The Hidden Truth About the Coronavirus

20:19 saw many big news developments across the world from storming area 51 to bushfires in australia there have been many controversial and worrying news stories from all over the globe now we have another to deal with as we slide into 2020 a new epidemic out of China that is rapidly spreading to other countries in Asia as well as Europe and North America as of late January but what can we as individuals do to protect ourselves and the ones we love [Music] today's video will cover an ongoing news story some facts we provide might be proven incorrect or inadequate as authorities work to improve our understanding of this epidemic this is meant to inform broadly on what we know and how we as individuals should proceed as always we recommend speaking with your doctor if you're sincerely worried and with that of the way let's get into it the novel coronavirus doesn't have an official name as of the end of January but so far we've been calling it 2019 and CoV which just means the novel or new coronavirus that we found in 2019 which honestly isn't very catchy hopefully the virus is as catchy as its name 2019 and CoV has also been colloquially referred to as wuhan pneumonia or Wuhan coronavirus and as a corona virus it shares some genetic similarities with severe acute respiratory syndrome aka SARS Middle East respiratory syndrome aka MERS and wait for it the common cold corona viruses get their name from their shape if you were to look at them at a microscopic level you would see a crown shaped form around their bodies similar to the corona of the Sun hence the name corona viruses have a number of symptoms which include but are not limited to respiratory symptoms fever cough shortness of breath and breathing difficulties and in more severe cases infection can cause pneumonia severe acute respiratory syndrome kidney failure and even death according to the w-h-o as of yet there isn't much else we know about this disease in particular or how it affects human populations we do know that this corona virus originated in the city of Wuhan China likely from Hunan seafood market where some wildlife was sold illegally 28 of the first 41 confirmed cases of this new virus had a link to this wet market where animals were kept both alive and slaughtered for sale so experts are fairly certain it is the source there are also news stories emerging that linked this virus to bat soup but there is no evidence to support this claim the w-h-o however has found that the probably originated in bats before it mutated to survive in humans but does not link it to the consumption of bats ooh dr. guangzhong lo a professor in the department of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh has noted that there is a 90% similarity in the genetic code between bat coronavirus and 20:19 and CoV which suggests that bats are the source of the disease in addition to that dr. Xu Jiang Gao another professor at the University of Pittsburgh's microbiology Department says that 2019 and CoV and the snake speak a similar language genetically so it is not unfeasible that snake may be the source bats were not expressly present in Hua nan market but authorities believe that there were live snakes on sale for human consumption it's useful to note that SARS was also a corona virus that left from bats to humans though that indicates that bats are harbors of disease not that 2019 ncod will be as deadly as SARS in fact when we compare wuhan pneumonia to other major diseases in the last 50 years the percentage of those who died from it is quite limited at least for now for example SARS infected approximately 8,000 people and killed around 800 of them mer is infected around 2500 and also killed around 800 that's a fatality rate of 10 percent and 35 percent respectively whereas wuhan pneumonia has infected around 28,000 people and killed 560 as of February 6 a fatality rate of about 2% an illness like Ebola on the other hand has infected thirty five thousand five hundred people in total killing 13,500 the fatality rate of 40 percent keep in mind though that statistics on SARS MERS Ebola and wuhan pneumonia aren't exactly comparable Ebola has been in circulation since 1976 SARS since 2002 and MERS since 2012 so we're looking at data taken over a range of time periods of course Ebola has killed more people but it's had 44 years to rack up its death count wuhan pneumonia was only discovered in December 2019 so the death count and the total infected has only one direction to go up but don't get too worried the youngest victim of this infection was 34 the majority of fatalities were between the ages of 60 and 85 and they also had previous comorbidities aka pre-existing illnesses if you're a person with a compromised immune system you're probably keeping an eye out for any and all illnesses and this one is likely just as dangerous as all the others but for essentially healthy persons you'll likely just shake it off after a couple weeks in quarantine considering all this the w8 show as of January 30th chose to declare a public health emergency of international concern or Phe I see saying that it is still possible to interrupt virus spread provided that countries put in place strong measures to detect disease early isolate and treat cases trace contacts and promote social distancing measures commensurate with the risk they say that a Phe IC should be seen in the spirit of support and appreciation for China its people and the actions China has taken on the front lines of this outbreak which includes the construction of a new hospital built over the course of ten days in quarantine involving over a dozen cities impacting around 46 million people to put that in perspective that's more than the entire population of Canada at 37 million and the largest quarantine in human history it may seem like this situation is concerning but it is by no means catastrophic if you're concerned for your health and the health of people around you there are things we can do both the Government of Canada and the American CDC say that regular washing of hands under hot water for at least 20 seconds is the best way to keep yourself safe they also recommend avoiding sick individuals and refraining from touching your eyes mouth and nose before you have washed your hands basically the same way you protect yourself from the flu which I might add has already infected 15 million people and killed 8,000 people since October 2019 in the United States alone at the end of the day there isn't much to worry about yet 2019 and CoV is dangerous not because it's more deadly than SARS or MERS that it has the ability to be we know some things about this virus we know it's a corona virus we know it's killed people that we're old or infirm and we know that it's spreading faster than expected but as with most things it's what we don't know that scares us the most the best way for us as individuals to proceed as of now early February is to keep washing our hands thoroughly keep ourselves away from sick people and to seclude ourselves if we're experiencing symptoms of the illness hmm tastes like a fun way to copy [Music] [Music]

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Published: Thu Feb 06 2020