The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do

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In December 2019 the Chinese authorities notified the world that a virus was spreading through their communities. In the following months it spread to other countries, with cases doubling within days. This virus is the “Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2”, that causes the disease called COVID19, and that everyone simply calls Coronavirus.

What actually happens when it infects a human and what should we all do?

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[The_Horizon]

spoiler alert: this is a pandemic that went down in the history books

[AnimalKING]

Every Kurzgesagt video:
-Facts
-Scares you
-Then calms you down
-Add birds

[anshlakhani]

I remember watching this a few years ago, thinking about the uncertainty of what will happen. Now, my school has told me to do a project on it. Man, time flies.

[aariana]

2019: Stay away from negative people

2020: Stay away from positive people

[SquatterLoki]

For the first time in human history
You can save humanity
By simply staying at home and do absolutely nothing


*And you screwed it up*

[Melafefoni]

4 years ago... still can't belive it. This time passed so fast

[Chopchopok]

It's so frustrating to see this information laid out up front, and knowing how the public responded to the pandemic over the next few years.

[clayrivera]

Sad to see this 8 months later and people are still stupid af...

[leonprowse]

"If they start slow, with a not so steep slope, they end okay-ish." Love the honesty.

[pacificfederationpeacekeep]

This right here is a certified historical artifact

[Ks-hwcn]

I almost died from the delta strain. I was on a ventilator for a month, woke up paralyzed from the neck down and had to relearn everything! I was away from my six kids for months while I learned how to feed myself and walk again. This virus was a joke to many but to me and my family it was a nightmare. I’m still on oxygen and still needing a wheelchair. I’m so sorry to all who died from it❤😢

[TheAmazingCowpig]

“Wash your hands as if you’ve just cut up some jalapenos and want to put in your contacts next.”

I’ve never heard such threatening yet convincing instructions on how to wash my hands until now.

[amongo]

I can't believe this was published almost a year ago

[NinjendoPlayz]

this comment section is like a time capsule

[tiredallthetime]

Caught covid for the first time this month and as an immunocompromised person it was scary. Luckily I was able to get Paxlovid which is a medication given to those at a high risk of developing severe illness and makes it so covid can’t replicate inside your body. If it wasn’t for the medication I would have ended up in the hospital even though I’m fully vaccinated. After being so sick even with medication and vaccines it makes everything I went through in the beginning of the pandemic worth it. I didn’t leave my house for months, only having contact with my immediate family, I suffered extreme depression and isolation, I missed my high school graduation, and I lost friends over them not taking things seriously. But had I caught covid before I was vaccinated, before medications were available, and while the healthcare system was at the brink of collapse I without a doubt would have died. It’s good to know that everything I sacrificed saved me

[limedwire]

As someone who works in health care, this “social distancing” is to prevent NIGHTMARES at hospitals..

[goodguygamer]

“Quarantines are not great experiences”

I was already having fun being lazy. Now time to do it better.

[TERMINATIONBLISS]

2 years later, and the response I’ve seen in the world just fuels my depression

[dheerajn]

This is such a great and useful information. Thank you!
I'm astonished by the video presentation itself! Damn, I cannot imagine how much work and coordination has gone into it, just marvelous!