:43.8	a terminal temperatures in the high fifties low humidity. And we expect the e and remnant to
0:52.4	approach us tonight. Stay with us all weekend. So there's a lot of rain ahead of us.
0:57.2	And you know, good day for staying in and making a nice soup.
1:01.1	Funny that the hurricane's name reminds me of Ian Lipkin.
1:05.7	It's not a good thing to be aligned with. I don't know why I said New York, I guess because
1:11.7	Daniel was here yesterday. Also joining us from Ann Arbor, Kathy Spindler.
1:16.1	Hi everybody. Here at 64 degrees Fahrenheit, 18 Celsius, not a cloud in the beautifully blue sky.
1:25.1	You know, we had we had Eddie Holmes the other day and he said, I'm sorry, I only do Celsius.
1:31.0	No Fahrenheit. And I just realized many countries do use Celsius because a lot of people say to me,
1:36.0	what do you use Celsius? It's such a compressed scale. Well, a lot of people use it and they seem
1:41.0	to be okay with it. So also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brienne Barker.
1:47.4	Hi, great to be here. It is 62 Fahrenheit, 17 Celsius. And definitely getting towards fall.
1:56.4	And for most in Texas, Rich Condit. Hi everybody. It is different here. It's a blue skies, 84 degrees.
2:06.0	It was in the mid 50s this morning. So from an awesome perspective, we are emerging from the woods.
2:15.5	We actually have the windows open and the AC off today. So things are looking up the nice day.
2:23.2	So do you actually say you're in fall now, even though it's hot as hell? I wouldn't say we're in fall.
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