TWiV 36: Pandemic

June 15, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier, and Hamish Young

Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Hamish Young discuss the 2009 influenza pandemic, first 2009 H1N1 vaccine, hunting mosquitoes with midges, vaccine-associated polio in India, and adenoviruses.

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Links for this episode:
WHO calls it a pandemic
Novartis produces test run of H1N1 vaccine
Midge keeps invasive mosquito in check
Two cases of vaccine-associated polio in India
BBC interactive map of influenza cases
Outbreak of adenovirus type 14

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  • andrewbreed
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  • Chris
    I just found your podcast, and am catching up with my new mp3 player that lets me listen on "fast!" So if I may not understand your voices if I hear you in real life. So if you have learned to following, please forgive me.

    I started out on Usenet and met "Orac" (the owner of Respectful Insolence) there. His actual name is the worst kept secret on the Interwebs. He is actually one of the contributors to the ScienceBasedMedicine blog, which is why a few of the Respectful Insolence posts are almost identical to posts on ScienceBasedMedicine (and he was one of the presenters on http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?page_id=426 ... with luck I will get to TAM 8, and my daughter has expressed an interest in attending!).

    Speaking of ScienceBasedMedicine... one of my goals in life is to meet Mark Crislip. Not only are we the same age, but I have a daughter about the age of one of his talented sons. It is just a warped thought. I love his sense of humor, and I would encourage everyone to listen to his interview on the Australian podcast, http://www.cosmicteaparty.org/Episode14.htm ... he is in his element!

    Also, as a side note: I have had dengue fever while a child living in South America. One plan for a thirtieth wedding anniversary is a trip to where I lived as a child, but the threat of getting bit by a mosquito carrying dengue is a bit of a worry. Prior to planning this trip next year, we will be checking dengue outbreaks in the Caribbean area.
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