TWiV reviews additional data on the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, the distinct variant spreading in South Africa, association of afucosylated antiviral IgG with severe COVID-19, approval of AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK, and winners of the pandemic poem contest.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• BSL-3 Assistant Manager position
• PHE update #2 (pdf)
• South African variant (medRxiv)
• CDC cautious in conclusions on variant
• Afucosylated IgG and severe COVID-19 (Science)
• AstraZeneca vaccine EUA in UK (BBC)
• Letters read on TWiV 700
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Brianne – Ready Player Two Kathy – Bert Hubert’s Reverse Engineering of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine Rich – Boston Dynamics running robots Vincent – Fever by John Fuller

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]