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The TWiV team returns this week to SARS-CoV-2019 coverage to review the latest epi curves, the fatality rate, furin cleavage site and receptor binding domain in the spike glycoprotein, related CoV recovered from pangolins, evidence that the virus did not escape from a laboratory, and many more questions sent in by listeners.

Links for This Episode

• 16:34
• of COVID-19 (China CDC) 20:06
• COVID-19 (J Med Virol) 36:22
• China for COVID-19 (Nature) 38:58
• in SARS-CoV-2 spike (virology blog) 46:43
• of SARS-CoV-2 (Virological) 41:47
• photos (Nat Geo) 56:00
• Letters read on 1:00:32
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