TWiV 1369: Florida Model Makes Measles Great Again

TWiV explains projected effects of removing school-entry vaccination requirements on measles transmission in Florida and evidence that HLA class I escape drives the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in human populations.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello), Alan Dove (alandove.com), Rich Condit (mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich), Brianne Barker (bioprofbarker.com) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email (eepurl.com/Gcw59)
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• Effects of removing Florida school vaccination mandates (PNAS)
• HLA escape (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42636373) drives SARS-CoV-2 evolution (PNAS)
• The other landscape of SARS-CoV-2 evolution (PNAS)
• Letters read on TWiV 1369
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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