The Story of Coronavirus · Part 1

Produced by Global Health Media Project in collaboration with Yoni Goodman. Download link:

Content review provided by experts from CDC, IFRC and UNICEF.

This animated film follows two people who go to a market and shows how they spread the virus to others. Eventually, their whole neighborhood gets infected. The film then explains ways we can protect ourselves and those around us. The story will continue in Part 2, in which a woman gets sick. Her family stays home so they don’t infect others, and shows the rules to follow to care for her safely.

The film makes the invisible coronavirus visible, and helps people grasp transmission in a simple and visual way. Through our experience with our animated films on cholera and Ebola, we learned that the image of the visible germ stays with people, helping them make the necessary behavior changes to protect themselves and others and prevent the disease from spreading.

This film is intended to help meet the need for better education and awareness that is critical in slowing and reversing the spread of this disease worldwide.

Director & Animator: Yoni Goodman

Producer & Story: Deborah Van Dyke

Associate producers: Peter Cardellichio, Mark Binder

English narration: Ayesha Casely-Hayford
Recording Technician: Tashomi Balfour
Music, Sound FX and Mix: Uri Kalian, Sweetsound

This animation was produced with support from TEPHINET (Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network), LDSC (Latter-day Saint Charities), IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), and our individual and family donors from the Mad River Valley, Vermont, and beyond.

Copyright © 2020 Global Health Media Project

[alexturnersmargaritas]

It’s weird to think that in the years to come when corona is over, people will be watching this and learning so much.

[FSMassy]

So we're basically experiencing history first-hand

[yeshmirayosuf]

This girl teaches us about coronavirus better then my school teacher

[zztzbte]

This taught me about coronavirus more than pretty much every single educational channel.

[ijmlover]

If teaching was like this- I would listen.

[doriansdaycore]

this is gonna be showed in schools some day. tell me otherwise.

[yu_nb]

AYO WHO REMEMBERS THE STORY OF EBOLA ND CHOLERA THOSE WERE THE MEMORIES
little did i know i would be the witness of another one

[ramenspice]

Why does this YouTube channel teach me more than my actual teachers-

[jj-tpbu]

And i still can't believe that some people say its fake. Condolences to all the family who lost their love one.

[NCK]

It’s so simple but some people make it so complicated
Literally just follow the rules and that’s it.

[bluefishy]

I never knew I would witness a VERY historic time that involves the whole world

[sophianowack]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO the other day I was just remembering how I loved the Ebola video!

[instruella]

This is really hits.
Both my Mom and Dad tested positive. Currently I’m in charge of disinfecting everything, making food for me and my sister, and I’m still responsible for all my school work. I always knew one of us was going to get it, but I didn’t expect us to be exposed to it this quickly.

[ARIXIA.]

Can we just respect how CALMING this narrator’s voice is???

[syahrezanadham]

American people should pay more attention about this!

[dnproductions]

Hello future person reading this, use our mistakes as examples of what not to do, use this video, for common sense, and stay healthy

[thetravelhottie]

This should’ve been showed on news segments & in school because this is so helpful. Today I finally understood how it happened

[lemoncar]

Thanks too all the doctors who are outside for protecting us

[kyljyvm]

I've learned more in this two minute video than I have the whole school year

[craftingwithcarter]

This is the first video about coronavirus that makes the rules seem sensible without fearmongering.