TWiV returns to the 2012 brouhaha over transmission experiments with avian H5N1 influenza virus, re-examines the claim of SARS-CoV-2 RNA integration into human DNA, and reviews the engineering and testing of a genetically stable version of the attenuated type 2 Sabin poliovirus vaccine.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Amy Rosenfeld

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Links for this episode

ASV vaccine town halls 3:16
First smallpox vaccine day
Revised masking and distancing (CDC)
Science vs Spin (Sandman)
Artifactual SARS-CoV-2 integration (PNAS)
SARS-CoV-2 integration is artifactual (J Virol)
Engineering new OPV2 (Cell Host Micr)
Safety and immunogenicity of nOPV2 (Lancet)
Poliopolis (Lancet)
Letters read on TWiV 756
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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