TWiV discusses whether or not Omicron should be designated a new serotype of SARS-CoV-2, and the finding that amino acid changes that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
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Alan – Which Immune Cell Are You? and Michaeleen Doucleff’s article
Rich – Vaccinated: One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases by Paul A. Offit
Vincent – Ebola on Canvas
Les – Ologies podcast
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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