Daniel Griffin MD returns to TWiV from a hospital parking lot to provide updates on COVID-19 diagnostics, clinical picture, and therapeutics, followed by our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Daniel Griffin, MD

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Links for this episode

Restricted dispensing of Plaquenil in NY state
Virology of COVID-19 patients (Nature)
Susceptibility of domestic animals to SARS-CoV-2 (bioRxiv_
Cloth face masks for all of US (NY Times)
Masks and respiratory virus shedding (Nat Med)
50 million face masks to Japanese households (Kyodo News)
More than you want to know about face masks (Slate Star Codex)
Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? (virology blog)
Tracking SARS-CoV-2 in sewage (UM)
1918 flattening the curve (Nat Geo)
COVID near you
Pandemic stops polio eradication (Science)
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine patch in mice (U Pitt)
Letters read on TWiV 595
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 598: Who was that masked man? Coronavirus update with Daniel Griffin