TWiV 757: Supershedders and super vaccines

TWiV reveals that 2% of SARS-CoV-2−positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in a college campus, and a nanoparticle vaccine that induces cross-reactive immunity against multiple pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV vaccine town halls 2% of SARS-CoV-2 positives carry most viral RNA (PNAS) Pan-coronavirus nanoparticle vaccine (Nature) Why HIV-1 particles have few spikes (PLoS Path) Letters read on TWiV 757 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Darwin’s Arch Collapses Kathy – The woman who discovered the first coronavirus Rich – “Richard Feynman: The pleasure of finding things out” Vincent – CORONA Project Listener Picks JH – Fungus kills cicadas Alan – Liftoff by Eric Berger Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]