Q&A with A&V Livestream 1/19/22

Virologists Amy Rosenfeld and Vincent Racaniello answer your COVID-19 questions (or any virus questions) on this livestream of 1/19/22 at 8 PM eastern US.

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[bid]

Congratulations Amy on your recent research publication. You have an amazing grasp of your field. I can’t believe how much you know about worldwide research publications. Thanks for taking the time to translate your knowledge for layman like myself. Cheers, Will

[Sliverth]

Thank you for another good one! I’m in France and listen to this every week on Thursday and look forward to it.

[cat_vaxxer]

The interactive nature of this format is fantastic, love the cultural digressions mixed with the serious science

[fanfreluchefanfreluche]

I always appreciate your Q.&A. With A.& V. There’s always something interesting to learn…

[stormwalker]

Amazing show...thank you for all your time, effort and sharing with us...really appreciate it!

[miltz]

Thanks Amy and Vincent! Much appreciated!

[theresaprator]

This is such a remarkable interface allowing public access to the top researchers in the field of Virology. Thank you for the objective, data-supported information provided by this platform. Greatly appreciated and needed.

[Backtothescience]

I used to appear in some of Dr John Campbell's videos back when he had less than a million viewers. We were in regular contact, and then he ghosted me. Coincidentally, it was after I sent him an email explaining the flaws in the Bryant et al. ivermectin meta-analysis. He definitely seems to be pandering to people with alternative views nowadays.

[jeniphirs]

I wish I could thumbs up these episodes a million times! Love and thank you A&V!!!

[elliecahill]

What I did with one of the Q&A with A&V podcasts was transcribe the specific Q&As I found most relative to what I & my friends/family are concerned about and sent it to them in an email, also linking the entire podcast. I've also posted on many podcasts that promote false info, directing them to TWiV with the link. If enough of us do this on the huge podcasts with millions of listeners, if even a small % of them access the link, it IS progress.

[animalparty]

👍👍👍👍👍Always Engaging, Insightful and Inspiring!! Congrats to Amy on her paper! Can't wait to check it out. Cool Science!!❤❤❤❤❤

[robertoalvelais]

1:12:24 Thank you Dr. Racaniello! I couldn't reconcile how or why boosting was necessary so soon after my 2nd dose of the mRNA vaccine. I couldn't understand how, injecting me with more mRNA for alpha would provide protection against omicron, as has been the pitch that I've been hearing from the media and local authorities. It just didn't make any sense from my foggy recollection of my immunology class (back in 1980) and it was difficult to find information that made any sense. Your explanation of the need to correct for the initial spacing of the first two doses makes sense to me. Thanks again.

[marylou]

Thanks for the education from an 83yr old. who didn't have the opportunity to attend university.

[craigm]

Not sure at 1:03:20 has correctly represented peter hotez.

This is what he said.

Our post omicron world:

1. Omicron goes down
2. It fails to produce herd immunity, durable protection
3. We’ll have 6 mo to vaccinate the world & prevent a new variant from emerging this summer
4. It may not resemble omicron
5. Vaccinating world in next 6 months = our best path

[samanthadalloo]

The amount of discrepancies are incredible. It is like science is an art.

[joefrancis]

31:19 'maybe pubmed doesn't work in her office' I f-ing died

[Ladyjlowe]

I watch this a lot and have learned a great deal. I am a 64yr old with Primary Immunodeficiency as well as Lupus. One of the things that bother's me is the use of 'tech speak' as I was not trained in virology and so terms like 'Enterovirus' are unfamiliar to me and when asked to talk about it, there is sort of an impatience with the idea that anyone who doesn't know is unworthy of being in the conversation. I was trained in diagnostic medical psychology so I know how easy it is to fall into this habit esp. when it is how one speaks to others also trained thus, but I feel it is also important to be able to break things down for those not trained thus. I guess it is much like having to become bilingual, (smile).

[frankblack]

Northern/Southerns were not too difficult, but pouring a good sequencing gel was tough; leaks/bubbles.

[dennishayes]

23:30 -locally we just had a hep A outbreak from a restaurant chain... Lots of people learned they needed their hep A boosters

[peterlafontaine]

The what A&V don't know question was very interesting. maybe a theme of what you know and what you don't know. 5 on each side perhaps?