Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, Kathleen Crowley explains the role of Environmental Health & Safety departments, update on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in farmed mink, and the presence of pre-existing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in unexposed individuals.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

Guests: Daniel Griffin and Kathleen A. Crowley

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Links for this episode

• Pfizer vaccine efficacy (Pfizer)
• Pfizer vaccine (Stat)
• Distribution of Pfizer vaccine (NY Times)
• LSTMH vaccine tracker
• SARS-CoV-2 humans to mink and back in Netherlands (Science)
• SARS-CoV-2 mink isolates in Denmark (pdf)
• Preexisting antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in humans (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 681
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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