TWiV 1216: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent
Racaniello bemoan the attack on science within the US, salt water
controls for vaccines, return to 1938 technology for flu
vaccines, mRNA vaccines as “bioweapons”, rise in pertussis,
benefits of the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia occurrence,
and growing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews
recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections,
the WasterwaterScan dashboard, the May 22 VRBPAC COVID-19
vaccine,  meeting, where to find PEMGARDA, return to
antibiotic treatment for respiratory viral diseases, 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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Links for this episode

Saline placebo control testing for
new vaccines….not good chemistry! (Washington Post)

1940s innovation: HHS, NIH
Launch Next-Generation Universal Vaccine
Platform for Pandemic-Prone Viruses(US Department
of Health and Human Services)

WHAT! Minnesota Bill Against Vaccines Promotes
Disinformation (Medscape Medical News) )


Guns= fine….mRNA =mRNA Bioweapons
Prohibition Act; mRNA injections and products
designated as weapons of mass destruction, and mRNA injections
and products prohibited. (Minnesota Legislature)


Bioweapons of massive destruction mNRA
not bombs or drones….but mRNA! (Minnesota Legislature)

2024 Provisional pertussis
surveillance report (CDC)

Pertussis cases by year 1922-2023 (CDC:
Whooping cough (pertussis))


Deaths by pertussis: 6 children under a year
old (CDC)


Pertussis (WHO)


Symptoms of pertussis (CDC Whooping Cough
(Pertussis)

With whooping cough cases on the rise, a
doctor explains how to protect yourself and others
(CNN)


Live zoster vaccination and
cardiovascular outcomes (European Heath Journal)

Shingles vaccine recipients see
lower cardiac event risk (CIDRAP)

H5 Bird Flu: Current
Situation (CDC: Avian Influenza Bird flu)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)

Measles 800 in Texas…. (Texas Health
and Human Services)

2025 Measles outbreak
guidance (New Mexico Health)

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)


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)

Weekly surveillance report: clift
notes (CDC FluView)

Respiratory virus activity levels
(CDC Respiratory Illnesses)

CDC reports 216 child deaths this
flu season (AP News)

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)

Impact of Nirsevimab on RSV and Non-RSV Severe
Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Infants
(Influenza and other respiratory viruses)

Hospital admissions of respiratory infections in
infants plunge with
nirsevimab RSV antibody(CIDRAP)

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)

Early effectiveness of the BNT162b2 KP.2
vaccine against COVID-19 in the US Veterans Affairs
Healthcare System (Nature Commications)

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)

Time to antiviral treatment in
mild–moderate COVID-19 in the emergency department(Internal and
Emergency Medicine)


Delays in COVID
antiviral receipt raised risk of poor outcomes after ED visits
by 18%, data suggest(CIDRAP)

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)

Virus = Bacteria ? National Trends in Antibiotic
Prescribing for Adults Hospitalized With
Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Viral Respiratory Infections
(OFID)

Steroids, dexamethasone at the
right time (OFD)


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

Short and long-term trajectories of the post
COVID-19 condition (BMJ Infectious Diseases)

Prevalence of Persistent Cardiovascular and
Pulmonary Abnormalities on PET/MRI and DECT Imaging
in Long COVID Patients (Journal of Nuclear Medicine)

Long-COVID patients show signs
of inflammation on PET/ MRI
scans(CIDRAP)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1216

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.