Episode Details

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin dives into H5N1/influenza and RSV circulation in the US, whether or not H5N1 is “adapting” for human-human transmission, why drinking raw milk may NOT be the best idea despite RFK Jr endorsement, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how if I encounter no one I can infect no one, the efficacy of COVID-19 boosters, how vaccines are the ‘seat belt’ of public health, the results of two PLACEBO control studies assessing antiviral therapy for COVID-19, where to find PEMGARDA, susceptibility of neurological complications in young to middle-aged adults and how discussing the origins of the pandemic and rise of scientific harassment will allow you to avoid a political conversation around your Thanksgiving day table, the interplay between transmission and immunity for virus spread and who to call if you do get sick this holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!  

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• Influenza weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)
• US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
• In case you missed, US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
• Adaptation of H5N1 to humans…..sequence analysis (Nature)
• Favoring human transmission for H5N1 ?(Youtube: medcram)
• From 2022: unprecedented bird flu outbreaks sweeping the world…..and we are still talking about it? (Nature)
• What children get flu: First child in US infected with H5N1 (CDC Newsroom)
• Bird flu detected in raw milk……but RFK at HHS says it is safe? (NBC News)
• COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
• COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
• Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
• COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
• SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
• If I see no one in my house, household Severe Acute Respiratory Syndro