Seeing that SARS-COV2 is so infectious in humans it is not too difficult to imagine that it might also be very infectious in bats too. Isn't it a surprise that no virus closer than 96% has been found? (I'm a complete layperson)

Fascinating topic on coronavirus in China. I believe one of the plagues came from rats in Yunnan. Very dense with diversity.

Maybe coronaviruses did induce or trigger ,,cold agglutination Syndrom,, ? Cold ,even oxigenoterapy with cold oxigen can trigger some pathogenic reactions ,If cold agglutinine Syndrom was induced.

QUESTION ! What proportion of all disease are caused by parasite,bacteria and virus.? It would appear like vaccines are the cure all for everything yet we keep getting sick despite all the new vaccines, something isn't adding up...

TRY AN ELECTRIC-0IL SMALL RADIATOR. VERY EFFICIENT

Thank you for all the top quality info.

Omg. You guys still pretending covid didn't come from a lab? I think no one is buying that anymore

Not sure what his point was with the masking comment at 20:00. Is he making a normative claim? I don’t see what’s wrong with masking for even RSV.

You're lovely!

It was really delightful, though not surprising, to hear about Dr. Griffin's history with Jimmy Carter and the Guinea Worm. President Carter was a literal once-in-a-century individual and that justs adds even more to his legacy.

This is fantastic. My father died from Alzheimer's. The more knowledge that is disseminated about possible causes, symptoms, and potential cures the better. Chicken and Egg problem aside. Thank you for being so clear and thorough.

I had what my doctor called the Hong Kong flu…years ago. Never been sick since. I’ve always wondered if I had some lingering protection. Now that I’ve said that, I’ll get sick next week. Ha, ha.

I'm following economics in China, and one of the channels I watch was one of the earliest to note the rise of Covid-19. Today, Jan. 4th, he talked about others reporting on full emergency rooms due to respiratory infections affecting a higher than usual number of patients. He warned against being overly concerned at this point, but I was wondering if you had heard anything?

Still COVIDing listener here :)

12:20 - the risk from hemagglutinin protein mutation in D1.1 is a concern, don't you agree?

38:00 I see there's a company on the web called Altruan. Current price for these 4 in 1 tests are $1.57. The tests in stock don't have an expiration date until August 2026 (good for next winter as well). They ship to the US via DHL. Shipping is $30 for my area of the country (East Coast). 3-4 days for delivery For $50 I could have 20 tests at my door by the end of the week. For $100 you could get 64 tests. Enough to have 40 people gather relatively safely for an event and have leftovers to serial test vulnerable people so they could seek immediate treatment with paxlovid or tamiflu if something was missed. Attempting the same coverage for that event in the US would cost upwards of $800 and wouldn't have any screening for RSV. Anyone have any experience with that company?

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Can any of the smart commenters remind me why we can keep testing positive on rat long after we are recovered. I know it's testing n protein of the virus; assuming it's because fragments of the nucleocapsid remain long after you've cleared active virus. Is that correct?

First time I turned TWIV off early. 15 minutes and hearing downplaying of the seriousness of the avian influenza rapid spread in bovines. The surviving cows are already showing average decrease in milk production by about 20%. Imagining what we'll learn over next year since this only started happening around March 2023. I have sheep. I grew up on horses and raising cattle. This situation risks breaking our food system more and the farmers and farm workers caring for sick herds and getting "mild" avian influenza potentially at the same time they could have coinfection with "normal" flu. .. whew. Hope I'm wrong. Farmers losing money, consumers paying more, taxpayers paying more for farmer support for every killed poultry and expenses for government and public health issues.

President Jimmy Carter had a remarkable Naval career, a nuclear engineer and officer, he led his team cleaning up a nuclear accident, his urine was radioactive for 6 months afterwards.

Vincent and Dr Griffin, thank you for all you have done and continue to do for us viewers, especially educating us about Covid 19 and Paxlovid. I just donated to MicrobeTV to support your great presentations. I encourage others to donate to MicrobeTV as well! Thanks also to Daniel for sharing his experience meeting Jimmy Carter at the Museum of Natural History and the successes in cutting Guinea worm human cases down from 3.5 million to fewer than 10 human cases this year. How about the Carter Center’s success with river blindness? Isn’t it true that Carter got Merck to donate 5 billion pills of Mectizan? And has eliminated river blindness from 4 Latin American nations? Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico? I really admire President Carter for making that happen! He was a President who truly cared about the greater good. And put in solar panels way ahead of his time! Sadly Reagan didn’t get it and ripped out the solar panels, but we are back on track and are now installing wind turbines offshore in the United States as the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands have shown can work very successfully!

it's not a property of the virus but....a property of the culture of the healthcare system....

I can buy an at home Covid test, a Covid test with influenza a and B, for reasonable prices, however RSV at home test are ridiculously expensive. Will they be coming down in price?

The mentioned 4in1 test can be ordered direct from Germany: Google Fluorecare Sars-Cov-2, Influenza A + B & RSV Antigen Kombi Test, 1 piece $1.57. I just placed an order and paid $100 for 40 tests including $35 express shipping to NYC.

Don’t we have vaccines for these influenza strains people get scared just let them be vaccinated against

I had birdflu h5n1 and I had h1n1 many years ago ya think I still have antibodies

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Do you guys answer questions here?

Doctors what else can you be doing to spur action which provides us proles with precise and valuable data about tools like wastewater testing? You two must each have a fat Rolodex of people that work inside and outside of industry and government, heck you must have a great-nephew somewhere that knows how to code and 3D-print that you can offer your expertise to help develop tools which the rest of us can deploy to protect ourselves AND YOU, and give everyone DATA to boot! More guidance for material problem-solving in the virology-public health space needs to come from you two, as experts, you should consider being more hands on to help us strategize for the future. C'mon man

Is it true that there will be only two more of these podcasts, that the federal government will be shutting down MicrobeTV, that Vincent and Daniel have been ordered to report to Guantanamo on January 20 to face a military tribunal for treason and that all vaccines will be banned? How can we stop this madness?

Why do we not do RCT on masking if you feel ill. Does that help spread? They do this in Japan I think.

Hi big brains, I have UC. Thank you for this chat, I didn't really understand what was being said😅 but I appreciate every new discovery brings us closer to a cure.

Thank you as always -my Saturday morning ritual is to have a cup of coffee with you both.

In vitro studies for anti virals work. Are you kidding me?

That was fascinating. Thank you very much !!

Do you think the cdc is hiding polio virus data or just not testing. I think it is a supposed to be a money saving by not testing. Otherwise they would test for all enteric illnesses

Happy New year, thanks for your work!

I don't really understand why you guys are so meh about masks. I went to our quaternary hospital today to pick up a prescription, and I was the only person there in an N95. I saw one KN95 and a few surgical masks, but otherwise it was just people everywhere milling around, coughing, and you know all these things that you don't want are there in the hospital. The mask costs less than a dollar. It's not lined on the inside with spikes. Why would you not just tell people: put it on, it won't kill you, it could save your winter from being miserable or worse?

I did some research a while ago on the three-way test kits and apparently they're not as accurate. I think they should be over the counter here and super cheap if not free.

Once again I'm so grateful for your perspectives every week. I'll continue to suggest that 85% infections occur in first 5 days and virtually none after 10. I reflect that Asymptomatic infections remain a defining difference between SARS-COV2 & SARS1.

Yes, health care in Switzerland is very good if you don't die waiting for an appointment, or catch something deadly while crammed together in the waiting room for hours for that appointment.

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You guys are supposed to be disease infection-ist biological to go Saint people and doctors you guys are asking each other these stupid questions you guys are dumb

Why didn’t you explain what listeria is to people? Is it a living parasite is a living bug can we see it as a transparent? Why in the hell do you guys come up with these names and don’t explain to people and really what it is instead of coming up with these little fancy little names for all this shit and it’s not even true

How come you some new people when it comes to doctors whoever it is you guys lie about people symptoms instead of telling them the truth, and what they really have

How come you some new people when it comes to doctors whoever it is you guys lie about people symptoms instead of telling them the truth, and what they really have

The CDC doesn’t keep us safe. They lied to us so don’t give me that shit.

Dr Griffin rocks!

I don't claim to understand everything Christina is talking about but I could listen to her talk all day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿