TWiV 1230: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello are alarmed at how RFK is breaking his promise of not
altering vaccine policies, and nonexistent data and studies are
used by members of the ACIP to make changes to immunization
practices in the absence of a CDC director, justification for not
honoring the US commitment to GAVI and global public policies
including support of routine childhood immunizations, placing
millions of children at risk for the return of vaccine
preventable diseases including polio outbreaks in Pappa New
Guinea and increased circulation of wildtype type 1 poliovirus,
before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza
and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard,
approval of Merck’s anti-RSV mRNA monoclonal antibody, whether or
not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines,
immunization recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, where to find
PEMGARDA, changes in COVID mRNA vaccine labeling and reframing of
the science around the vaccine, provides information for Columbia
University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center,
where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, and
contacting your federal government representative to stop the
assault on science and biomedical research


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Jake Scott (Stanford University)


Vaccine Randomized control
trials (Bradspellberg.com)

Vaccine RCT spreadsheet aims to show the
data, dispel myths about
vaccines  (CIDRAP)


Vaccines-rcts (Bradspellberg.com)

CDC’s upcoming vaccine advisory meeting set up
to sow distrust in vaccines (CIDRAP)


Next ACIP meeting (CDC: ACIP)


June meeting: MEETING OF THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP) (CDC: ACIP agenda)


Robert F Berman, PhD (UC Davis Health:
Department of Neurological Surgery)

Transparency = nonexistent data: CDC advisers appears to
cite nonexistent study to support
claims about risk of vaccine preservative (CNN)

A C.D.C. Committee Just Voted Against Flu
Shots With This Preservative. Is It Safe? (NY
Times)

CDC vaccine advisory committee
to review long-approved immunizations
(STAT News)

Newly appointed CDC vaccine advisory committee
holds first meeting, stirs more controversy
(CIDRAP)


FDA approves clesrovimab to protect
infants during first RSV season (Contemporary Pediatrics)


ACIP updates: Committee recommends clesrovimab
for RSV, reaffirms routine influenza vaccination (Contemporary
Pediatrics)


Susan Monarez (Wikipedia)


Robert F Kennedy Jr (Wikipedia)


Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (Wikipedia)


Who is in charge at the CDC (CDC: About
CDC)

Do children REALLY need to be
vaccinated? (Wall Street Journal)

U.S. Adults’ Views on Routine Childhood
Vaccination (Harvard Opinion Research Program)

RFK Jr. declares US withdrawal from
GAVI (YouTube)

Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding
Pledge to International
Vaccine Agency (NY Times)


Millions of children at risk as global
vaccine rates fall (Guardian)

Global, regional, and national trends in routine
childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023
with forecasts to 2030 (LANCET)

Polio this week: 47 WPV1
positive environmental samples this week! (GPEI)


H5 bird flu: current situation (CDC: Avian
Influenza)

Cambodia logs fifth death from
H5N1 avian flu as USDA weighs poultry vaccination (CIDRAP)

Cambodia reports 6th H5N1 bird flu
case this year(BNO News)

USDA develops potential plan to
vaccinate poultry for bird flu (Reuters)


Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)


Weekly measles and rubella monitoring
(Government of Canada)

Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP
(jpg)


Measles (WHO)

Get the FACTS about measles (NY
State Department of Health)


Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))


Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola))


Presumptive evidence of measles immunity
(CDC)


Contraindications and precautions to
measles vaccination (CDC)


Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))


Measles (CDC: Measles
Rubeola)

Adverse events associated with childhood
vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM)

Measles Vaccination: Know the
Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America)

Deaths following vaccination: what does
the evidence show (Vaccine)

Influenza: Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

US respiratory virus activity (CDC
Respiratory Illnesses)

Respiratory virus activity levels
(CDC Respiratory Illnesses)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)


FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine
composition (FDA)

RSV: Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

US respiratory virus activity (CDC
Respiratory Illnesses)

RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus
Infection)

Novel Drug Approvals for 2025
(FDA)

Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

COVID-19 deaths (CDC)

COVID-19 national and
regional trends (CDC)

COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)

SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore
(Nextstrain)

Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2
Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and
NB.1.8.1 (biRxiV)

Episode 184: Fool’s Gold: Reframing the
Science…..reframing? (Apple Podcasts: Osterholm Update)

Children with Post COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Display Unique
Pathophysiological Metabolic Phenotypes (Journal of
Proteome Research)

FDA COVID mRNA vaccine
labeling update (FDA)


Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)


EUA for the pre-exposure
prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)

Infusion center (Prime Fusions)


CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)


NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)

Drug
interaction checker (University of
Liverpool)


Infectious Disease Society guidelines for
treatment and management (ID Society)

Molnupiravir safety and efficacy
(JMV)

Convalescent plasma recommendation
for immunocompromised (ID Society)

What to do when sick with a respiratory
virus (CDC)

Managing healthcare
staffing shortages (CDC)

Steroids,dexamethasone at the right
time (OFID)


Anticoagulation guidelines
(hematology.org)

Daniel Griffin’s evidence
based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)

Long COVID hotline (Columbia :
Columbia University Irving Medical Center)


The answers: Long COVID

Stellate Ganglion Block for the Treatment
of COVID-19−Induced Parosmia (JAMA
Otolaryngology-Head& Neck Surgery)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1230

Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!



Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv


Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical
advice.