TWiV 1220: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello debate the changes in FDA vaccine approval policy
especially how it is applied to COVID-19 vaccines and restricts
vaccine availability/usage and Novavax’s vaccine, mpox on
surfaces and in the air, “bird flu”, the ongoing measles outbreak
globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV,
benefits of vaccination for infants, influenza and SARS-CoV-2
infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, the high number of
childhood deaths during this “flu” season, the May 22 VRBPAC
COVID-19 vaccine meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, prolonged
steroid and antibiotic therapies, provides information for
Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment
center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions,
cognitive impairment in long COVID and contacting your federal
government representative to stop the assault on science and
biomedical research.


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Links for this episode

FDA to issue new vaccine approval
guidance amid questions over coronavirus shots
(Washington Post)

FDA vaccine
committee meeting(Reuters)


Evidence-based approach to COVID-19
vaccination (NEJM)

FDA CBER townhall: new COVID019
vaccination approval
mechanism (YouTube)

FDA poised to restrict access to COVID
vaccines, our own Dr. Griffin is
cited! (NY Times)

Novavax approval letter (FDA)

We giveth and taketh away: Novavax approved
but restricted use (AP News)

FDA approves Novavax COVID vaccine
with stricter new conditions (NY Times)

History behind public health
falsehoods– vaccine and autism (NPR)

Making vaccines less accessible-RFK
Jr making MAHA! (PBS News Hour)

Kenneday says DO NOT to take
medical advice from him, the HHS secretary…hummmm (NY Times)


Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
(CDC: COVID-19)

How science lost America’s trust
and surrendered health policy to
skeptics (WSJ)

HHS stops recommendation of
COVID-19 shots for children and pregnant women (Reuters)


No more routine COVID-19 vaccines for
children and pregnant women (WSJ)

House to investigate Pfizer
for allegedly delaying
COVID-19 vaccines (Reuters)

Statement on the antigen
composition of COVID-19 vaccines (WHO)

WHO advisers say current strains
OK for COVID vaccine production (CIDRAP)

We can’t remain indifferent to
suffering: Catholic Church now
champions HPV vaccination (DailyNation)


Air and surface sampling for mpox in UK
(Eurosurveillance)

Researchers report mpox DNA, live virus on
surfaces and in air from patients’ rooms(CIDRAP)

USDA reported H5N1 bird flu detection in wild
birds (CDC: Avian Influenza)

USDA reported H5N1 in
poultry (CDC: Avian Influenza)

HPAI Confirmed Cases in
Livestock(USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service)


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


Bird flu (CDC: Avian Influenza)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)

Measles and rubella weekly
monitoring report: (Government of Canada)

Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP
(jpg) 

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)

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)


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)

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)

Interim Clinical
Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the
United States (CDC: COVID-19)

COVID-19 vaccine VRBPAC May 22
(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)

When your healthcare provider
is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2
(CDC)

Managing healthcare
staffing shortages (CDC)

Steroids,dexamethasone at the right
time (OFID)

The clinical impact of prolonged steroid
therapy in severe COVID-19 patients (BMC Pulmonary
Medicine)


Anticoagulation guidelines
(hematology.org)

Antibiotic Treatment in Patients Hospitalized
for Nonsevere
COVID-19 (JAMA Network Open)

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

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


The answers: Long COVID

Self-reported health, neuropsychological tests and biomarkers
in fully recovered COVID-19 patients vs patients with post-COVID
cognitivesymptoms (PLoS
One)


Vortioxetine for
Cognitive Impairment in Major Depressive Disorder During
Post-COVID Syndrome (Journal of Clincial Psychiatrist) Reaching
out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1220

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.