TWiV 890: Looking into a booster crystal ball

This episode of TWiV is focused on COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies: who should get boosters, whether a variant matched mRNA vaccine is superior to a historical vaccine, and how the interval between vaccination and infection influences the quality of the antibody response. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode What next for COVID-19 boosters? (NEJM) Boosting with historical or variant mRNA vaccines (Cell) Vaccination-infection interval determines antibody breadth (Cell Med) Letters read on TWiV 890 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Webb Telescope's coldest instrument reaches operating temperature Brianne – Video of a CTL killing a tumor cell Rich – Our Unfinished Pandemic (On the Media Podcast) Vincent – Lý Thị Ca Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]