TWiV 1228: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello
discuss in shock how RFK is breaking his promise of not altering
vaccine policies by appointing new members of the ACIP, next ACIP
meeting on guidelines for the COVID and RSV vaccines, circulation
of “human insect viruses” including West Nile virus, and an
outbreak of mpox on a cruise ship, and the ongoing measles
outbreak before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV,
influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the Wasterwater Scan
dashboard, how to reduce the use of antibiotics for RSV and
influenza infections in children, approval of the moderna RSV
mRNA vaccine, 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, provides information for
Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment
center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions,
contacting your federal government representative to stop the
assault on science and biomedical research, and a shout out for
the special episode of TWiV with David Tuller on long COVID and
ME/CFS.


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Links for this episode

RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program.
Here’s how to stop him (Washington
Post)


Innovaciones
Alumbra (Alumbra Innovaciones)


John T
Walton (Wikiepedia)


Walmart (Wikipedia)


Sam Walton (Wikipedia)


Condé Nast (Wikipedia)


Christy Walton (Wikipedia)


Vaccine Integrity Project ( CIDRAP)

CIDRAP launches Vaccine Integrity
Project (Twin Cities: University of Minnesota)


Next ACIP meeting (CDC: ACIP)


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

West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable
Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2023 (CDC:
MMWR)


Clade II Mpox Infections Among Cruise
Ship Passengers and Crew Members — United States, 2024 (CDC:
MMWR)


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


Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)


Weekly measles and rubella monitoring
(Government of Canada)


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 vaccine recommendations from NYP
(jpg)

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)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)

Respiratory virus activity levels
(CDC Respiratory Illnesses)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)

Pediatric antibiotic
use associated with respiratory syncytial virus and
influenza in the United States, 2008-2018 (JID)


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)

Effectiveness and impact of
nirsevimab in Chile during the first season of a
national immunisation strategy against RSV (NIRSE-CL) (LANCET:
Infectious Diseases)

Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity
ofmRNA-1345 in Adults at Increased Risk for
RSV Disease Aged 18 to 59 Years (CID)

Moderna Receives U.S. FDA Approval for RSV
Vaccine, mRESVIA, in Adults Aged 18–59 at Increased Risk
for RSV Disease (moderna)

Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

COVID-19 deaths (CDC)

COVID-19 national and
regional trends (CDC)

Spatiotemporal Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases
and Deaths With Exposure to Wildfire Particulate
Matter in 2020 (OFID)

COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)

SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore
(Nextstrain)


Next ACIP meeting (CDC: ACIP)

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


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)

Implementation of an online drug-drug
interaction screener for the STRIVE ensitrelvir
trial for COVID-19 (OFID)

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

Long COVID and ME/CFS with David
Tuller (microbeTV)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1228

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.