Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, including analysis of the dexamethasone trial, and then we discuss two Ebolavirus outbreaks in DRC, clinical and virological aspects of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections, age-dependent effects on transmission, and answer listener email.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove

Guests: Daniel Griffin and Chuck Knirsch

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Dexamethasone reduces COVID-19 deaths (U Oxford)
Assessment of asymptomatic COVID-19 (Nature Med)
Age-dependent effects on SARS-CoV-2 transmission (Nature Med)
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TWiV 629: Coronavirus update, pandemic sitrep