TWiV 693: Vax to the future
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On this episode, FDA EUA for Pfizer mRNA vaccine, efficacy of AstraZeneca ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine, and an orally administered drug that blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets.
Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- BSL-3 laboratory assistant manager position
- FDA advisory committee votes in favor of EUA for Pfizer vaccine (NY Times)
- Sanofi/Glaxo subunit vaccine steps back (Stat)
- Efficacy of ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine (Lancet)
- Oral antiviral blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets (Nat Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 693
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Intro music is by\\xa0Ronald Jenkees
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