Fauci ouchy This Week in Virology

TWiV explains why hydroxychloroquine failed in humans despite showing antiviral effects in cells, and reviews the published data on the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode TMPRSS2 is why hydroxychloroquine failed (PLoS Path) Safety and efficacy of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (NEJM) Letters read on TWiV 715 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – How the Body Reacts to Viruses
Rich – How do wombats poop cubes?
Kathy – The Verse by the Side of the Road
Vincent – Janet Iwasa’s SARS-CoV-2 entry animation
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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