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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