TWiV 1203: What's old is flu again

TWiV explains why RFK Jr.’s proposal to let H5N1 infections in
birds ‘rip’ is a bad idea, phase 1/2 trial of combined
influenza/COVID mRNA vaccines, and how your first influenza virus
exposure shapes the B cell response to influenza vaccination 50
years later.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit,
and Brianne Barker


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RFK Jr. says let H5N1 rip through flocks (NY Times)

Combined flu/COVID mRNA vaccine (Nat Comm)

Rare syndrome after COVID vaccination (NY
Times, medRxiv)

Imprinting lasts 50 years (Immunity)

Imprinting protects against H5N1 and H7N9 (Science)

Letters read on TWiV 1203

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Brianne – Node-Focal Plane Image
Competition
Rich – Periodic cooking of eggs
Vincent – The use of placebo controls
in clinical trials
Listener Picks

Anne – Everything is
Tuberculosis by John Green


Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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