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Episode Summary

In this week's coverage of the coronavirus epidemic, the TWiV team discusses the fatality rate, China's initial reaction to the outbreak, conspiracy theories, how long the virus remains infectious on surfaces, and evidence for virus in the intestinal tract.

Links for This Episode

  • China to epidemic (NY Times) 15:40
  • Wuhan (NY Times) 17:07
  • report flawed (Science) 31:00, 34:13
  • of alcohol gels (mSphere) 48:35
  • SARS-CoV in feces (, ) 1:03:30
  • and spread of SARS-CoV (WHO) 1:04:26
  • Persistence of virus on surfaces (, , , ) 1:09:24
  • Letters read on 34:10, 35:21, 1:06:21
  • Timestamps by . Thanks!

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