The Story of Coronavirus (full version), English

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

The full version of this animation includes Part 1 (transmission and protection) with the addition of a second part on staying safe while caring for a sick person at home.

The film starts by following 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 continues as a woman gets sick with the virus. Her family stays home so they don’t infect others, and learn the rules that they need to follow to stay safe while caring for her.

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 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

[arshnoorkaur]

My mother and my grandmother too were corona positive, we stayed cautiously, I worked day and night and ensured that nobody else around us gets infected. I disinfected the surfaces and the air in my house thrice a day. We kept them on the first floor and we ourselves stayed on the ground floor. Until their quarantine was over, we only used cell phones for video calls, even in such a situation, everybody else in our house stayed super healthy. Now, everything has got fine, they both are healthy. I am happy.

[pewpewpurin]

i remember watching the ebola and cholera videos a few years back, who knew I'd be living trough one of these videos

[rekihonda]

i remember watching the ebola and cholera videos a few years back and feeling horrible for anyone who had the virus and anyone who was living during those times. now here we are.

[petarmarjanovic]

I can't believe that in a few decades kids will look at these videos in history classes. It feels like when your grandpa is telling you war stories, but now we get to be the grandpa.

[Ariazze]

30 years later showing this to our kids

[scifigames]

The fact that this video is gonna be used as a source of info for future kids to learn.

[faithyang]

I think it's insane how everyone is connected. I never realized how we're all linked to each other in some way, shape, or form.

[limuremu]

I remember watching these videos about ebola and cholera as a kid, never expecting to live through anything remotely similar. Crazy how things change

[carsofmn]

The future kids are definitely going to watch this video for an school assignment.

[DS-ofui]

I just recovered last week from corona....the 1st week was bad with no taste, no smell, motonous coughing every 30 sec, fever, body ache etc....then 2nd week onwards it started getting really feel sad for the people who could not survive this virus and are no more with pray for all to be safe

[emmygraphicss]

The way the artist represents the virus transmission with the colours is very effective in showing visually how the virus works. Well done.

[krt.kth.]

I can't believe that in a few decades kids will look at these videos in history classes. It feels like when your grandpa is telling you war stories, but now we get to be the grandpa.
I remember watching these videos about ebola and cholera as a kid, never expecting to live through anything remotely similar.
this will be history.

[amariX.]

Just like the other animations, I love when the plot becomes colorful when everything gets better :)

[Koko-wzrd]

2050 kids be watching this for a school project.

[dreamtoonofficialchannel]

From a medical student, thank you for your content! Med school studying is not nearly as hard when your videos keep me accountable! To everyone else reading the comments, keep going. I do not know what struggles you are handling, I do not know what you are studying, but there is a reason you were put on THIS PATH and I know you can handle it! Stay blessed y'all.

[naznazar]

I like how they don’t over exaggerate the virus like the news

[selalorin]

we could've been done with covid so quickly if everyone treated it like the family in this animation

[sriramyasmruthi]

i'm a junior year high school student, and just last year i tested positive for covid. I remember watching these videos when i was younger, like 4th or 5th grade and being so scared to be in a similar situation. In the end, i was just like them. Bedridden, tired, sick, it wasn't life threatening but still very scary for my little twelve year old self. I'm really proud of where I am now, despite all the hardships i've been through.
For the people who've lost someone, please remember that they're always watching over you. You aren't alone, you never will be. You are loved and you are cherished <3

[AmanKumar-sdpw]

The second wave of COVID infected everyone in my family. And my father's condition was most critical. He was at the edge of his life. But, luckily my elder brother reached him on time amidst the absolute lockdown period, somehow, with god's grace and gave my father some hope. He then recovered slowly.

[wealthsagaofficial]

Very well animated! Long Live the Humanity! We have fought it well! 👍👍