TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello
are dismayed by the changes on CDC vaccine website positively
stating the link between autism and vaccination, the finding of
wild type poliovirus 1 in Germany, Marburg virus in Ethiopia,
decimation of the elephant breeding colony by H5N1 and the first
human case of H5N5 influenza virus infection before Dr. Griffin
deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV,
influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan
dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, antibody escape by
seasonal flu viruses, where to find PEMGARDA, how to access and
pay for Paxlovid, long COVID treatment center, where to go for
answers to your long COVID questions, if resistance exercise aids
in recovery from 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


Autism and Vaccines (CDC: Vaccine Safety)

A new road to eradication- WPV
1 in Germany from Afghanistan (Reuters)

Ethiopia confirms first
outbreak of Marburg virus disease (WHO: Ethiopia)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses (HPAIV) Associated
with Major Southern Elephant
Seal Decline at South Georgia
(Communications Biology)

Avian flu has decimated world’s
largest breeding colony of southern elephant seals (CIDRAP)

Washington resident is infected with a different
type of bird flu (AP News)


Pelagic
Seabirds (OceanAminals)

That sounds far away:
Multiple transatlantic incursions of
highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N5) virus
into North America and spillover to mammals (Cell Reports)

Regional voices, different choices:
Parents’ and caregivers’ HPV vaccine attitudes in the northeast
and Southeast United States (Vaccine)


Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)

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)


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)

Respiratory virus activity levels
(CDC Respiratory Illnesses)

Weekly surveillance report: cliff
notes (CDC FluView)


ACIP Recommendations Summary (CDC:
Influenza)

Emergence of seasonal influenza A(H3N2)
variants with immune escape potential warrants enhanced molecular
and epidemiological surveillance for the 2025–2026 season
(University of Toronto Press)


Types of Influenza Viruses (CDC:
Influenza (flu))

With an absent CDC and mismatched ‘subclade K’
flu strain, experts face upcoming season with
uncertainty (CIDRAP)

Influenza Vaccine Composition for
the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza
Season(FDA)

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)


Long-term impact of nirsevimab on
prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection using a
real-word global database (Journal of 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)


Estimating Risk of
Guillain-Barré Syndrome in US Medicare-Enrolled Older Adults
Following Medically Attended Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease
(CID)


FDA Requires Guillain-Barré Syndrome
(GBS) Warning in the Prescribing Information for RSV Vaccines
Abrysvo and Arexvy: FDA Safety Communication (FDA)

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)

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

COVID-19 vaccination is associated with reduced
complications in pediatric patients with atopic
dermatitis (Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)


Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)


EUA for the pre-exposure
prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)

Infusion center (Prime Fusions)

Risk mitigation of shared room
ventilation and filtration on SARS-CoV-2
transmission: a multicenter test-negative study (Infection
Control and Hospital Epidemiology)


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)

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)


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


Resistance Exercise Therapy After
COVID-19 Infection(JAMA Open Network)

Reaching out to US house representative


Letters read on TWiV 1272

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.