TWiV returns to the 2012 brouhaha over transmission experiments with avian H5N1 influenza virus, re-examines the claim of SARS-CoV-2 RNA integration into human DNA, and reviews the engineering and testing of a genetically stable version of the attenuated type 2 Sabin poliovirus vaccine.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Amy Rosenfeld

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Links for this episode * ASV vaccine town halls 3:16 * First smallpox vaccine day * Revised masking and distancing (CDC) * Science vs Spin (Sandman) * Artifactual SARS-CoV-2 integration (PNAS) * SARS-CoV-2 integration is artifactual (J Virol) * Engineering new OPV2 (Cell Host Micr) * Safety and immunogenicity of nOPV2 (Lancet) * Poliopolis (Lancet) * Letters read on TWiV 756 * Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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