TWiV 618: Nipah virus at 20

From the Nipah Virus International Conference in Singapore, Vincent speaks with meeting participants about the history of the first Nipah virus outbreak, lessons learned from Hendra virus, surveillance of bats for viruses, and the development of a vaccine.

[ourworld]

@36 min prophetic. I started watching your lectures in January. After researching some other lectures you tube analytics took me from Harvard to Stanford back to Harvard virology multi-lectures given in the last 10 years. Finally got to Columbia and have really appreciated your style of teaching. Just found your TWIV and I really like the extended conversations that speak at a level I can even understand not using a registry only virologist would know. Plus you do not over sensationalize, and your guest are clearly well informed. Thank you kind sir

[shayfay]

I watched an indian movie about nipah virus and I didn't realize it was a real story until the end. I couldn't find any mainstream detailed new for this virus thank you very much for this

[fastforwardmillionyears]

In retrospect, timing of this discussion is intriguing and ironic.

[josejoby]

There is another outbreak in India, kerala now.

[Titaniapopo]

There is a new outbreak in a small city in Kerala, India, discovered few hours ago. It already killed one 12 year old and two people tested positive as well.

[quagapp]

Bats in "normal" conditions are also very valuable in fertilizing flowers and much else. So destroying bats was not a good idea. Something I read as some farmers wanted to kill bats with fire but they stopped this when they were informed of the "good sides" of bats.

[albertoperin]

Can covid recombine with nipah in case of co infecting the same host?

[ianyadigg]

Referring back to this episode from TWIV ep. 750

[eliermaxwell]

How can we tell the true age of a virus ?

[quagapp]

Ah, he said bats are "pollinators" etc. And they treat them humanely.

[zandvoort]

We can’t rely on traditional phase 3 trails anymore as they are too slow.

[magnnegg]

"A Farewell to virology" by Dr Mark Bailey and the website ViroLIEgy give very good explanations why virology can not be called science.

[michah]

so the bats are like our people who say they were abducted by aliens... and I'm sure none of the other bats believe them... they probably think they were just out drinking...

[quagapp]

And we humans are too clever: we cut down too many trees. Hence the bats move to other places.

[InventorWillimczik]

It is a most frustrating situation, because there is a over 100 years old simple method to kill corona viruses in the lung with gasoline fume in 3 seconds and non of the experts even speak about it.