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Show Notes
TWiV explains why RFK Jr.'s proposal to let H5N1 infections in birds 'rip' is a bad idea, phase 1/2 trial of combined influenza/COVID mRNA vaccines, and how your first influenza virus exposure shapes the B cell response to influenza vaccination 50 years later.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- Support science education at MicrobeTV
- ASV 2025
- RFK Jr. says let H5N1 rip through flocks (NY Times)
- Combined flu/COVID mRNA vaccine (Nat Comm)
- Rare syndrome after COVID vaccination (NY Times, medRxiv)
- Imprinting lasts 50 years (Immunity)
- Imprinting protects against H5N1 and H7N9 (Science)
- Letters read on TWiV 1203
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Brianne – Node-Focal Plane Image Competition Rich – Periodic cooking of eggs Vincent – The use of placebo controls in clinical trials
Listener PicksAnne – Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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