TWiV explains the meaning of vaccine-derived poliovirus found in London sewage, risk of long COVID after infections with Delta or Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2, and enhancers of innate immune signaling as broad-spectrum antivirals.

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

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Links for this episode

Poliovirus in UK sewage (ProMedMail and Science)
Poliovirus eradication effort (Science)
Long COVID after Delta and Omicron (Lancet)
How common is long COVID? (Nature)
Immune enhancers as antivirals (Cell Chem Biol)
Letters read on TWiV 913
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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