TWiV 1292: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello
discuss with disgust the decline and fall of American public
health and the rise of “only me” when highlighting completion of
the US withdrawal from the WHO and possibility of making IPV and
MMR optional vaccines, before Dr. Griffin then deep dives into
recent statistics RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the
Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, Europe
losing its measles elimination status, first measles death in
Mexico, almost 1000 measles cases in South Carolina, where to
find PEMGARDA, how to access and pay for Paxlovid, long COVID
treatment center, the effectiveness of this season’s influenza
vaccine, 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

US completes withdrawal from World
Health Organization (AP News)

Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair
Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be
Optional (NY Times)

A Frightening Interview (Beyond
the Noise)

Unexplained Pauses in Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of
the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy (Annals of Internal
Medicine)


Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)

UK among 6 European
countries losing measles elimination
status (Dougall MD: DG Alerts)

European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and
Rubella Elimination (RVC) (WHO:
Europe)

Measles Outbreak Associated with an Infectious
Traveler — Colorado, May–June 2025 (CDC: MMWR)

South Carolina measles cases hit 789,
surpassing Texas' 2025 outbreak total (Reuters)

Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC
Rubeola)

Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S.
(Johns Hopkins)

Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP
(jpg)


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)

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)

States across the country report first measles
cases of year(CIDRAP)


First measles death confirmed in Mexico
in 2026 (Mexico News)

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: cliff
notes (CDC FluView)

Influenza Vaccine
Effectiveness Among Children With and Without
Underlying Conditions(Pediatrics)


OPTION 2: XOFLUZA $50 Cash Pay Option(xofluza)

RSV: Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)


Respiratory Diseases (Yale School of
Public Health)

US respiratory virus activity (CDC
Respiratory Illnesses)

RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus
Infection)


Vaccines for Adults (CDC: Respiratory
Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV))


Economic Analysis of Protein Subunit and
mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP)

Waste water scan for 11
pathogens (WastewaterSCan)

COVID-19 deaths (CDC)

Respiratory Illnesses Data
Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses)

COVID-19 national and
regional trends (CDC)

COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)

SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore
(Nextstrain)


Effectiveness and Durability of the
BNT162b2 KP.2 vaccine against COVID-19 Hospitalization and
Emergency Department or Urgent Care Encounters in US Adults
(OFID)


Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)


EUAfor 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)

Help your eligible patients
access PAXLOVID with the PAXCESS Patient Support
Program (Pfizer Pro)

Understanding Coverage Options
(PAXCESS)


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

Association
of Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir with
intubation or mortality risks in severe COVID-19 patients (BMC
Infectious Diseases)

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)


Anticoagulationguidelines (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

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1292

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.