How We'll Beat Coronavirus - Doctor Explains How COVID-19 Will End

A doctor explains the different ways that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic might come to an end. Plus some banging tunes.
YES YES OK I MEANT MARCH 5th NOT MAY. Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a spelling bee champion. I mean I'm Indian, just not THAT Indian.
This is the first of a few planned videos on COVID-19, time permitting. Plans so far are:
- A cheeky movie with a bottle of Corona (this weekend I hope!)
- A closer look at coronavirus and the heart + what happens in the ICU
- Considering how a pandemic might look from my point of view as a hospital doctor.
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There are many excellent resources on KZbin for further information about the coronavirus, these are just a few but ones I highly recommend:
‪@Medcram‬ An incredible series of detailed videos (now numbering 31 and growing every day!) with updates that are not difficult to understand. From an ICU doctor. • Coronavirus Epidemic U...
‪@chubbyemu‬'s video was made with unprecedented access to some of the doctors in China filling in details to go along with published case reports. • 3 COVID-19 Cases As De...
‪@StrongMed‬ Always trustworthy and easy to understand, Eric has several coronavirus updates • Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
‪@DoctorMike‬ Mike's also made several videos on the topic and it's very reassuring to know the medical voice that travels furthest on KZbin is one saying sensible things. Definitely calmed a lot of people down! • Coronavirus Is A PANDE...
‪@DoctorMikeHansen‬ I didn't know Mike's channel before this but he's been diligently cranking out some high quality SARS-CoV-2 videos which are worth a look. • COVID Preparation and ...
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[@MedlifeCrisis]

All coronavirus videos are automatically demonetised (which I think is a good idea) so sneeze this video all over all your friends and infect them with coronavirus songs. PS - yes yes March 5th not May 5th you're just not thinking 4th dimensionally.

[@ashlieregis2412]

Btw your caption says May instead of March might want to fix that 🤔

[@cubershil6298]

You wrote may instead of mar for the month

[@MedlifeCrisis]

@@cubershil6298 I blame the virus

[@brown_note4710]

@@MedlifeCrisis is medication/hospitalization required to get over the virus or can you just kinda do flu stuff?

[@cubershil6298]

Whats up with the skeleton at the back

[@u0aol1]

The Corona beer case on your shelf was a nice touch, kudos to your brain Dr.

[@paxundpeace9970]

He knows what's help.

[@kanikasharma8383]

His attention to detail has always been top class in each of his videos.

[@wealllame]

Yea really original joke that every human on this earth surely havent heard yet

[@kavel22]

The attention to detail you only get in high quality entertaiment.

[@jhonbus]

It took me until 5:53 to spot it and scroll down here.

[@dr_arcula]

The best I've seen is the one by Texas corona prevention "Wash your hands like you just done slicing jalapenos for a batch of nachos and you need to take your contacts out"

[@leaillex]

Hahahahaha But it really do be like that

[@SeabassFishbrains]

Love that! I'm a nail tech and this is what I'm going to tell my clients now and forever! (along with, "don't freaking come to get your nails done if you are even remotely sick, the mask that I wear is to keep me from inhaling dust from filing your nails, it does not protect me from your germs!!")

[@CED99]

Link to the video?

[@deckacards]

I doubt this too be true. In Texas we had Ebola a few years back. We get tornadoes regularly often multiple times a year. Neither thing I have mentioned has over 90% survival rate. We Texans are hearty and brave. The true public message would look like this: "Pfft."

[@Madhattersinjeans]

@@deckacards More deadly viruses as mentioned in this video are more likely to burn themselves out. Such as Ebola. The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. It's the more contagious conditions that have potential to kill that are the concern with the Corona virus. I've seen people handwave this as another flu, but the thing is. No one should be handwaving the flu, if you've ever had it you would not want to deal with it again. I'm so glad people are starting to take public sanitation seriously now. So many other minor and unpleasant conditions can be caught from other people who just don't take the right precautions. This corona virus is a perfect vehicle to push the public worldwide into being a bit more cautious. And on top of that reducing Co2 emissions from unnecessary travel. That said, some things could be better. Things like last minute stockpiling are stupid. Especially of sanitaiton products, if you have all the soap, then no one else does. Congratulations every other person you meet will have an increased risk of carrying the infection you're freaking out about. And the major buyers of those products in the first place will be hospitals and medical staff. What are you gonna do if they run out? Pray? If so, consider a prayer to Thor. Jesus promised to rid the world of evil and cruelty. And yet it remains. The Buddha promised a chance at enlightenment by following the eightfold path, and yet ancient buddhist priests remain on this rock. Muhammad promised paradise for the righteous and hell for the unrighteous and yet the world is no better. Hinduism asks for self sacrifice to make the world a better place and freedom from the cycle of life and rebirth. Thor promised to rid the world of ice giants. I don't see any ice giants around, do you?

[@yo-no9879]

The hip-faced skeleton in the background should become the channel mascot.

[@southernkatrina8161]

It is, unofficially.

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

It's been there the whole time... Or has it

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I have hired an artist to draw him for exactly that reason!! Great minds

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

That's a Cyclops skeleton .

[@Stereochemistry]

Medlife Crisis i love you. That will be the real Butthead , finally.

[@chubbyemu]

Great video! Nothing will change the recommendations of: 1. wash hands (20+ seconds!) 2. don’t touch face 3. don’t shake hands 4. disinfect your cell phone often 5. if you feel fever, cough, fatigue, get that checked out by Dr., as you normally would!

[@darkwinter6028]

Re: cell phone. Wipe it down with 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol on a low-lint paper towel (unless you have an oddball phone, like those new folding-screen ones; it should be harmless to the phone); and if you have access to a UV disinfection machine; use it. If you don’t, then leaving it in direct sunlight for an hour or so will also work; but be sure to put a fan blowing on it so it doesn’t get overheated from the infrared (I.e, heat) coming from the sun. The same applies to tablets, keyboards, and mice, too. Metal and plastic musical instruments can also be treated this way; but I’d be very hesitant to do this to anything made from natural materials (like a piano) - the odds of damage are much higher there.

[@LeoStaley]

Unless you're American, where it costs thousands of dollars to see the doctor.

[@SteelSkin667]

Wash doctor 20 seconds, don't touch hands, don't shake face, get symptoms checked out by cell phone. Got it. (Also, I'm a subscriber but I just noticed that you did a COVID-19 video that I didn't watch, I'll check it out right away!)

[@tomsch.4259]

@@darkwinter6028 UV Desinfektion mashines are useless. The WHO says that UV light might not be fully effective against Sars-CoV-2 because it is not fully virucidal.

[@RICDirector]

@@LeoStaley I swear, this is the best argument EVER for universal care....

[@talanigreywolf7110]

I'm a survivor of the 1968 Hong Kong flu, it was horrible and I certainly DON'T want to experience anything like that again! So people, WASH YOUR HANDS PROPERLY!

[@platypusdreamtime]

Good to know that I'm not the only old pharty watching this channel. Many references to Corona beer(?) made here but for me, Corona is the pop where "every bubble has passed its fizzical" .

[@alonzoc537]

​@@platypusdreamtime come on! come on! come on! move! move! move! these aren't just bubbles getting into this bottle of corona! no sir! are they fizzy? every one has passed the corona fizzical! ...mmm, nice. ohi, it's really tuff back there. no! no! no!

[@Mike-oz4cv]

Don’t touch your face or food in public.

[@hind__]

@Urahara Kisuke corona isn't airborne bro

[@whocares269]

@@hind__ coughs and sneezes still spread diseases tho, pal.

[@TheBirdyyeses]

“Recorded on 5th May 2020” Damn, Rohin literally time-travelling for his viewers. You have to appreciate the grind.

[@padoru369]

May 5th: The Coronavirus isn't cured. Rohin is just a time traveller trying to help us cure it and bring vaccines back to his timeline to save his world

[@TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox]

He's trying to find the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.

[@TheEmmakathryn]

In before someone somewhere uses this video as "evidence" of a conspiracy. (Something something prerecording videos to stoke mass panic??? *insert lying doctor accusation*)

[@campkira]

the recover rate is very high.... people who had to worry about it do worry about another shit as welll///

[@dandanlec1996]

He's not trying to help us cure it, he's trying to prevent the spread do that we have time to develop treatments and or a vaccine

[@salesassistant3019]

Will the vaccine be as effective as the flu vaccine which still didn't stop 28330 people dying in 2024/15 season? It's just I'm worried that being in the high risk category I'll walk around thinking I'm fine but actually not.

[@julius_trifinity]

"Low effort editing" *Dances for a whole minute*

[@CED99]

He needed his cardio for the day...

[@timmiet47321]

I like this guy. Organized, concise, informative and well-spoken. Thank you, doctor.

[@geeenn2242]

Also a superb dancer

[@capnskiddies]

"No-one puts Medlife in the corner" Medlife Swayze with the moves

[@teslafreak]

I really can't thank you enough for these videos. You aren't downplaying anything, and also not hyping it. It is very comforting to get straight information about this in such a polar time. I have been sharing this video around.

[@Bookhermit]

In other words, we're NOT going to "beat" C-19, we're going to survive it.

[@mupty]

Best guess is coronaviruses are similar to rhinoviruses in which they aren't curable, only treatable.

[@HarrisKhans]

Well just like we don't beat Flu, we survive it.

[@FathinLuqmanTantowi]

@B M *for now, but otherwise we won't live to care

[@codename495]

We have never beat any viruses, we prevent them or we survive them.

[@kayligo]

B M we, humanity as a whole, yes. But every person who died mattered to somebody and should have gotten to have a full life.

[@DominatingDrew]

I love how there's an empty box of Corona Extra in the top right corner.

[@southernkatrina8161]

Planted there especially methinks!

[@quadracycle4000]

I think its full

[@TheyCalledMeT]

empty? it is untouched, you can see a bottle from the side

[@MrOliver1312]

@@southernkatrina8161 no shit XD

[@jonhelmer8591]

I've got a Corona 4 pack exactly the same in my kitchen. The trick is not to open your case of Corona.

[@Skag_Sisyphus]

The corona virus nurse dance video is the best video I have ever seen. I love the look of apathy and bored frustration on the faces of many of the nurses. It's a masterpiece

[@gymdis]

Going to the hospital just for the common cold might also be a good way of getting infected with the actual SARS-CoV-19 from someone else in the waiting line.

[@vincentconti3633]

Who goes to the hospital for a cold? I have had the flu many times as well as my wife and kids over the years. We never went to a doctor!

[@aqua5802]

After washing my hands multiple times a day, my hands look like that of an 80 year old's. Dry af.

[@iyana8234]

Better than spreading germs and not being safe

[@sailorcandy6633]

Mine always look like that

[@eccentricentertainment3588]

Use Vaseline or essential oil afterward as a moisturizer.

[@E_MZ_]

Aqua moisturize after! Dry cracked hands are more difficult to sanitize

[@codename495]

Lotion. Something made for chapped hands, some with urea are wonderful. Do not put essential oils on your skin. They are concentrated and made for potpourri not skin.

[@TheSciFiTherapist]

Love this so much-the ending is great! Thanks!

[@abydosianchulac2]

I realize there was a lot of focus on the topic at hand when this came out, but it cannot be allowed that we not rave over that blazer. Excellent jacket, doctor!

[@davidcarlin1979]

Thanx for the optimism, we need more sources like you to keep the public together!

[@W.L.Customs]

“A lot of you are still not getting the message about washing your hands.” Priceless quote, as New Yorkers need to get this message through their minds.

[@Jw000]

Glad to see someone like you informing people on the virus. Much better to hear your calm approach than the mainstream media’s mass hysteria induction. Very informative video :)

[@diyeana]

Corona, beer, facts, and songs. This is the best video yet!

[@politereminder6284]

So glad you joined the internet doctors in talking about this. I find most of them difficult to watch, but you are entertaining and your videos are fun

[@StumpyMason_]

"..Delicate social butterfly.." yes yes go on..

[@jeremyboughtono2]

He is one of those medical people with terminal hubris.

[@yannisconstantinides7767]

I did NOT expect this video to end with a bop.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

This video was well - done! And thank you for the update, the methods of attack, the progress of vaccines, and especially the hand - washing videos! Your best videos are the ones that have the least editing. You are a very good speaker and explainer. Keep those great videos coming. Coronavirus affects the heart? Well, yes, if it affects the lungs, the first organ outside the lungs _would_ be the heart!

[@camd3673]

Love what you have done with the anatomic skeleton model, reminds me of some people I know..

[@Mixima101]

If anything good comes out of this virus, I hope we become more connected as a planet, having all suffered through something this bad together.

[@JoM934]

Yea fat chance. My biggest fear is nothing will change

[@dickmcwienersonIII]

Ya, that didn't seem to be what played out. We're more divided.

Me: I see that Corona Beer case on the video. Captain America: I understood that reference.

[@paxundpeace9970]

Me too.

[@nitsujyeliab3866]

Me three.

[@TheMissMaggs]

As someone who has moderate persistent asthma, IgA and IgM deficiency, and is generally high-risk when it comes to these issues: THANK YOU! I can't tell you how often people laugh or roll their eyes at me when I stress the importance of hand washing. It took me time to realize that I need to take certain steps to get sick less often. Washing your hands frequently, not touching your face, and avoiding sick people has helped me a ton! I went from getting serious infections every 3-4 months to getting them only 1-2 times a year by taking that advice seriously. I do hope that COVID-19 will get more people on board with these simple yet significant measures.

[@Mjiujtsu]

I've been using KZbin for years, but this might be my favourite ending to a video ever

[@mrwedge18]

Time traveler confirms corona virus is still around in may

[@EncoreVGC]

I have a question: With people being able to be tested positive for the virus for up to 30 days after contact why do countries (or atleast here in The Netherlands) still use a 14 day quarantine period?

[@MedlifeCrisis]

14 days is thought to be the median. But the honest answer is it's a fairly arbitrarily chosen length of time

[@helantopia]

14 days is the likely incubation period so if you had contact with someone with corona or were travelling after 14 days you should start showing symptoms so if you are still 100% okay after the 14 days you probably don't have it. At least that's the only context in which I have heared the 14 day quarantine mentioned

[@veralenora4033]

@Trigger Troll I thumbed-down not because I dislike you're comment, but because I am horrified by your comment.

[@senselessnothing]

14 days because politicians don't have the balls to demand more.

[@ranbymonkeys2384]

@@MedlifeCrisis Yup, nothing like guess work from the professionals. What you don't know, blow it all out of proportion to the point were people beat the hell out of each other for toilet paper. The CDC and the MEDIA are pieces of shit, I will say that and not arbitrarily either.

[@AcuraAddicted]

Great content and clear delivery mixed with some humour, thank you! It's great to see that not everything is gloom and doom.

[@darkfafi]

To be honest, you stating the other videos are legit already gave the info they gave a green light. But hearing the info from you anyways still adds a lot. I, as many, trust your videos. Thank you for making this.

[@andymorgan6644]

But how much toilet paper do I need to stockpile!!!

[@borkborkfoxxo279]

Are we talking domestic toilet paper or import? The import has a better flavor overall but there are some high dollar domestics that do the job

[@madil2259]

2 rolls per week for a family of four.

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

I guess that would depend on how much food you have stockpiled... I find most cases and extra roll will do

[@rahmansani92]

None if you simply use water + your hand and wash your hand afterwards. :^)

[@Stereochemistry]

Wash your ass, works better than the tp alone.

[@klausgartenstiel4586]

this video might get viral.

[@hebrewwolf6540]

Finally some Doctuber responded to this important matter. Thanks

[@sph6908]

Wolfsschanze wolf MedCram has been doing tor ages

[@zwerko]

That Corona 6-pack package in the background... cheeky!

[@vincentconti3633]

I am an outlier...69! I just got over the flu. My lungs are still congested. The closest case is Ecuador. Nothing diagnosed in Peru yet. I'm hunkerin' down....about seven blocks to the mercado...nada mas...but it is crowded with people.... nobody concerned in Lima yet.

[@midlanowhere7660]

Hey Vincent...I feel your pain. I had bronchitis for Christmas...thank you, Santa.

[@majormarketing6552]

You must assume this will last a year with few people still running around with it

[@vincentconti3633]

@@majormarketing6552 I'm not worried about myself. I wouldn't want to pass it on!

[@alanguile8945]

I'm 68 so I'll have to stop watching! Dam these age restrictions😂.

[@Knifa]

Thanks for making this! I'm so spooked so it's good to get a trustworthy summary.

[@JeremiCzarnecki]

Recorded on May 5th and yet I am watching this in March 2020! The magic of timeshifting!

[@midlanowhere7660]

The fact that we have so many deaths from "flu" each year tells me folks just don't engage in general protective practices. But maybe this will encourage people to wash their hands, etc. Also, don't think your audience ends with 50YOs. I'm 67 and I refuse to quit learning. Thanks for your show.

[@novanettle7497]

I think seasonal flu cases could be lower this time around, simlpy because people are washing their hands more now. I even got my flu shot just yesterday, not because it will do anything about covid19, but at least I'm less likely to burden the health care system even more with a case of the flu. They do have similar symptoms after all. And seasonal flu also really sucks, and we HAVE a vaccine for that - might aswell use it.

[@Elite7555]

@@novanettle7497 That's the right attitude. I don't understand people dismissing the dangers of Covid-19. Even if it weren't more dangerous than the seasonal flu, isn't the flu alone bad enough? Does it really need an all year round sibling?

[@kachnickau]

The world will after this year have the most epic collection of hand washing videos :-D

[@otiebrown9999]

Excellent review. Thanks!

[@jackvanden-plas4366]

your channel gives me hope. You are doing a great job thank you, from South Africa.

[@exphurtfan]

"Avoid touching your face" **Has head resting on hand** 0-0

[@tonyhussey3610]

I'm bummed as I like licking the window when I'm on the bus..I guess I better not do that anymore ??

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Try the tyres - the rubber is antibacterial. That kills viruses, right?

[@kevcatnip7589]

spacca

[@barbh1]

Dr. John Campbell puts out two videos per day and he is a great source of necessary information.

[@cahenglish]

That video from Vietnam is GOLD

[@lottievixen]

I actually have a question for once does having asthma make respiratory complications more likely? my uneducated opinion is yes but it would be nice to know

[@OutOfNamesToChoose]

Bump! I want to know, too

[@lottievixen]

@@OutOfNamesToChoose Thank you

[@HellFire4gZ]

Severe ashtmatic here. At least on my personal experience it makes even a simple flu much worse. My ashtma is pretty serious though, so I might be an odd case. If I dont take care of myself, being sick makes my ashtma attacks flare up more often, and the ashtma attacks make me feel even more sick, so it just spirals until I start taking meds

[@borkborkfoxxo279]

Of course it depends, but inflammation in the lungs in general will worse respiratory symptoms of anything you get. You might have a higher chance of acquiring bacterial follow-on infections, or of a more severe pneumonia than someone else your age, weight, and health minus asthma. Don't trust me though, I'm just a dude

[@munirahbakar4123]

Yes, unfortunately.

[@valeriavagapova]

10:00 the dudes in the corners with zero sense of rhythm are speaking to my soul

[@thinhvo3904]

Corona and influenza are my topics at school, you did a very great job covering the topic!

[@KeppyKep]

RIP monetisation Thanks for the video though, really looking forward to the rest of the series. With so much misinformation out there I'm glad to hear from someone I trust (who's also entertaining)

[@Claxiux]

The end song is by a Mexican artists called Mr Cumbia. He says his name at the very end of the snippet you used ;)

[@ickyuk]

Question on Self-Isolation: If a member of a family is required to self-isolate, does that mean that everyone in the house also needs to be 'locked away'? I am seeing differing messages on this, and getting a somewhat more sensible answer would be greatly appreciated.

[@Ultrazaubererger]

If you have to be in the same room with them or touch the same things as them, you are very likely to get infected.

[@Lucaazade]

Somewhat bizarrely, the advice (from the NHS) is that if someone you live with is advised to self-isolate, if they&you are not showing symptoms, you don't need to - www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/common-questions/

[@ickyuk]

I think we've got the proverbial nail. NHS advice is you don't need to, but common sense suggests that you should.

[@ickyuk]

Right. Should be ok as long as the Mrs and I don't get it at the same time.

[@hkr667]

Our government says no as well. Which completely contradicts every other bit of information we know.

[@jessqinn7702]

Brilliant. Just brilliant

[@johntziannis359]

I'm glad some people have a sense of humour at a time like this. Dancing and making songs.

[@foxtrotuniformcharliekilo8949]

Did anyone notice the beer in the background?

[@FernandoChaves]

"Vaccines normally take the better party of a decade to make." Research into these vaccines started in the 1980's. The first successful phase one human trial of a coronavirus vaccine was conducted by the US in 2016. We create new flu vaccines every year (very different type of vaccine). The statement about how long it takes to create vaccines has been popularized by several prominent academics. One of the main ones that perpetuated it isn't a clinician at all, not even a biomedical scientist, nor a public health expert. What such people neglected to acknowledge (or maybe didn't know) is that we had a decades long head start already, hence we have multiple vaccines available today.

[@BioLogicalNerd]

I'm wondering if he mispoke and meant "new product" vaccines as opposed to "slightly different variant" :S

[@jacobfeldman8724]

The murs bit good me good bro !! love your work good vibes from Israel

[@Ubeogesh]

I am (figuratively speaking) sick of all the covid talks. But I am excited to see a video about it from you.

[@mitchelldean5397]

Omg you're such a good dancer

[@johnl.7754]

Wow a video from the future “5 May 2020”

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I am the ghost of pandemic yet to come

[@savagedk]

I had to look a second time... "BIG WHOOP" Man, brings me back to my teens when fighting Le'Chuck and Largo :D

[@savagedk]

@@jeremyboughtono2 Im sorry, but i fail to see what a Secret of Monkey Island related t-shirt has to do with your reply...

[@OldMadHatter]

I enjoyed this video and the one you did on ventilators (turns out there was a lot I didn't know about them). I like that you keep politics out of it. I look forward to seeing more.

[@aravindvissamsetty]

0:02 Did you mean to say 5th March?

I'm pretty sure it was on purpose...

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I never learnt months as they're an outdated measurement. I just divide the year into a million equally-sized time compartments.

[@LeoStaley]

@@MedlifeCrisis 1051200 Is much better than 1 million. Cleanly divides the year into 30 second chunks.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

@@LeoStaley You use SECONDS? How delightfully quaint.

[@LeoStaley]

@@MedlifeCrisis I know. Personally, I would prefer switching to a system which subdivide the hour by 72 instead of 60, but that results in 1261440 subdivisions, which is pretty far from your strange base 10 based system.

[@magic_cfw]

Every Health Institution: Don't go near people with obvious symptoms. People: So anyways, I started punching.

[@sailorcandy6633]

So anyways, I started acting like Columbus

[@17momentsofspring]

“How long will this last? Probably a couple of years”. Laughs in Omicron

[@Crugroth]

My favorite part? Your response to the unintended virus pun.

[@patricescattolin43]

Ok, while we have you play an infectious disease doctor: Why are these seasonal? Are the infection seasons reversed for the souther hemisphere?

[@ian1352]

Infection seasons for common influenza and cold are reversed.

[@ragnkja]

Ian And the people who develop flu vaccines each year use information from the Northern Hemisphere to try to predict which strains they need to protect against in the vaccine for the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.

[@covle9180]

10:00 remember to wash your hands before face-palming.

[@hopegold883]

Perfect. This video has it all

[@ratkutti]

The case in the stand at the back, nice.

[@Rudy97]

The best song is called "my corona"

[@Triumph2024.]

I thought of that in the shower on March 1 and started obsessively singing 'Muh muh muh my Corona!' around the house to the horror and consternation of my wife. My point is, I want a cut of the royalties.

[@Steaphany]

That mask you are wearing at the end of the video looks like what characters from Mortal Kombat wear

[@MedlifeCrisis]

FINISH IT! (the video)

[@richardsposit7833]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@lebowski_dude]

Possibly the most humorous coronavirus video we'll see :)

[@geronimo8159]

Question: Is recording your own version of "my sharona" and playing it loudly in your car while driving through the city medically sensible?

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6CaeXVjqNGmo5Y

[@kleinesren7064]

@@MedlifeCrisis goddammit that is stuck in my head now. Thanks, I hate it

[@geronimo8159]

@@MedlifeCrisis I catched that afterwards, was actually a bit sad I wasn't the first 😭

[@GreeGraa]

I think we need Prime Minister Johnson to lead a UK COVID-19 prevention dance to help keep us all safe. Maybe you can choreograph it, Rohin?

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I believe I was put on this earth for this one reason. I'm ready.

[@Stereochemistry]

Please. Do. Please. It will give some sense to the last 4 years of brexit plus PM chain resignation that lead to Johnson Prime Minister. There are too many souls out there asking the mysterious forces of the universe also known as God of which we have no proven existence / lack there of „whyyyyyy“. Rohin choreographing Johnson dance would finally offer a satisfying answer to this torture.

[@ian1352]

He should film it on location in Wuhan.

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

Graa he can ask Teresa she managed to do ABBA

[@louisrorison8457]

He'll just make coronavirus illegal

[@ct2034]

I didn't click on any corona videos before this. And as soon as seeing the top right corner in the background I was sure to have made the right decision! 🤣

[@AbbeyB77]

I was in the third grade when the SARS outbreak in Toronto was at its worst. The local health department made up a song about washing your hands to the tune of 'If you're happy and you know it' and I still remember it to this day.

[@LeoStaley]

*I would rather trust your words than any of my own googling.* I am not qualified to make judgements about this. So Thank you for commenting on this despite it being outside your expertise. The more qualified and trusted doctors giving people basic (not necessarily advanced) information on this, the better.

[@Sakkura1]

3:20 RT-PCR is extremely sensitive, so it may take exceptionally small amounts of viral RNA to make the test positive. A positive result is much more informative in those suspected to be newly infected.

[@humboldthammer]

Think "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", without the duplicates.

[@joemyers83]

Love the Vicodin poster on the wall

[@BauerBeauty]

I’m cryingggggg the songs 😭😭😭😭

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

What amazes me about coronavirus is how many people are just now taking precautions against transmission of diseases. Maybe I’m just more of a germaphobe than most people, but things like washing hands, avoiding touching your face, avoiding touching public surfaces and objects (faucets, doorknobs, handrails, pens/pencils, touchscreens, etc), staying far away from people who are sneezing and coughing, self-isolation when sick, etc., are all things I do all the time. It amazes me to see how many people, say, touch a public doorknob and go about their day as if they don’t now have a super dirty hand. If the doorknob was covered in literal poop, would you touch it without feeling gross and needing to wash your hands? No! So why are you treating the doorknob as clean just because the billions of microbes on it are too small for you to see? Makes no sense

[@ellam3659]

We get it you're amazing and we're all disgusting pigs because we touched a doorknob and then didn't boil our hand

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Sky Dome incorrect. A behaviour is considered a mental problem only when it detrimentally affects your ability to function. If I was too afraid to even touch a doorknob, and so couldn’t do activities that required touching one, that would be a mental illness. But I don’t have that problem. I still touch doorknobs all the time. I’m just aware that my hands are dirty and don’t stick my fingers in my nose, eyes, or mouth as a result. On the flip side, your lack of germaphobia increases your risk of physical illness, so who’s the real winner here?

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Sky Dome again, I don’t run to wash my hands every time I touch something or every 5 seconds of whatever people with OCD do. Instead, I’m aware of germs and treat my hands as dirty if they are. I wash my hands when appropriate, not all day. You’re making assumptions that aren’t true to justify your reasoning that I must have a mental problem.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Sky Dome my behaviour is not compulsive, so it can’t be OCD by definition. You didn’t straight up accuse me of having it, but you strongly implied that I might have it. Same thing, really. And even after I stated that I don’t compulsively wash my hands, you keep claiming it sounds like I have OCD and am denying it. As if you somehow know me from a few internet comments better than I know myself. I looked at both links you sent. The first one goes on and on about how I should have dermatitis, discolouration, etc, which I don’t (can’t share a picture on KZbin, but I wish I could show you my hands-they’re fine). The second link states in a clearly marked separate text box “Germaphobia often leads to excessive hand washing. If the need to wash your hands begins to interfere with your daily life, you may have developed OCD.” And I already told you my germaphobia does not lead to excessive hand washing and does not interfere with my daily life. Yet, you still think I have it, which means you didn’t read your own source. As for how chemicals in soap are worse than germs, please provide a link. When I Google search that exact phrase, all the links talk about how antibacterial soap is bad, and I never use antibacterial soap because i already know it’s bad. After you provide a link about soap being worse than germs, I agree this conversation is over.

[@tatijanacaldrmoska9418]

I've seen women in public toilet's who gone to toilet and haven't washed there hands with soapy water. As soon I've gone to bathroom i wash my hands with soap and water

[@tinajefferies5682]

Yes, I’ve seen that too. Also, in 2019, I was returning home on a flight. Our seats were right at the back, in front of the toilets. I was astonished at the number of times I heard the flush and immediately after, the door opened. Mainly men though. Most men have no idea that lifting the toilet seat and touching the flush (both major sources of urine and faeces germs) requires they was their hands after peeing. They think that because they don’t ‘wipe’ themselves, there is no need to wash their hands. After Covid, those disgusting people who didn’t wash their hands after using the toilet before, will no doubt revert back to not doing it again.

[@nonegiven3814]

20/20 or 60 minutes yearszzzzz ago did a story on toilet bowl spray--->-6ft put the lid down before flushing, wear a mask at public toilets to avoid spray of everyone before you.

[@I_JxR]

The Coronas on the background are a nice touch

[@rebekahallen6188]

Gotta love dancing nurses! Made my day.

[@kevcatnip7589]

Britains nightmare,,,,no family visits and the inevitable shit stirring and fallouts,,,what a nightmare

[@EljinRIP]

I see that chubbyemu in the back, noice

[@zicada7661]

Some questions I'm having a hard time finding answers to: * Of the dead so far, how many would likely also have died as a result of seasonal flu or the common cold * Are criteria for determining cause of death the same with new viruses like COVID, SARS and MERS, and those of seasonal flu and common cold ? * When somebody dies who have pre-existing conditions, how can we say the cause of death was the virus infection and not something else ? What if somebody is infected 5 minutes before they would have died anyway, would that count as having died from the virus ?

[@MedlifeCrisis]

These are good questions. COVID-19 is the disease, SARS-CoV-2 is the virus. To have COVID-19 you need to test positive for the virus *AND* have symptoms of the disease, so the diagnosis is made by healthcare staff. If you come in with a heart attack and happen to test positive for the virus but do not have 'flu type symptoms, and then die, your cause of death will not be recorded as COVID-19. But if you come in with pneumonia and test positive, it probably will. So there is a judgement call, but in practice it's not too hard to determine who has it and whether it contributed to death. Your first question is a little harder to answer as there is no way of knowing when a person would've died otherwise nor from what, but it is not accurate to say that this is "as deadly as flu" because the mortality rate, ie how many people with the disease go on to die, is much higher than 'flu. However, because 'flu is so widespread and common, it is still causing way more deaths worldwide, as it does every year. So, bottom line, the vast majority of dead from COVID-19 were unwell to begin with and might've died soon, but I don't think there is any doubt in most cases that the virus accelerated their demise.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

@@MedlifeCrisis in my country there are people with no symptoms that tested positive and counted as one with covid-19. they were tested because they came in contact with others infected or came with a plane from a area with many infected. So, "AND have symptoms of the disease" is simply not true.

[@melanieketchum3754]

Daniela d His point was that whether the death is designated as a “COVID-19 death” depends on symptoms. If you are not showing symptoms and are just a carrier, and you die, it won’t be deemed as a result of the virus. Look into the difference between manner of death (there is only FIVE) and the mechanism of death (could be asphyxiation due to pneumonia). They aren’t the same thing from a medical perspective and can alter whether the person officially died as a direct result of the virus or if they just died while infected with the virus.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

@@melanieketchum3754 This is literally what he said "To have COVID-19 you need to test positive for the virus AND have symptoms of the disease, ". And I argued that you can test positive and NOT have symptoms and they count you as one that has COVID 19.

[@melanieketchum3754]

Daniela d My point was that he’s talking about how deaths are counted as being a result of the disease. The distinction of whether the disease killed you is directly related to whether you have symptoms or not. If you’re asymptomatic but test positive, you’re a carrier - you may develop symptoms of you may not. It’s a semantic difference but still important when distinguishing how the deaths from COVID-19 are determined.

[@remmyv1602]

Excellent info Doctor, thankyou.

[@jamesf8864]

My new favourite KZbinr 😀

[@lyngs]

So, dancing and hand washing keeps this virus at bay?

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Mostly dancing tbh. bUt ThE cDc WoN't TeLl YoU tHaT

[@RICDirector]

@@MedlifeCrisis Depends on how you dance. Ever see some of the really odd ones from the 80's? Flying feet and elbows!

[@toriduff2683]

March 2021, just 11 months on and are living out a worst-case scenario...rapid mutations beginning to defy vaccines

[@xyzzyb]

Love this channel, love this info, and LOVE your Monkey Island fandom!

[@blink11101]

Mate, that little spin was top haha