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Jul 2020

2h 43m

TWiV 645: Lions and tigers and zookeeper...

VINCENT RACANIELLO

About this episode

Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, followed by a review of the State Department document on the Wuhan BSL-4 laboratory, the report on infection of tigers and lions in the Bronx Zoo, and, answers to listener questions.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Daniel Griffin

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Links for this episode

State Dept. memo on Wuhan BSL-4 lab (pdf)
Biosafety levels (Wikipedia)
Inside a BSL-4 (TWiV)
From people to panthers (bioRxiv)
Letters read on TWiV 645
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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