Episode 218
218: The lengths SARS-COV-2 will go
This Week in Microbiology · Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson, Michael Schmidt
June 6, 20201h 2m
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Show Notes
The TWiM team explains how breathing can transmit SARS-CoV-2, and how lack of breathing leads to loss of mitochondria in a multicellular parasitic animal.
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Links for this episode:
- Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Science)
- Why social distancing is important (NY Times)
- Parasite without mitochondria (PNAS)
- Letters read on TWiM 218
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