How Do Outbreaks Start? Pathogens and Immunology: Crash Course Outbreak Science #2

You may not realize it, but your body is like a fortress, designed to defend you from tiny foreign invaders known as pathogens. This seemingly small world is actually super diverse, and sometimes super dangerous too. That’s why in this episode of Crash Course Outbreak Science, we’re going to get familiar with all different types of pathogens like viruses, bacteria, fungi, and more!

This episode of Crash Course Outbreak Science was produced by Complexly in partnership with Operation Outbreak and the Sabeti Lab at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard—with generous support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

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[nebulan]

Between thought cafe, minute earth and kurzgesagt i think there's a contest for drawing the cutest cells and pathogens.

[ClintEPereira]

8:39 for any Cells at Work fans, the cytotoxic T cells are the same as the killer T cells in the show. Same thing, different name.

[ShirinRose]

10:04 poor John getting sick while Hank doesn't 😅

[sciencenonfiction]

I took my first immunology exam today and this was a pretty good summary of it, minus the complement pathways.

[sagecity]

Crash course Inspires me to work on putting out free educational courses in the future when I can . Thank you ❤️

[tehbunnyboy]

Definitely useful series to have during a global pandemic. Looking fwd to seeing more.

[waterunderthebridge]

Prions are like zombie proteins “biting” healthy proteins to make more zombies

[coralee]

OMG the macrophage is SO ADORABLE - and helpful! * o * can we get a macrophage sticker or pin - or plushie?

[rareroe]

Of all the Crash Course episodes, this one may have my favourite animations yet!

[andi_]

OH MY GOODNESS Crash Course you have absolutely NO idea what this series means to me. I literally just started doing my year-end project on the Immune System and I've been scrambling around for material!
THANK YOU!!! for the resources, the video, everything!

[alexg]

I wish I had this during my microbiology courses! Now im just watching for fun! Great video :]

[kameroncochrane]

Thank you for talking about cytokines! I feel like they are always forgotten about but are key players in the immune system - an immunology intern studying cytokines :)

[ianreddish]

This series is teaching me more than my whole semester of Infectious diseases!

[soranuareane]

Quote I heard from a neurosurgeon regarding a patient with a prion disease: "That was the only time I ever triple-gloved for an operation"

[peteriskrisjanis]

This was a immune system summary I was looking for, thank you CC team! :)

[swingloveEKL]

Did anyone else (who isn't in an immunology class) think that malaria was a virus and not a protozoa? I love Crash Course for helping me learn new things!

[katarinaenright]

Yay I love these anatomy lessons they’re the

[DracarmenWinterspring]

2:22 - don't you mean guts/intestines, especially the large intestine? From what I've found, very few bacteria can survive in a human stomach and the ones that do aren't very friendly...

[MicCheckMemoirs]

Gonna use this later when I reach this topic in AP Bio

[ahorrell]

I'm glad to see these mentions of the indigenous peoples at the end of the video! Perhaps Crash Course could donate to tribal authorities/representative groups and organisations? I'm sure they have projects and funds that would appreciate some donations and would do a lot of good.

Here in NZ, we've spent over 40 years doing historical reparations with Māori. So it's weird to see acknowledgements that don't come with remedies... it can come off a bit hollow and virtue-signal-y. Like, "We're making money on your stolen land and, no, you can't have any... but here's a shout out! And people can read about stuff online and engage if they want!"

I know it's complicated and ultimately the responsibility probably sits with govt... but yeah. Just a thought.