TWiV 700: 'Twas COVID and the aerosols

TWiV reviews additional data on the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, the distinct variant spreading in South Africa, association of afucosylated antiviral IgG with severe COVID-19, approval of AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK, and winners of the pandemic poem contest. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode BSL-3 Assistant Manager position PHE update #2 (pdf) South African variant (medRxiv) CDC cautious in conclusions on variant Afucosylated IgG and severe COVID-19 (Science) AstraZeneca vaccine EUA in UK (BBC) Letters read on TWiV 700 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Ready Player Two Kathy – Bert Hubert's Reverse Engineering of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine Rich – Boston Dynamics running robots Vincent – Fever by John Fuller Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]