TWiV 984: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the political polarization of COVID-19 treatments among physicians and laypeople in the United States, seven alternatives to evidence-based medicine, Malawi's cholera death toll crosses 1,300 in its deadliest outbreak on record, impact of coronavirus infections on pediatric patients at a tertiary pediatric hospital, maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and delta or omicron infection or hospital admission in infants, yes masks reduce the risk of spreading infection, despite a review saying they don't, COVID-19 and airborne transmission: science rejected, lives lost. can society do better, what were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, a randomized trial comparing Omicron-containing boosters with the original COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies after bivalent vs. monovalent booster, the impacts of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose separation and targeting on the COVID-19 epidemic in England, intra-host evolution provides for the continuous emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants, real-world use of Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir in outpatients with COVID-19 during the era of Omicron variants including BA.4 and BA.5 in Colorado, viral burden rebound in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 receiving oral antivirals in Hong Kong, and guidance on the use of convalescent plasma to treat immunocompromised patients with COVID-19. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode The political polarization of COVID-19 treatments in the United States (PNAS) Seven alternatives to evidence-based medicine (BMJ) Malawi's cholera death toll crosses 1,300 (CBC) Impact of coronavirus infections on pediatric patients (JHI) Maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy (BMJ) Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID (TVO) COVID-19 and airborne transmission (IDSA) What were the reasons for resistance to recognizing airborne transmission (IJIE) Comparing Omicron-containing boosters with COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273 (medRxiv) SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies after bivalent vs. monovalent booster (bioRxiv) The impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose separation and targeting (Nature) Intra-host evolution provides for the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants (ASM) Real-world use of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in outpatients with COVID-19 (The Lancet) Viral rebound in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 receiving oral antivirals (The Lancet) Guidance on the use of convalescent plasma to treat immunocompromised patients with COVID-19 (CID) Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB Dr. Griffin's treatment guide ( pdf ) Letters read on TWiV 984 Don't crush Paxlovid ( pdf ) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to [email protected]