The TWiV trio continues in-depth coverage of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, including discussion on genome mutation and circulating lineages, handwashing, facemasks, cruise ship outbreaks, the South Korean situation, and much more.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode

Stanley Perlman answers CoV questions (Boston Globe)
Fist bump (Am J Infect Control)
Joint WHO-China report (pdf)
Second coronavirus (LA Times)
Response to second coronavirus (virological.org)
COVID-19 animal models (STAT)
Clinical predictors of COVID-19 mortality (Inten Care Med)
CoV by the numbers (NY Times)
Contamination of bar soaps (Microbios)
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine timeline (NPR)
How new vaccines are developed (GSK)
SARS among critical care nurses (Emerg Inf Dis)
How churches prevent SARS-CoV-2 spread (NPR)
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Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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