TWiV 647: Testing is our way out of this crisis

In this mid-week TWiV, children under 10 do transmit SARS-CoV-2, why hydroxychloroquine does not work for treating COVID-19, scale-up of diagnostic testing, explanation of LAMP testing, and listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Children do transmit infection (Emerg Inf Dis) NIH RADx initiative (NEJM) Rockefeller Foundation testing plan HCQ observational study (Int J Inf Dis) Can't kill HCQ (Science Based Medicine) HCQ does not inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in human lung cells (Nature) HCQ does not inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in nonhuman primates (Nature) Shut-down to stop SARS-CoV-2 (WaPo) Racine firefighters doing LAMP (Wired) LAMP (video, webinar, paper 1, paper 2) Letter drafts for $1 testing Letters read on TWiV 647 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Vertical Farms Fill a Tall Order by Dickson Despommier and APOD Rich - Mars in 4K LIstener Pick Christiane - ZSK - Ich habe Besseres zu tun (Official Video) Drosten Jon - The Logic of Doomsday Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [e-mail]

Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 30, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts