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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
TWiV 709: COVID cherry picking
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By Vincent Racaniello. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.
In this episode, President Biden elevates his science advisor to his Cabinet, a review of the current flu season, the scientific goals of the WHO-convened Global Study of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2, and answers to listener questions.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode- President’s science advisor to Cabinet (NY Times)
- Letter from Biden to Lander (pdf)
- Weekly flu (CDC)
- Weekly NY flu (NYDOH)
- WHO study on SARS-CoV-2 origins (WHO)
- Letters read on TWiV 709
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Kathy – 15 YouTubers play Telestrations Vincent – Vince Beiser
Listener PicksBob, David, Janet – Sea Shanty by A Cappella Science (YouTube, TikTok, Bandcamp)
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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