Monkeypox

[@DGlaucomflecken]

So…this certainly didn’t age well

[@brianhood2363]

Oh hi. Lol. Just found your channel and binged an hour's worth

[@ivorjawa]

I’m sure monkey polio is harmless.

[@beth8775]

@@ivorjawa You got me. I had to go check, despite knowing that it would make no sense.

[@Nick-pb2ge]

Please stop making the rest come through! I trust ID has it singlehandedly covered

[@nontaliemorrow]

The whole time I was thinking that this would be way funnier if it wasn’t actually happening 🫠

[@DGlaucomflecken]

I simply cannot emphasize enough that I’m an ophthalmologist and have no idea what I’m talking about

[@TheAccidentalViking]

How can I die of monkey pox. asking for a friend

[@cockatielnation5425]

Turns out there's a parrot pox... Pacheco's disease or Psittacid alphaherpesvirus 1. Devastating to birds in the parrot family. Just thought ID would like to know... 😬

[@cloudstalker8956]

thx i didn't know that

[@alexricky87]

That's what you want us to think?! 🤔🤔🤔

[@lipov7083]

A minute of silence for the people who don't scroll into the comments.

[@vanntooot]

I heard he dealt with smallpox by infecting smallpox with smallerpox and it eradicated itself

[@hollywhatley5510]

Best comment so far

[@haleymist09]

SmallERpox hahahahahaahah

[@steffinistalos4665]

Excellent work. Keep it up. 😷

[@kylegaddison709]

Perfection. Absolute perfection.

[@matasa7463]

"I used the pox to destroy the pox."

[@shellyrae777]

Love how he’s drinking shots of hospital cranberry juice telling old war stories 😂

[@shalanefriesen5036]

Seriously, comedic gold.

[@rayleonard7820]

i was wondering what he was drinking

[@smiletolife4353]

@@rayleonard7820 me too

[@bkane573]

Cranberry Vodka

[@pauldegregorio6432]

Like Quint talking about the USS Indianapolis in Jaws.

[@kathycarbone7545]

Thank you for your portrayal of ID docs. As a retired ID doc myself I loved going through thick charts. I loved the fact that 1/3 of our consults ended up not being infectious etiologies, so we had to be good generalists. We once diagnosed a pneumonia on a patient by seeing a pigeon breeders magazine on his bedside table. He had psittacosis, of course. 😎

[@giggabiite4417]

what a legend 🥺

[@WarriorPocky]

irl House MD lol!

[@vtheb1299]

Omg Dr House is real!

[@marykemen3110]

Love it!

[@SraTacoMal]

Lol, when I returned from my year abroad, pigeons had taken to my balcony to roost. My aunt wouldn't even let me go out there for fear of the p-word.

[@DavianPrime]

4 years from now: "Ya know, I saw a KZbin video a while back predicting this exact scenario."

[@wocket42]

How did it take for delta and omicron to mix and mingle in a host? 6 months?

[@not.so.social]

Please not the super pandemic part😩

[@annieh1315]

Yeesh. I was telling my brother about the ability of viruses to meld through antigenic shift, potentially creating a super virus...but I was talking about flu and covid at the time. Not sure if it's truly possible with monkey pox and covid, but I hope not!

[@dlbstl]

That long?

[@andrewd7860]

Monkey corona pox? Please I doubt that will fly. It’s a stupid freaking name, no one will believe that shit. What? Faucci will come out saying it’s a super virus and now back to mask wearing and to wear long sleeves and gloves in the summer so we don’t touch other people skin? 😂 😂 It’s easier not to follow the “rules”

[@zoeshimizo5086]

I love how in every video infectious disease is the coolest kid in the room that everyone looks up to

[@Ajehy]

And is terrified of.

[@maxi1ification]

@@Ajehy Which is specially funny since, with the exception of whenever they're lecturing others about improper antibiotic prescription, infectious disease specialists tend to be chill dudes, not unlike in this vid. At least from my experience

[@Wawagirl17]

My mom was in the hospital recently and in her phone call updates kept referencing infectious disease doctors visiting her room, and in my head all I kept picturing was Dr. Glauc's version saying in a smooth as silk voice, "Pharmacy, I got bugs to kill." (From "Bill Orders Antibiotics")

[@saulogomez673]

@@Wawagirl17 I'm loving that now we are making references of previous videos ;D now we are officially a fandom hehe

[@knieveljaja]

@@maxi1ification oh we chill

[@revenevan11]

I love how when he said he'd seen every type of pox and was listing them, he left out chicken pox! 🤣

[@Donnah1979]

Too small to mention? 😅

[@sarahb7626]

That's because infectious disease knows that chickenpox isn't a pox virus, it's a herpes virus. He'd never make that kind of rookie mistake.

[@snowmonster42]

@@sarahb7626 Just Thursday NPR did a story on the last case of Smallpox in Indonesia in 1980 (or 1981?), so there's no way ID ever saw a case of it, which I also took as part of the joke.

[@garysandiego]

@@sarahb7626 Sarah…are you ID? 🧐

[@rambam23]

@@sarahb7626 But in that case he forgot molluscum.

[@FaeZae-McBear]

"We were the monkeys the whole time"

[@IRLTheGreatZarquon]

The fact that this is potentially true really hits different

[@amylandry4108]

😢

[@masterkixana6852]

Get played or wake up ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭

[@sarah3246327]

Bringing me back to Planet of the Apes

[@keltaruusutravels4024]

That was a great line.

[@chaosbringer5248]

Taking "Reject Humanity, Return to Monke" meme to a whole new level.

[@bogdanlevi]

Random chimp event.

[@surgeon888]

[The Primate event is now beginning]

[@Flow-no4kq]

"He won pulitzer prize for his notes" lmfao

[@katla_phc]

As a public health professional, infectious disease is easily my favorite character (with burnt out CDC worker right after that).

[@storydates]

“His histories were so good he gave Ken Burns imposter syndrome” 😂

[@AstarteElviraLyana]

His note winning Pulitzer prizes got me.

[@yunicelennar7626]

Eh, I was worried as it was. Now I wanna cry. Hope Jonathan saves us all.

[@SolPhantasmagoria]

_Brisk Nod_

[@barbarabreadman2373]

He will 👍

[@herbertcrawford9634]

Jonathan's already testing a homebrew vaccine on himself.

[@noknowncomorbidities]

You remember the two Jonathans nodding and acknowledging that the plan is set in motion? What do you think the plan was, if not this.

[@yunicelennar7626]

@@noknowncomorbidities oh no-

[@shaguftahaque]

Love the context and plot. An entire story within 3 minutes, a positively horrific one too. You're really getting into the storytelling groove!

[@brooklynredbird3298]

I used to work with an ID doctor and he was just like this!! Everyone was intimidated by him but he was such a cool guy. Super smart and nice. 😊

[@JamillaF91]

It'll be fine. We've shown as a society we're really good at self isolation and preventing disease spread...

[@Sintakhra]

Oh god we’re doomed.

[@ShiroKage009]

This one has ugly blisters all over. It'll be easier lol.

[@nofarchen9691]

😂💯

[@rockspoon6528]

As long as people reject the moronic 'preventative measures' which clearly don't work like lockdowns, isolation, and masking and focus on positive aspects like improving personal health through routine exercise, sufficient sleep, and a balanced diet while also simply staying the fuck home when they're actually sick... we'll be fine.

[@hugostiglitz9864]

@@rockspoon6528 Heresy! Don't worry...for another $50 billion, Pfizer will save us.

[@amandalynn7063]

I'm going to get so much work done while I'm awake at night worrying about Monkey Corona Pox. Thanks, Doc!

[@karenk2409]

I'm a regular idiot, but aren't these two different kinds of viruses? Can they mate?

[@amandalynn7063]

@@karenk2409 You're not an idiot and I dont think they can mate (combine). There can be different strains of a virus as it mutates (and two different strains of the same virus can combine to form a new subtype), but two separate ones don't. Yet. Also this is two years old and I'm pretty sure I was making a joke.

[@kevinm4701]

Love these characters, character growth and development. Truly amazing workmanship keep up the good work

[@GiantCradle]

Thank you for bringing back ID! I've loved his personality since "The Closer." Would like to see his character development Edit: also I don't see ID going to therapy - maybe because he's perfect

[@珮池]

Love ID too🥰

[@OGimouse1]

ID hasn't been to therapy because rumor has it he made the sensitive therapist insensitive

[@panache1127]

Once dated an ID Dr. They are indeed the most mentally sound people ever.

[@PWLfr]

His counseling should just be the therapist reading his note the whole time

[@meineliebste]

@@OGimouse1 he made the therapist resistant.

[@Tinuviel1379]

Doc, I'm a pharmacy student. You reinforce my desire to specialize in infectious disease, but I'll have to update my sunglasses. Thanks for the laughs!

[@cassiaprior453]

A true comedian can make the existential crisis of a nation into a hilarious joke. Sir, you are, indeed, a true comedian. *tilts hat to salute*

[@JediMaestr0]

That Ken Burns line was absolutely masterful

[@paulperlock8949]

The Ken Burns line took me out 🤣🤣🤣 Great job!

[@amandamaffa5348]

Comedy gold. Thank you for highlighting the essential contributions of different departments. Much love for our infectious disease colleagues. Stay safe out there and wash your hands!!

[@michaelagostino5992]

I'm a 3rd year about to start my clinical rotations and every time I see one of your videos about infectious disease it makes me want to do a rotation with them.

[@FrauDoktorDoctor]

You absolutely should! I always had fun on ID consults, and the microbiology and pharmacology are hella useful almost no matter what field you end up specializing in. (I'm now mostly a primary care doc. )

[@108Jed]

The Ken Burns riff displays what incredible writing Dr G and his team can do in addition to his physical comedy. Seriously good comedy writing is a rare and beautiful thing.

[@sallybells8357]

Thought it was a joke too back in 2017, till it showed up on my medical exams in Nigeria.

[@rebeccagoris1855]

This is perfection. Drama, suspense, comedy - brilliant!

[@annmarieknapp2480]

Doc thanks to you I want to call my colleagues at work by their specialties or fields. I work in psych department at a university. My colleagues include one Cognitive, three behavioral, and me, Neuro. Just today I caught up with Early Elementary Education and my neighbor near my office, Social Work. We've got Electrical engineering next door to Historian, and Biomedical Sciences. The sad thing this so much sense to me now!

[@tracyinotterspace1641]

✨New Fear Unlocked✨Monkey Corona Pox?! Could that be an actual thing or was that a joke?

[@j_skye7291]

No. That happens if both viruses infect the same person and a virus particle picks up genetic material from both. That's only likely if the two viruses are of the same species or closely related. The genetic material of poxviruses is DNA, coronaviruses have RNA. They're completely incompatible.

[@karieweetjewel1829]

I really don't know....

[@arno7163]

From what I read, yes it is. Its called Antigenic shift. Now I'm worried

[@sekarnaradhita4498]

who knows?

[@Terovi]

It's a joke. They have different genomes (SARS-CoV-2 is a RNA-virus, Monkeypox virus a DNA-virus). But influenza A can combine different subtypes of itself the way he describes.

[@mattwood2701]

I didn't know that a skit could be this funny as well as this deeply concerning at the same time. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[@amylynn3821]

I love you for having him give a lecture every time someone prescribes a z-pack. I don't think I've prescribed azithromycin in 2-3 years because of resistance and I am so tired of patients requesting it and the urgent cares doling it out like candy.

[@cpete2976]

Wow Doc. You hit it out of the comedy ballpark every time. Every time! Thanks for the laughs with every video. 👏

[@amyoung101]

It was the zooming in and close shot of infectious disease for me! 😂😂😂

[@SobelPromotions]

Jonathan can cure Monkey Pox. Just saying. #TeamJonathan

[@drnope316]

So what I’m getting is that Infectious Disease is the Chuck Norris of the medical community.

[@savannahsudweeks9584]

Part of me wants to laugh at the punch line, but another part of me is like “this decade has already been so cursed, and I don’t want to jinx things any further”

[@philcourteney4328]

“Don’t say I didn’t warn ya” well f**k Doc, I really hope for all our sakes that ages well 🤣😂🤣

[@Justanotherpersonontheinternet]

Idk why, but I read the title as “Money pox” but that’s just the American Healthcare system.

[@word6344]

*too real*

[@aduiel]

Underrated comment

[@JohnMushitu]

Winning a Pulitzer prize just for consult notes? Respect! 🔥

[@BooglePoots]

As someone who's watched the "Lockdown" episode arc from ER, I concur that mutated monkeypox are no fun. On an unrelated note, I'm _seriously_ craving some grape juice now

[@nater88dawg]

Can we all just take a moment and appreciate those pouring skills for that cranberry shot?

[@adoculos4521]

What about the ones that didn't make the final cut?😁

[@jessicac.9324]

Not the Monkey Corona Pox! We'll have to see what the CDC will say about this, Jimothy better be ready!

[@panache1127]

No idea I could laugh so hard and cry at the same time.

[@Swiminatub]

Surprised they didn’t say “the real thing you should fear is antibiotic resistance.”

[@jworthy4438]

🤣🤣 I don't think you get this channel. You'd have to go through medical school to understand the jokes. Btw definitely fear antibiotic resistance whenever you hear a friend stopping their antibiotics bc they feel better and they no longer "need them"

[@anacoanagoldenflower]

@@jworthy4438 I definitely haven't gone through med school (I'm a therapist instead) but I love his videos, and I think that's actually a huge strength of it, how he can write things in an understandable way that's funny even to people who aren't in the medical field! @Daniellle I'm sure antibiotic resistance will be involved soon, I can't think of any of his videos that do bring it up right now, but I'd be surprised if absolutely none did. Something else for Infectious Disease to tell war stories about while taking shots of hospital juice!

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

We have bacteriophage though

[@AccidentalNinja]

Yes, viruses being resistant to antibiotics is a major concern... (I think that would have been a good joke to add.)

[@PinHeadSupliciumwtf]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 "we" as in the country of Georgia. Or have there been any noteworthy developments in the us or Europe? All I've heard of some french institute but since they'd rather die than publish in English i haven't read anything yet.

[@karyon1007]

Everything about this is perfection. The Ken Burns reference is particularly fantastic!😆❤️

[@Grace-zd6ic]

Omg, love the ID doc. I just started working as an infection prevention intern, and the ID docs literally know everything. It’s so cool.

[@Bestbirths]

“He won a purlitzer prize for his consult notes”😂😂😂😂

[@drilonzeka4889]

and it's not until we're standing over the ashes of a once greate society that we realize we were the monkeys the whole time. Love it!

[@victorbasta7359]

Outstanding! And couldn't be more timely.

[@sardarmuhammadimrankhan2177]

Please make a " Neurosurgeon vs Neurologist " video . You make our day as always 💕

[@Tkiller0081]

I love how this skit could have taken place entirely in a bar and Doc I-D woulda been midkey in his place to be. Rugged veteran of the field, if only we could see what he can see, the horrors our hubris would yield

[@yorkiesweetpea23]

"won a Pulitzer Prize for his consult notes" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 total GOLD

[@paulaclark9729]

Because of this, I searched the internet to see if there is such a thing as whale pox. I was totally freaked out to find out there is. Thanks to you Dr. Glaucomflecken I will never swim in the ocean again, for fear of becoming a gigantic total body whale pock.

[@oogoball14]

The hospital grape juice... in a shot glass! I'm so dead 🤣🤣

[@Thebest_vids]

The ID doctor is so good because it's so accurate! Some of the smartest doctors I've ever known and generally all around nicest people!

[@msrjjon]

Glad the good doctor placed a disclaimer saying he is an ophthalmologist. Monkeypox is actually transmitted from rodents, like squirrels and such. It got its name because the disease was discovered on a group of monkeys.

[@Hilly_LittleFeatheryCorner]

Outbreak (1995) 2: Electric Boogalooo

[@angelfernando5327]

Infectious Disease is like that old wise mentor character who warns the main characters of what to become before entering a horror movie scenario 😂😂😂

[@arillusine]

I love ID. Even when he’s prophesying monkey corona pox. Time to add a new anxiety to the list for this year…

[@lekbeidahmedzeidane7834]

Dr G, that Speech about the aches and Monkey was Fricking awsome 😂😂

[@stefanp89]

You're the best thing since "Scrubs".

[@PaulGaither]

Not a high bar to climb.

[@Abhishek-ku8zt]

I am addicted to your video's . I am going to watch every video as many time as i can

[@chrismeyer7696]

His consult notes won a pulitzer..... I'm dying. Then the whalepox

[@mariab306]

He's sense of humor is on point, yet the inevitability is palpable, this joke makes me tense

[@blarue1]

The thought of whale pox vesicles the size of a head is so disgusting, but I'd absolutely watch that vesicle popping video 🐋 🐳

[@philipstevenson5166]

it is funny, but it's not a vesicle with poxviruses, and lesion size doesn't relate to host size

[@superjello3979]

As a vet tech, this makes me think of abscesses in large animal. In small animal, you just lance and flush on a wet sink. In equine, you get a bucket ready because it's gonna be full. 🤣

[@panzermk8]

I love how he says “infectious disease” with the same inflection as “Bartholomew banks, Private equity”

[@missydiamond9310]

The hospital juice was a nice touch

[@redrobin2682]

Finnaly!!! Infectious disease!! My favorite!! Hope this becomes a whole storyline with him. Please do that!xD

[@sarahk2722]

"His histories gave Ken Burns impostor syndrome" LOLOLOLOL

[@heatheryarbrough5255]

You make me guffaw. No a teehee, not giggle, not a laugh but a big ol’ belly bust in’ guffaw🤣

[@chunt5584]

I love this cow boy ID personality 🤣

[@lyllyanweiss2741]

I work in LTC facilities, and been working with prevention of Monkey Pox. I started laughing at the beginning and by the end was thrown into a crisis. 🤣🤣🤣

[@dylutant]

I lost it at giving impostor syndrome to Ken Burns

[@kellybicknell2]

Virology here. Had pretty much this conversation about monkeypox with surgery and nephrology in a meeting yesterday. Lots of jokes... That's how it starts 😮

[@jaeheecho9446]

He's a prophet ahead of our time

[@Filterdissman]

“We were the monkeys the whole time.” I KNEW IT!!!

[@D4n1t0o]

Usually your videos make me laugh. Today, I leave your channel fearful 😰

[@PainRack]

It's a joke. We already have a vaccine for monkeypox. Although nobody will like the big ass needle for it.....

[@adashofmadness6455]

I know this is a sketch but damn, feels like a horror story

[@karenk2409]

I've done a history research paper on the 1918 influenza pandemic. I am totally respectful of the Infectious Disease doc.

[@bananasunshine]

I was laughing at the "we are the monkeys afterall" and then he hit me with the possibility of a joint pandemic 💀

[@joanhoffman3702]

Hilarious and terrifying at the same time! 🤣 Well done, sir!

[@Beeheeheee]

This aged HORRENDOUSLY

[@yougosquishnow]

Drinking hospital grape juice out of a shot glass...respect!

[@asdf-gh8vd]

Dude... No... You know this would totally happen now... 😭 You just jinxed the entire world.

[@TheHuskyIsabella]

This is exactly what I said lol 😆

[@wryandwatchful]

“Vesicles the size of your head” 😂 😂 😂

[@eddieherman4599]

Chicken pox, swine pox, monkey pox, Influenza, COVID - UNITE!

[@kkonz4027]

You nailed the Zpak prescribing habits of most physicians! LOL

[@Totallynormalvideos]

Bro done predicted the future💀💀😭

[@debbieporter6581]

Thank God for the humor in your videos. The world is such a disaster right now, only your ability to laugh at it keeps me going. Take care. Enjoy your weekend.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

I love how no one questioned that he somehow treated smallpox at some point

[@philipstevenson5166]

yeah, because once you get it there is no treatment; of course there still are supplies of smallpox around the world and wouldn't be surprising if the odd military lab infection had occurred in USSR

[@Cornu341]

@@philipstevenson5166 we are melting the permafrost in Siberia with our climate change. It might be we defrosted one of the older strands and it found some hosts.

[@ItsViolaRose]

The tinfoil lid hospital juice shot 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@haleymist09]

Someone just GIVE Dr. G a Streamy or Webby award. This is 🏆

[@janellfrizzo9443]

You are hilarious and nail every skit with truth! 😳😂😂

[@msoperator510]

Give the good Dr. a banana 🍌 😂

[@crittysmelody8520]

When infectious disease said "monkey corona pox", I spit out my food🤣🤣🤣

[@JDM_MSK]

Don’t forget the stash of ice cream 🍨 cups at the nursing station !

[@harshanap7601]

Pan sensitive pseudo line was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂

[@CP281]

When I saw the sunglasses, I thought it was the Radiologist about to terrify us. This was 1000x more scary

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

I want Dr. G. to write a dialog between a radiologist and an infectious diseases specialist. The ID wants the radiologist to tell them what organism it is based on the images, and the radiologist tells them that infection and neoplasm look just the same on images, let alone what organism it is--go correlate with symptoms or get a @^$@*^ biopsy, and stop monopolizing my time.