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[@besmart]

Stay cautious. Stay smart. Stay home. Stay clean. And share this video with everyone you can. Lives may depend on it! I'm on Twitter/Instagram: @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart

[@kevito5590]

It's Okay To Be Smart hello first comment person

[@sm1lt3]

It's Okay To Be Smart I will!

[@blindfish0292]

Hello

[@zed1stwizard]

Great video. But why do the people at the beginning look like they have pregnancy tests in their mouths? jk

[@charlesvh6194]

Thank you Well thought out and informative. Thank you for not trying to sensationalize it and just being straight forward.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

"Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after a pandemic will seem inadequate." - Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2007. We can do this people.

[@Mike__B]

In a cruel twist of irony the more we do before things get bad will end up making things not as bad, and the tragic moment afterwards is that people will comment about how we over reacted.

[@notwhatiwasraised2b]

@@Mike__B And how insulting is that with so many grieving?

[@feiradragon7915]

When it comes to any exponential disaster, I would always rather find out we overreacted than find out we reacted too slow or not enough. Pandemics in particular are not to be taken lightly.

[@Ra-jb8zy]

hello

[@SCORP1ONF1RE]

KZbin DIY face shields and masks

[@alii2730]

This 8 minute video is more informative than 2 weeks of cable news.

[@user-me8fm5yf4n]

ALI ISMAIL never trust the news tbh

[@YoganBarrientos]

true

[@midohatem57]

You spelled "decades" wrong

[@rileybrown6289]

perfect.

[@rileybrown6289]

@@midohatem57 When did he'/she ever say decades?

[@trig]

When you wash your hands clean your PHONES!

[@LuinTathren]

Definitely! Good advice!

[@kundanmergu9559]

Good mention tho, coz no one talks about how your phones have more germs, and bacteria and possibly virus than a door knob.

[@onelastcherry]

What can I use? I’m unfortunately out of wipes...

[@kundanmergu9559]

alli cdrn do you have tissues and a sanitizer whose alcohol content is 70% or more

[@LuinTathren]

@@onelastcherry Alcohol. Or a damp washcloth with a tiny bit of soap. Be sure to avoid getting moisture in the USB opening.

[@roherian7203]

I was one of the people that thought all measures were an overreaction. Using the pond example opened my eyes thank you!

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Yeah you're right it was very interesting analogy Joe used.. I never observed a pond to do what Joe explain.. I don't know the math he did to explain this, I just nodded my head and said that makes sense even though I didn't stand it. thanks again for explaining all this to us Joe take care

[@yolomate1809]

George Plagianos joe really knows that it is okay to be smart See, see what i did there No? No? Okay .....

[@kiranicole2096]

How do you feel about it now?

[@conlon4332]

@@georgeplagianos6487 I don't think Lilypads really spread that fast. But stuff like algae, now _that_ can spread fast. You think it's no big issue, then suddenly you've got to get to work getting rid of that stuff, and it feels like it happened overnight.

[@777Skeptic]

I was one of the people that thought it was media hype too. But that's exactly how it's supposed to feel, hence the name "paradox of pandemics." If we had all taken the overreactive measures and starved the virus, we would have thought we did all that for nothing and it was a silly overreaction, but we would also not be quarantined with 200k+ deaths in the US. On the next playthough of this game, a counter-intuitive quarantine should be the new meta.

[@davidec.4021]

Thank you for this. Many people need to watch it. Here in Milan we’ve been in complete lock-down for almost a month, we’ve been called crazy, lazy, over-reacting, fools, etc. The reality is that the city of Bergamo didn’t have enough space and manpower to dig enough graves for the bodies last week. Please stay at home people. Also, don’t believe the “only old people get sick” narrative. Here hospitals are now filled with people in their 40s. Stay safe and stay smart everybody :)

[@annaswanson5903]

Davide C. OMG 😳 that is horrifying!!!

[@pigalow2002]

I feel horrible for you & your people, I'm very sorry for you. Do you know why you've had such a tragically high rate of casualties there though? That doesn't seem to have happened in a lot of other places, plus it seems to be concentrated at a very high percentage in a small area of the north. Do you know why? Again, I wish the very best for you & the entire world loves & supports you!! Be strong!

[@umiluv]

chris smith - the news says Italy has a high elderly population and that there are preexisting health conditions like smoking that makes covid-19 worse. Also, the government didn’t lock stuff down quickly enough. US is likely headed in the same route. The mortality rate is high because of the lack of medical gear like respirators due to not flattening the curve fast enough. Doctors are having to choose who to save. www.wired.com/story/why-the-coronavirus-hit-italy-so-hard/amp I recommend the Joe Rogan podcast where he has the infections disease expert on: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2S4g5uArZWBidk

[@pigalow2002]

@@umiluv ok, so Italy has a higher than normal elderly population, many of which have compromised health. Yeah, they say the US is headed the same way, but I'm actually not so sure. Surely they will have many tragic losses, but...I think there's more to this than what it seems. It doesn't make sense that..literally half of the casualties from this virus have occurred in 2 small(relatively)areas: Wuhan & Northeastern Italy. Why is that? I mean, the whole of Italy prepared the same way, right? Anyway, I feel terrible for you...please be strong

[@pigalow2002]

@@umiluv I'm sorry, those things aren't your problem, just take care of yourself and loved ones

[@sussekind9717]

I like that expression. Everything looks fine, until it's no longer fine.

[@ExcitingBob]

I like the idea that the precautions look stupidly over the top precisely because they are successful.

[@mashamitchell9574]

It's called normalcy lull.

[@AshGreen359]

I've been following this since January, everyone started panicking way too late

[@jinxthedestroyr2405]

& the sad thing is theres SO MANY people that still aren't taking this seriously, and probably wont until way more people die. it's too late to contain this.

[@AshGreen359]

@@jinxthedestroyr2405 well so far it's killing 10 people a week in the US. It'll get worse before it gets better but probably not as much as people have been manipulated into thinking The flu kills 300 a week on average. I guess we should all quarantine every flu season.

[@pablolinazi3859]

Why can’t the news deliver it like this instead of creating mass panic

[@mystirboy]

Because nobody wants to read boring "math".

[@srex1177]

Its not mass panic. Without lockdown,by now ,we could have millions of infected instead of 250k.

[@steveo7502]

By definition of the word 'mass' there is mass panic as evidenced by the number of people panic-buying in shops.

[@AnandKumar-ol2uw]

TRPs/ratings

[@PETERJOHN101]

Because the media itself is a kind of virus.

[@alexturlais8558]

That's why its annoying when the news reports the number of new cases a day, rather than how fast its growing. It's a lot more useful to know the growth rate (ish) when we see if the response is working.

[@midapita]

Alex Turlais yes!! People see numbers and get petrified. This is why I love statistics

[@conlon4332]

Well if you follow it from day to day you can work out the difference pretty easily. But yeah, it would be good if they provided both. I think some do.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

The number of new cases IS the growth rate. The TOTAL number of cases, that's not the growth rate.

[@8happyperson]

such a good explanation! but there’s a voice in my head that’s saying that the ppl who need to hear it most aren’t listening

[@jaimefish173]

It because this video is all hypothetical and is missing lots of outside variables. It like when the doctor gives you the worst case senario what can happen but it never does, but he has too. If the doctor doesnt give you worst case senerio he/she can be face with a lawsuit from the less 1 percent chance when a patient dies from a very rare weird anomaly like being allergic to the medication.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Doug G KeifieB both of you mess off with that nonsense right now, not helping

[@tartaru749]

yes, I think someo people nowadays are lazy to watch videos like these and they have an attention span of 5 secs.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

@@tartaru749 why do you say "nowadays", do you think it used to be different at any other point in time. People have always been lazy and lacked an attention span

[@sausage4mash]

tell me about it, stuck in a shop my only customers are " it's only the flu" super spreaders

[@descentplayer]

Math teachers finally have an indisputable answer to "when will I ever need to know this?"

[@JonathanLoganPDX]

#SadlyMathActuallyWorks

[@gianinguillo1902]

descentplayer, yeah but this is like, not necessary for everyday life. Also, this is coming from a BC Calc student so don’t attack me for saying math is not useful😂

[@NatureShy]

@@gianinguillo1902 True. I graduated college, and honestly most of math classes are utterly useless, unlike other subjects like science, history, and design. Everything above basic algebra is useless for the everyday person. But history, art/design, and science actually has a far greater direct impact on everybody's day to day lives and affects how they vote, etc.

[@dcfreak23]

It's more statistics than mathematics, but whatever.

[@Xieda]

The really important skill for mathematicians is making pretty visualisations that people who don't get the math can understand. Or the skill of accessing someone who has that skill.

[@MrTigracho]

"If serious measures are made before the situacion gets worse, they will say you overreact. If they are made after, they will say you're too late"

[@peao010109]

Unless its explained why it is not overreacting. I did overreact before, but thanks to this I nolonger do.

[@edgeeffect]

@@peao010109 You cannot explain to a moron. I'm from the U.K..... we have experimental evidence to back that up.

[@homewall744]

A strong action in January may have helped. Once it's spread across the country, it's too late. Now, they don't expect to reduce the people who will be infected, just trying to spread it out over time in a foolish attempt to "save hospital beds/ventilators" while harming hundreds of millions.

[@vegahimsa3057]

The UK government said they would impose drastic measures when the time is right, but not too much. The people protested and now feel powerful and heard. The UK government complies and implemented exactly what it had planned all along, but now with the explicit consent, neay: demand, of the people.

[@awelotta]

@@homewall744 Am I reading that last part right? Isn't saving hospital beds etc. the exact thing that the video is recommending?

[@holdenziels2508]

me in calculus: i'll never need to know this in real life coronavirus: hold my calculator

[@thecurlybrothers1244]

WHAAA

[@surfk9836]

Bravo!

[@skullsmitten]

make sure you're wearing gloves before you take the calculator though

[@Xerclipse]

Coronavirus: Let me teach you about exponential growth

[@Eat-MyGoal]

God, what is it with this conversational format for 'humour' on KZbin? It's not funny or original. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

I'm afraid that people who should watch this, won't.

[@nanin152]

@ಠ_ಠ Your profile name is in my native language "Kannada". ಠ --> we pronounce it as "Tah" ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ 😊

[@NissrineA74]

And they're the one who will probably wind up getting it...smh ...

[@nassssss]

Mia Malone i have it 😔

[@leun6768]

It's not though. It is very misleading

[@webmasale]

Puppets

[@klauserji]

The bright side is, being clean and hygienic is now the trend.

[@jayk9777]

i assumed it all ready was .

[@Ghhop]

@@jayk9777 sadly, you assumed wrong. It's actually pretty disgusting just how unhygienic a LOT of people really are.

[@Baghuul]

lavender fields I use Everclear. lol

[@littlefox8352]

And people can't stand close together, yay!

[@rustyreview]

for now. we'll go back to our disgusting selves eventually.

[@friend6281]

In the midst of chaos and fear, don’t forget about the humor in life. Long term stress will not help your immune system. *Laugh.* And smile, too. As you may have heard already, be alert, not anxious. We are all in this together.

[@feroguavasuriyatanuwijaya2474]

Thank u friend, don't know I have such a handsome friend.

[@itsnotyasir]

Spirits. Lifted

[@dopeblacktherapist]

Yep the long-term stress has slowed my digestive system to a near halt, and now being stuck at home has made it worse :( ... advice anyone? I've tried fiber and more water :-)

[@HansBjorgman]

@@dopeblacktherapist Exercise indoors. Listen to pleasant music. Stop watching videos about the Coronavirus for a day or two... or watch 30 minutes and then stop! Play some video games. Eat some nuts and try not to think too much about the plan-demic. This is what they wanted.

[@bw4500]

Agreed, thanks for writing this 🇦🇺

[@Electriophile]

Can we get here? _Narrator: They could not._

[@OmniDubStep]

HAHA

[@jush6711]

STTTTOOOPPPP ✋😂

[@rockinrobin322]

Just 2 more weeks to flatten the curve

[@AldyWaani]

“Hey smart people!” Me: *looking around me in a self-quarantine*

[@freeminded8509]

😅

[@nihalmohammed6674]

@@soulsbourne ikr, going out to the beach at this period of time... Smh

[@Ka-ws5qj]

Well you clicked on the video which means you are interested in learning which means you aren’t okay with the knowledge you have rn which means you are somehow smart.

[@DanielDavies-StellularNebulla]

@@Ka-ws5qj Facts.

[@noa3926]

Pedro Metro2017 Look, I absolutely get where you’re coming from, because loads of people in my generation are idiots. But there are idiots in every generation. I’m a young teen and I haven’t left my house or seen my friends in three weeks. I’m miserable, but I’m following the protocols and doing what I know is best for society. So please try and refrain from making judgmental generalizations, thank you. Especially considering I’m here watching this to educate myself beyond what I read on the news every day. I don’t know many other teens who read the news (and no, I didn’t only just start reading the news because of COVID-19. I’ve been reading the news since I was ten).

[@-_Somebody_]

I remember when SARS was being spread in 2002 and my 10th grade algebra teacher explained this in detail at that time as well. Edit: Mr. Ray of LA Unified School District I just shouted you out and unexpectedly got all these likes! Well done, #neverforgotten

[@jacobduran8256]

Now that’s a good teacher

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

Wow, He/She was a really great Teacher.

[@itsnotyasir]

I wish my teachers were like that.

SARS

[@logant4217]

i was in 2nd grade at the time so i don't remember the SARS outbreak, was there the same response as COVID19? in terms of grocery stores being wiped out events being cancelled?

[@LLawliet-ym3tv]

A lot of people seriously need to see this.

[@dentoncrimescene]

Can some not watch it flippantly?

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

L Lawliet Sending it to my anxious friends rn

[@leun6768]

It's not though. It is very misleading

[@leun6768]

@d b The part with the curves. He made it seem like these were the only possibilites but he gave no reference from pandemics like the Black Plague. One possible scenario could be that it would both have a significant increase above the healthcare capacity and be under a longer time at the same time. I dont know why KZbinrs just like him seclude such possible scenarios. Is it just to calm people down?

[@cable30]

Basically since we see it does not just choose who to attack any, it can hit anyone anytime as we have seen so far. and they rather have u be away from anyone possible and try stay healthy washing hands and all. cause if u get then u gotta get a vaccine for it that they not got ready yet. unlike a reg cold or flu that run the course and get flushed out, this just sits inisde u it seems and waits to ruin u more till u got a med to attack and get rid of it some how.

[@zack4195]

3 months later: No, we cant.

[@gabrielhacecosas]

@Ash Z Yes, fights between politicians that have caused more millions of people to die than would have been the case had we been careful. And yes, it's like the flu, but more contagious and a little more deadly. And this is not over yet, fortunately no one has died in my family, but I do know people who have lost relatives.

[@patrickloney4426]

Another 3 months: still no

[@alternateuniverse656]

@@patrickloney4426 Now, DEFINITELY NOT

[@duckton440]

@@alternateuniverse656 now, sorta yes

[@muffinman3052]

@@duckton440 now: ooooo delta so scary you need to lock yourself in your house again because spoooooky variants

[@user-iz8rr1kt5w]

My aunt has coronavirus and is currently on a ventilator for it. She’s in stable condition, but she likely wouldn’t be if the healthcare system was overwhelmed. I encourage everyone to practise social distancing, because it could be the difference between life and death for countless vulnerable people, like the elderly, immune compromised, or chronically ill. We need to band together to change the course of this pandemic

[@HumAnimalBeingTammy]

I Hope and Pray Your Aunt gets better

[@simonclasse9435]

let weak people confined and let normal people keep living their lives and immune themselves

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

@@simonclasse9435 Idiots like you is why it spreads.

[@tgvg905]

Simon Classe weak

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

@@simonclasse9435 To add without wanting to brain you, it kills healthy people too. Around 15% of everyone who gets this, young or old can barely breathe and need ventilators. We have 8 in this country per 100,000 people. In China due to lack of said ventilators it killed slightly under 1% of 1-9 year olf kids who got it too. It kills anyone and if we don't atop ot spreading as fast as it is it'll kill hundreda of thousands in a mere few months. Which wont just horrible in itself it sill smash the economy, is already weak from many lther factors. When money as a value can barely by you anything that's when a lot more will die.

[@GoldSrc_]

It seems that 2020 is going to be a wild ride. Take care everyone, hopefully we can get through this.

[@Colin-kh6kp]

Gordon Freeman Still better than life in City 17, right doc?

[@ttkftykyfts]

It's not about hope, it's about will. We *will* get through this.

[@ttkftykyfts]

@Divinital I'm an optimist.

[@cristina1316]

@Divinital stop are u kidding me

[@mexicanabist8705]

200k out of 7.5 billion infected. That's 0.002%... yeah, we'll be just fine

[@youmaycallmeken]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -George Santayana

[@VinnMan]

"And he who forgets will be destined to remember." -Eddie Vedder

[@canofmites7415]

Vince B you can’t remember something you haven’t learned though

[@nicholec8379]

And you send HIV and H1N1 to the world. Mers comes from Middle East, you idiot.

[@owoled282]

@@VinnMan yuck

[@yoshidinono8095]

The Santayana guy is smart. Do you know him?

[@muffinman3052]

The whole idea of "14 days to stop the spread" aged like a jug of milk on the front porch of a floridian house

[@bluebird5173]

Truly enlightening. I'm embarrassed to say that I was one of those people who fell for the whole "everybody's just overreacting to the sensationalized media" mentality. This outbreak is actually pretty serious, and I'm beginning to understand why. Thanks for the informative video!

[@seytersinep6610]

Hope you learned your lesson

[@M-dv1yj]

This IS AN OVER REACTION ... fyi

[@cyborgpunkmonk]

@@M-dv1yj possibly in a sense, but one that will save many. Better than being reckless & lots more dying.

[@M-dv1yj]

@@cyborgpunkmonk u being reckless with simplistic overreactions to complex intertwining issues... like the understanding the rate of viral spread (exponential growth of infected) .. same for scale of complexities of thought ... adding a few more contingencies and a bit more resolution makes the processing REQUIREd go up exponentially and u do not have any exponents to spare 🤣😁

[@shelbygael3704]

I wish more people would come to their senses but unfortunately too many are still living it up like this is nothing. Looking at all of you spring breakers out there.

[@richb9695]

Wow, the truth without the fear factor. Everyone in the US needs to watch this. Very informative, without the hysteria.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Start watching news broadcasts from North Korea some of the best news casts I have seen. No hysteria just basic clear information

[@Ishitmypantsfull]

Most likely Trumptards

[@catfishredneck88]

There are idiots in the replies.

[@hendrikdependrik1891]

@brajamtho757 Thanks to people like you the nation eventually needs to take tyrannical measurements like Italy and the PRC.

[@Ishitmypantsfull]

James George ah you mean the Bernie bros mostly, I agree.

[@botigamer9011]

Epidemiology 101: The best answer to "how bad can this get" is "how about we don't find out"

[@JK-tk8cg]

Boti Gamer - Exactly! Let’s get this cure going ASAP! 😇🌎🙏🏻

[@srex1177]

@@JK-tk8cg better dont rely on vaccine,it wont be soon,at least not before the year end. Just to everything you can to protect yourself and your family.

[@jenkemp]

Boti Gamer bad enough to kill 7 billion according to Georgia guidestones

[@georgeemerald4389]

It would kill 60 million people if somehow everyone got infected according to South Korea numbers-which are the most accurate ones with the highest number of tests. Though, if we didn't quarantine it is highly unlikely that everyone would get infected due to herd immunity; too many people would become immune for the virus to get to everyone. The only problem with the quarantine is the effect it will have on society and the economy; experts project 30% unemployment rates, i.e. worse than the Great Depression. What happens after we've flattened the curve, will more people die from the economic and social collapse or not? Will we be able to recover or not?

[@georgeemerald4389]

The sheer amount of suffering the collapse could cause is so unpredictable that we could not know if it would outweigh the virus's 0.5% mortality rate.

[@jaketaylor3901]

It makes me so sad that so many people in America don’t seem to understand this

[@SparkyisJack]

OMG. My math teacher said: “The best way to solve a problem is to prevent it.” He was actually right!

[@SparkyisJack]

Hydra you are deadass if you don’t know how they’re doing better with this rn. They’re doing better than before

[@wlos4029]

Hydra Yes but their effort to stop it is better than any other country

[@CamboPlays]

@@wlos4029 I agree murdering people who are infected is a "better" effort than any other country

[@jasexavier]

That's basically always true, so much so that there are many sayings with that theme. "An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure." "A stitch in time saves nine." Also, somewhat related: "Penny wise, pound foolish." Somehow though, people never learn this lesson.

[@PeteS_1994]

Hydra China has lowered their cases. We should stop holding a victim mentality and focus on lowering our coronavirus cases.

[@michaelmata6966]

I'm one of those who underestimated the threat of COVID-19 and is now guilty about it. Thanks for this informative video, I watched it until the end. Never underestimate the power of exponential growth! Stay at home and keep being safe guys.

[@annaswanson5903]

Michael Mata right?

[@Leffe123]

I did to, media tend to exaggerate everything so naturally i waved it off. It seems like The media was completely right this time

[@tylerdurden3722]

@@Leffe123 the media sensationalizes everything. If the media had suddenly changed their attitude, and reported this in a serious professional way (like how news was presented 40 years ago). People would have would have reacted with...oh crap, this must be serious.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

I’m getting more worried, we need to do more like St. Louis; less like Philadelphia!!!

[@mikolajwitkowski8093]

You say "I watched it until the end" as if it was some exceptional thing to do, maybe you have issues with attention span... but watching a video till the end is perfectly normal.

[@Nickee_Sonicjinn]

I am a citizen in Seoul, Korea who's been self-isolating for the last three weeks and I've knitted one full-size sweater and a scarf during this self-quarantine because my workplace has closed for a precautionary cause. If we try to stay calm and practice social distancing, I believe we can beat this covid-19! Dr.Joe, thanks all the time for the fun informative video lectures! :)

[@dukes1993724]

MzSonicjinn Lucky you. A lot of us can’t pay our bills if we stay at home

[@TheStonedEvo]

MzSonicjinn hope you manage to stay healthy!

[@SphyxGreifing]

You have a very nice healthcare system compared to my country.

[@stevepirie8130]

Well done on the knitting 😎, your country is doing well with the mass testing. Great example to us all.

[@darylallen2485]

I understand South Korea has had the best government response in the world. Congrats on having a government who embrace experts and science.

[@roovexer]

4:27 Sigmoid means "Shaped like Sigma". And Sigma is ancient Greek for "S" ...it is not a coincidence.

[@chefgiovanni]

Exactly ! Great video ! Our Chefs are sharing tips too ; How to Boost Your Immune System | TODAY ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ7TmptpoKqqec0

[@StarOnCheek]

the chances are he knows if perfectly well, but pretends not to to be relatable

[@kristiangega7806]

Its not Ancient Greek thats how u still pronounce S right now in Greek.

[@conlon4332]

@@kristiangega7806 Well I guess it's both then.

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Thank you Joe - this is really important stuff and the "hole in the bucket" analogy is super helpful. 😷

[@Covenante39]

Hey Deep Look! I love your videos!

[@vineyardchurchonthecorner1567]

I really like the pond explanation, too.

[@bheronz]

WHO : We urge countries that has been infected already to close schools, churches, and gatherings to stop COVID-19 from spreading. People from my country : Hey schools out, want to go to the mall?

[@flacadiabla3193]

We know of a parent throwing a party but asking everyone to bring their own toilet paper and food. 😒

[@HansBjorgman]

@@flacadiabla3193 LOL 😂

[@ismt9390]

In my country so few people went to the mall last week that almost all the stores in the mall are closed.

[@luishenriques6364]

In my country, people went to the beach. The beaches were packed. Also, people went to bars and discos at night. Absolutly clueless. @Flaca Diabla He's using his single neuron as best as he can alright? :D

[@prairiepanda]

@@ismt9390 yesterday the mall was open and it was just full of kids off from school running around and touching everything and of course not buying anything. Now the mall is closed.

[@cdoht1755]

Moral of the story: stay home don’t be dumb, disinfect your home, wash your hands, and try to not spread the virus

[@aroobism]

*LAUGHS IN FLORIDA MAN*

[@EdSoCeRiAl]

And vote for Bernie because without healthcare for all we are fucked.

[@EdSoCeRiAl]

Jude Hindi as a Florida man myself. I’m not laughing, I’m not laughing that every Cuban that touches soil also touches our politics. If you give Cubans full citizenship you might as well give every illegal immigrant full citizenship wtf. Now Cubans are the majority in the Florida vote, not whites not blacks not Europeans, Cubans. Florida is basically Cuba

[@aroobism]

Action Basterd I’m Canadian but I 100000000% agree with that statement

[@sirk603]

Sorry, I need to go out, just once, once to the mall to get animal crossing, without animal crossing well I’d probably be fine, but I need it. Nobody will be at the mall anyway, I’m sorry, but this is my quest, my goal, I need animal crossing

[@maximusmeridius11]

GET THIS TRENDING NOW. IGNORANT PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS

[@desertodavid]

I'm sharing it on Twitter. Bastards have me shadowbanned though. I would suggest everybody sharing it on social media wherever you can.👍 Take care everyone and God bless.

[@mannyfernandez6860]

The so called "civilized" west like uk got it all wrong...they'll be calling for boris' head after this.

[@saloni.sharma]

@@mannyfernandez6860 "herd immunity" is a bullshit imo.

[@ItsTheGuy77]

My newsfeed in a nutshell, "it's just a flu. No big deal''. Ok, let's just say it's "a" flu that's spreading like wildfire throughout the world. Why would YOU wanna overwhelm the healthcare workers. In some countries like Italy, they're so overwhelmed that they're actually forced to choose who to save. Stay indoors, save lives. Believe me, I KNOW it's not easy. I haven't worked all month but if we as a population don't stop the spread self isolating, sooner or later, the lockdown is gonna be forced on us by our governments.

[@moiquiregardevideo]

But the ignorant people will not watch a fake news video. Their priest or pastor would look at them with angry eyes if he learn that.

[@TrevorPhilips]

"Avoid gatherings of large people" What about crowds of _tiny_ people?

[@wendysgarden4283]

lol. Thanks for that. : )

[@crazydavec3861]

Yeah, "avoid gatherings of large people".... on elf and safety grounds! I've been doing it for a couple of days now, yesterday I was Dopey, Bashful then Sleepy. This morning I was Happy, I'm now Grumpy.... but thus far not Sneezy so I don't need the Doc. 😜

[@2128jrandall]

Lol 👍 Well played!

[@spr1ngcactu5]

I see you must be a connoisseur of the great George Carlin

[@victoriasjoguist2967]

If its more that 5... Get out.. Stay 6 feet away

[@winring5593]

Basically, people are stupid but think that they’re not

[@stumcconnel]

The Dunning-Kruger effect

[@yikaili3381]

We have a name of that...arrogant

[@DarkQuilava13]

see what I THINK is over-reacting is everyone bum-rushing the stores ._.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

Guy in my local ASDA supermarket in the UK told me yesterday they were 24 hours behind because of muppets panic buying.That equates to empty shelves. And we're in the early stages here. Online delivery services should now be reserved for seniors and at-risk individuals only. 7% of total grocery sales are online here. We've got the equivalent of a private sector meals-on-wheels service to keep seniors indoors if we can do it right but there's no plan.

[@OzixiThrill]

In a sense, when the gathering limits happen, it's best to take care of the shopping early.

[@nosuchthing8]

Yeah but what if you need 6 months of food instead of 1

[@notdaveschannel9843]

@@nosuchthing8 If you could even fit 6 months of groceries in your car. you don't need 6 months of groceries. If you stockpile too much then someone else goes without.

[@RogueTheFurryRaver]

@@nosuchthing8 no one needs 6 months of food, and even if one did, there isnt that much food that would last that long, people are cleaning out cheese, hotdogs, meat, hotdogs arent much for an issue, but meat in general is, there is no way meat can survive that long, its good to stock up on food but you gotta do it smart and not overly crazy to the point where no one else can get it for them as well, you cant just think about yourself, you think about others, if you just think about yourself, youre putting others in a dangerous situation of having to check the stores daily until they too can be stocked up with things they need, the chance of getting sick growing with each passing day they have to go out to the store because no one knows how to spare food for others in a panicked state of mind so really, that just helps the virus spread because people dont know how to share ._.

[@arielamejeiras8677]

We took action on time in Argentina and we might one of the few countries to flatten the curve with fewer than 50 deaths.

[@ashleyj0]

My city isn't testing anyone, so that "zero confirmed cases" makes everyone think it's all fine and good. 0

[@Kittsuera]

there are not that many tests to go around. and the cost/ strain on basic supplies needed to do the tests make it less of a priority/ option. but just because you cover your eyes doesn't mean its not there.

[@ashleyj0]

@@Kittsuera what i'm saying is our mayor is telling lies to the public making them think its not in our city!!

[@ashleyj0]

FINALLY the des moines register did an article on this.. exposing Iowa's bullshit! Now ppl are starting to listen. A lot of precious time lost, though

[@htka77]

Yep, I guarantee there are probably thousands walking around with the virus and not even knowing it due to the symptoms not being severe. With the drastic changes in weather it brings on colds and allergies which some people are accustomed to so they don't think anything of it. So the numbers of cases are drastically lower than they would be if everyone was tested.

[@aaronwebb1548]

@Arduino Stein Are you saying he is right to forego testing because knowing that you're sick will cause the spread to quicken? Because the opposite has been proven to be true.

[@bobhope4288]

Thank you! My 68 year old mother that is out of breath after 1 flight of stairs on a normal day was not taking this serious enough. I've shown her this video and she is taking immediate and drastic action to quarantine herself in her house for the next 2 weeks atleast. This video may have saved my mothers life. Thank you. This video has convinced her. I can not thank you enough.

[@Hallowed_Ground]

Okay Bob calm down now.

[@bobhope4288]

@@Hallowed_Ground The funny thing is, ever since my mother agreed to quarantine herself thanks to this video, I have been more calm. It even improved my sleep. Interesting thing that, protecting what you care about results in more piece of mind.

[@Hallowed_Ground]

@@bobhope4288 You right man. I feel you, just got annoyed by your comment. Idk why though, haha

[@bobhope4288]

@@Hallowed_Ground We're living in an odd time. We all do odd things when presented with the unknown. "When you're going through hell, keep going." We're all on this same earth together.

[@Hallowed_Ground]

@@bobhope4288 When you're going through hell, keep going... because eventually you'll find the people who have anal sex.

[@saraloug23]

I’ve explained this to my colleagues, friends and parents. None of them get it and are all just going on as normal. I’m so frustrated. Stay healthy smart people.

[@duzzitmatter8679]

I think most of those people (including myself) are under the impression that they are not in a particularly high risk category of dying if they acquire the virus, nor do they have intimate contact with people who may be at such elevated risk. Hence, we continue about our normal business just as we have done with every other pandemic approximately every two years or so. The effects of tanking the global economy are going to have far worse implications than a few thousand people getting sick and kicking the bucket. Besides, those people aren't intentionally infecting others. I agree that we should take precautions but we shouldn't stop EVERYTHING under the sun on the possibility of getting the equivalent of an extra-virulent form of pneumonia.

[@someother7568]

Your "colleagues, friends and parents" are right.

[@johncaccioppo1142]

This will have huge economic and political consequences no matter what happens, because of people's ignorance and contrarian logic. If the pandemic progressed as perfectly as it could be managed, people are going to react to what they see as over-reaction and the next crisis they will be far less likely to react intelligently. I don't know if it's possible to engineer a perfect storm, but we are the perfect sheep for it.

[@pawpaw2524]

I'm just going on as normal. People die every year from the flu, this is no different

[@horatiovelvetine8194]

@@pawpaw2524 it's very easy to have this mentality until it's a loved one who gets infected. This isn't a normal flu, it is significantly more lethal and is forcing even young people (20s) without health conditions into hospitalization.

[@angrytedtalks]

"No such thing as a global pandemic." - flat earth society Debunked!!!!

[@rhozq]

Im flat earth, and i believe pandemic, lol

[@Sara3346]

@@rhozq its the global part he was taking issue with XD

[@92mrsrdb]

If the earth was flat, cat's would have pushed everything over the edge by now 🐈

[@ohtartarsauce6301]

If the Earth was flat, I would've tossed myself over the edge by now.

[@gra-emed3617]

jacque berkebile 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bettapalfish9057]

Young people take this virus seriously. It can still be transmitted by people that have no symptoms. In the United States we are on lockdown. Please do not hoard the toilet paper, there is plenty. Enjoy staying home and spending time with loved ones, orchids and fish you work so hard for. Everyone stay healthy and laugh.

[@lucerocxrla]

“ and laugh “ best part

[@grimreeper8326]

And laugh at memes

[@pawpaw2524]

We aren't on lockdown. We can still go out

[@flowerwithsunglasses2420]

Most of us in the US are not in lockdown..

[@bettapalfish9057]

Flower with sunglasses Not mandatory. No one will stop you, but all the nonessential businesses in my area are closed. The less physical contact with people the safer you will be.

[@edgelord8337]

To everyone reading this. Stay safe. Wash your hands. And be calm. We can beat this virus.

[@trig]

And clean your PHONE! Thanks for the best wishes.

[@SpaceO2]

edge lord don’t forget to exercise and keep your immune system strong 💪🏻

[@Cyber_Kriss]

I agree with everyone

[@m_sedziwoj]

Only with vaccine, but is not about beating, is about how many worst case, which required hospital we get in same time. And please do not lie, if you could have contact with virus, say it in front, because worse case is to have doctors or nurse get sick because you not tell that you may be infected. (virus spread before you get even symptoms)

[@BloodAsp]

Username does not check out.

[@TrasherBiner]

My sweetest memory of the 2020 pandemic was when I thought lockdown would last 15 days.... aaah, those were the days :-)

[@bevanfindlay]

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." - the late Professor Al Bartlett.

[@JR-iu8yl]

Just rewatched his vid. Very prophetic

[@M-dv1yj]

Or where it is rightly applied... i.e. the video describes the exponential spread of a much more deadly virus than this... lack of understanding exponential growth as well as identifying important data points... those together the HALLMAKS of the dumb

[@Bartooc]

*laughs in nuke*

[@izz_arty8615]

“Hey, smart people.” Me: guess I’m not supposed to be here.

[@default632]

Your smart

[@Fix44]

Intelligence is subjective. Therefore you should probably assume that you are smart but not "all knowing". There is a healthy balance! Cheers

[@ravenam3]

Anyone seeing this video is smart :)

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

Then use this opportunity to educate yourself and learn a thing. It's not difficult. Then, use your knowledge to educate others. Win/Win

[@bevanfindlay]

The first step towards wisdom is when you realise there is much you do not know. The day you think you know it all is the day you become a fool. Welcome to the community of learners. 😀

[@rossj922]

Honestly, this should be played all across the globe.

[@Zero11s]

the globe doesn't exist

[@crap.ileftthestoveon5851]

True. News stations should play this video in every countries

[@angrytedtalks]

This is KZbin, available globally except where viruses can't spread.

[@DanielDavies-StellularNebulla]

@@Zero11s Ahh, a flat earther we have found have we?

[@mvl6827]

What? This nerdy talk? It’s anyway common knowledge. So keep your hysterics and mute this man.

[@TheMerryPup]

"Hey smart people. . ." Well, I'm watchin' anyway! 😶

[@realbangbang]

2010 me in math class: I'll literally never use this information in my life! 2020 me in my room: *watching this video with a calculator on hand*

[@pleasestopcocomelon1798]

Fernando alves Me too I’m constantly calculating the ‘actual’ number of infected cases with different rates and stuff and it’s hella interesting

[@realbangbang]

@@pleasestopcocomelon1798 for sure, sal Khan did a phenomenal video on that too

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Fernando alves underrated comment!

[@san4617]

To OP and everyone else struggling with this: this is an OCD "checking" compulsion related to anxiety. Does not necessarily mean you have OCD, but this is a very typical OCD behavior. Knowing the answers does not alleviate your anxiety, but you still seek them and keep doing the math. Find someone to talk to and avoid watching coverage of the virus. Stay safe.

[@MicroageHD]

Math is the most important stuff ever, reeeee.

[@billbaggins]

The flat earthers will survive.. they don't believe in curves

[@danielbarr9795]

Too funny!

[@nelliee6736]

@@danielbarr9795 yeah it really is

[@xaenon]

Personally, I'm waiting for the anti-vaxxers to pipe up.

[@naveerakhan9622]

😂😂😂

[@damiandmerri2536]

@@xaenon nah. They all want the vaccine now lmao.

[@ineffablemars]

Philadelphia ignored the warnings... course they did

[@WolfJulia2001]

Philadelphia is becoming the new crazy state

[@CerpinTxt87]

And every [US] city is full of people who want to ignore the warnings.

[@Mili-bedili]

Currently reside there and can confirm many (not all) people are still ignoring warnings, going out to bars and house parties since there's no work or school

[@stevepirie8130]

Didn’t Spanish flu do terrible damage there a century ago?

[@Myreactionwhen_80085]

@@CerpinTxt87 why did you put US in brackets?

[@floweryteacup3072]

what i learned from this: we need to increase the capacity in our healthcare system after this providing it with greater funding and more encouragement for people wanting to go to med. school to result in a higher spike being able to be controlled by the healthcare system resulting in a shorter amount of time for the pandemic/epidemic to last and therefore shorter amount of time for quarantining/lockdowns/isolation and to make sure our economy is still alive so we don't have to send out stimulus checks that appear out of thin air in order to get our company into more debt and to make sure that cities that thrive on economies such as tourism won't get hit so bad so that the cycle of poverty doesn't hit so many people so we can keep our people, healthcare system, and economy alive because plenty of people live paycheck to paycheck and without their job the cycle of poverty just gets worse resulting in less taxes going to the government and less money going to the healthcare system...

[@wnose]

IMO, we don't need excess capacity for a 1 in a 100 year event. We need better prevention, better testing, better tracking and a Public Health act to ensure compliance. Also, higher standards of public education. Look at countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and NZ - all back to mostly normal in July 2021. Medicare for all and sick-time-off would also help tremendously since sick people can get treated with no reservation.

[@leighcounry9956]

REPUBLICANS disagree with you. Everyone needs to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps - Mitch McConnell.

[@mksabourinable]

I'll admit I thought my city was overreacting when it shut everything down after 5 cases.... But I get it now...

[@sh0cktim3]

Totally. As the video has showed they have actually history to pull from to prevent deaths.

[@alancruz8356]

@brajamtho757 your hoax is an overreaction

[@tysonmilligan4638]

Mine shut down over a week before any cases, we have 2 now. I think we're overreacting. I don't want to undermine the severity of Covid-19, but I do think we are acting out of panic and not at all rationally.

[@sivad1025]

I feel like the truth has to be somewhere in the middle.... Stopping interacting is definitely good. But there has been lots of overreacting that has created a lot of havok.

[@hugothecat]

I thought my city was overreacting with 1 case

[@vram745]

Everyone is complaining about quarantine, but here's me with having nothing changed. Just doing me as I always have done.

[@TB-ModelRR]

Me too, cheers!

[@jonashauptmann6467]

Cheers

[@littycityphuckthadumshat1328]

Exactly

[@noobiewatcherz9938]

When staying at home, watching tv, and masturbating, has never felt this productive.

[@tanakasmisplacedeyebrows2851]

Introvert noises in the background

[@ChillHeal]

I never thought I'd see a time like this! Stay safe people!

[@Abi-gg7ry]

You don't remember h1n1/ swine flu?

[@faridaaali6170]

@@Abi-gg7ry it was nowhere near like this mate

[@Abi-gg7ry]

@@faridaaali6170 wrong. It was very similar. Read your history.

[@faridaaali6170]

@@Abi-gg7ry I don't think so wt the whole world in panic everything get shut down no mate you read history I been resurching weeks it's dangerous contagious do your research we wa just talking about with friends today it will get Evan worse . no vaccine until a year so how many deadth rates will be around the world simalier to this my foot you make me ugh

[@faridaaali6170]

@@Abi-gg7ry don't tx me back with your rubbish OK tx me in few month then I tell you who wrong rite stupid man

[@SinchiIllapa]

3 months later it's become obvious no US politician understood the content of this video.

[@kimberlypence2615]

This makes so much sense. I believed the experts who said we needed to close everything down and have social distancing but I really had only a vague idea why. This video explains perfectly.

[@0Tidus0989]

This needs to be translated into multiple languages!! It's one of the best, if not the absolute best explanation of the pandemic

[@raleightstevenson8619]

True.

[@exnihilo8388]

I don't get why 1000 people disliked this video, it's just telling you how to slow down a disease, pretty uncontroversial

[@cuteo1364]

Those people are not smart people.

[@hopscotch30]

Probably not sensationalist enough.

[@anullhandle]

These are the special people that think there's nothing wrong even after something is wrong or they know something is wrong and want someone else to be inconvenienced.

[@voices4dayz469]

People who use the thumbs up and down system correctly are programming their personal KZbin feed and recommendations, which could explain that number.

[@levi779]

ikr, don't like it ? stop watching it.

[@brsrikrishna]

I hope people who really need to watch this, do watch it. Share this among as many people as possible.

[@eggisaway]

i never thought the day would come when you talk about calculus & derivatives and i can understand

[@eliodecolli]

He barely talked about calculus

[@nosuchthing8]

@@eliodecolli no derivatives

[@Mandark020]

The truth about mathematics is that they are pretty commonsensical, at least up to a point (which is way way way beyond calculus). If someone is comfortable with the basic stuff (high school algebra and a lil bit of trigonometry), understanding calculus is not that hard. It shouldn't strike you as weird that you understand :)

[@swaghauler8334]

BUT... In my day, it was "That moment when Algebra will save your life." It hasn't come yet.

[@xyjames]

Using an analogy, a talented musician can play all the right notes but to know the theory behind it far enriches them

[@otothegoglu]

Also there are so many pigs out there! Not washing their hands, Not caughing into their sleeves...even during this sensitive Time!!

[@matilda4450]

@@projpotat8965 i think they probably mean humans

[@stevenwhite3.1415]

Farmers are too busy to teach pigs good habits.

[@lornevirgin410]

That whole lack of washed hands will earn some of those people Darwin awards.

[@gopistons22]

Ikr, a few days ago while approaching the entrance to my job, a woman coughed in her bare hands and touched the revolving door! I was so tempted to say "👀 welp im calling off" lol

[@nathanielanderson8507]

We had a meeting tonight at my job and even though my boss covered his mouth when he coughed, he used a packet that was meant to be used as an employee resource to do so.😖

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

Damn. “Tale of two cities” drops the mic

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

This time, Philadelphia canceled the St.Patricks parade. Hopefully no repeat of 1918.🤔

[@stripedhyenuh]

"Can we get here?" 10 days later: No, but maybe if we had tried

[@thatpersonyoudontknow4509]

I say it's impossible and we either die or have no life left. Or both

[@frankblack1185]

If everyone stayed totally locked down for long enough the virus would eventually just burn out of existence.

[@MKW31]

Good news is that since everyone is washing their hands and keeping clean, less people are dying from other diseases that are not the Corona Virus.

[@squirlboy250]

Yay Less Pink Eye!!!! people need to quit picking there butt and poking at their eyes

[@lunaargent3159]

I avoid people like the they have the plague anyway

[@imaimeemiami7480]

Plus there isn't as much pollution in the air to breath in.

[@boydmking1]

I hope every single doctor gets a pink slip!

[@boydmking1]

@Sub Optimal Doctors took an oath to preserve life and mental health. Those days are forever gone. I plan to never see one again. My Dad was killed by incompetent doctors in a small city. And now they are accomplices in promoting the mental illness of OCD wiping, paranoia of others, germaphobia fear which destroys the immune system, and anti-social distancing! Don't reply to this message with any more uninformed questions please!

[@somu.202]

The moment you realise that your daily routine is called "quarantine" (๑•﹏•)

[@kita9620]

I cant help but relate to this hahaha

[@stevethea5250]

@@kita9620 mood

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I am doing the same routine that I always do, and that is the advice given to everybody right now.

[@raymondchankawai0108]

*(insert Spongebob thinking about his life decisions pic)*

[@Syklonus]

Yeah, but there's a difference between choosing to stay in, and being forced to. I spend 90% of my time on my own and rarely go out, but I'm on day 4 of isolation and I'm climbing the walls. It'll get to you, no matter how much of an introverted hermit you think you are.

[@RoguishlyHandsome]

Streamable content will be incredibly popular in the coming months. Let's hope people stumble upon content as great as this and PBS Studio's content in general. Keep up the good work!

[@bradleypost8971]

If it’s so important to act early, we should’ve taken these measures when the first US case was recorded on 1/20.

[@AbraSings]

Well, so many people think it's absurd that we responded "drastically" when we did. If the U.S. had tried to do it as early as 1/20, NOBODY would have listened. Unfortunately...

[@bradleypost8971]

@@AbraSings We should've isolated the patient and their contacts. We should've tested more people and isolated anyone with the disease. The economic damage from this crisis was avoidable.

[@adamosborn9105]

The news "cry's wolf" too much. That's why people aren't taking it seriously. But this time it is.

[@annaswanson5903]

Adam Osborn yes! They are fueling the flames of panic for sure

[@stephenbrand5661]

But this time it is what? The way you wrote that makes it confusing and nonsensical.

[@kevinolmedo675]

Argentinian here: The goverment is, for once, doing things right. We are in semi-quarantine, without sport events, large meetings, education, and the police is slowly getting more strict about getting people into their homes by force.

[@skoparweaver7692]

Every 4 days your cases are doubling - you'll be where the US is in probably about 10 days from now. You'll be where Italy is in about 20 days.

[@dustinabc]

Good ideas don't require force

[@kevinolmedo675]

@M Detlef I hope not, we have our fair share of idiots but I hope they all enter their homes and stop doing things outside.

[@kevinolmedo675]

@@skoparweaver7692 Hello, yeah, in fact, total number of cases is probably more like 250 rather than the 70 cases official story the goverment is telling. We arent testing enough, so bc we can't truly test everyone we're now entering quaratine. The idea is to flatten the curve so we get to Italia levels of caos in maybe not 20 days but 30)?

[@kevinolmedo675]

@@dustinabc Bruh, try enforcing quarantine to a mostly uneducated beyond basic high school population in LatAm without force. Sorry but *the police is needed*; and, in fact, I'm happy they are doing their job for once :D. Anyone with two braincells, mostly educated and/or wise people are doing things as told. But if jerks need to be put in their homes by force, then be it.

[@douglasmorales3789]

The real curve will be somewhere in between. The true number of cases will never been known.

[@NightSky777]

Probably right, but what were the curves for other previous novel viruses? I think this video proffers a wrong assumption, i.e. "Infection" / "Testing Positive" = "Symptomatic Requiring Hospitalization". That's not true and fuels the pandemonium.

[@triplemania5550]

@@NightSky777 There's a percentage of total infections that will require health care. If that's what you mean, you're correct. Because it is a percentage, the number of cases that do require healthcare has the same curve as the total number of infections. That curve of cases that do require healthcare needs to stay below the capacity of the health care system. If we don't control the spread of this virus, it won't. Every place on the planet where the virus could spread in uncontrolled fashion shows exactly that. The situation there is horrible and it affects everybody who needs health care, not just Covid patients.

[@triplemania5550]

The true number of cases won't ever be known as an exact figure indeed, but we might get better estimates in the future as more information becomes available. Here in the Netherlands people kept donating blood as usual. They want to analyze samples from all of it for antibodies to see the true rate of infection in that group of blood donating people. That won't be representative for our whole population of just 17M, but it is 200k samples to work with and yet another chunk of valuable information.

[@triplemania5550]

@Mark McPherson Those numbers are all irrelevant. It's the infection rate, the exponential growth, the 4-5% critically ill patients who really do need health care, and the effects on the health care system that matter. That reaches far far beyond just Covid patients. Without social distancing, your health care system will be trampled.

[@charlieross-BRM]

​@Mark McPherson Really? So let's try and take this opportunity to learn from those and to do better.

[@Sara3346]

6:23 I actually also drains into D, the dead bucket in this case clearly.

[@mynameisdudge]

The I bucket emptying would include those dying.

[@MikeXCSkier]

Just watched another KZbin on this where they said that "R" sometimes stand for "Removed" as in removed from the population of infectious people. This would include the dead.

[@pspaces]

I’m from Italy. STAYHOME!! Trust me! More than 2000 infected and hundreds deaths EACH DAY!! STAY HOME!!!

[@BailBondGuy619]

Are young people dying. ?

[@pspaces]

Ismael Sandoval So far the youngest died yesterday. he was 38 years old, a bartender. Moreover, hospitals are close to collapse. And this is the real point! in a few weeks you will no longer be able to go to the hospital, whatever your situation is. No matter if you are young or old.

[@rotanux]

@Liam O’Neil that is true

[@Ivy-jq6di]

@Liam O’Neil When the healthcare system is overwhelmed, it's not just COVID-19 patients that will be in trouble. All patients will be. More infected doctors and nurses reduces the already limited staff and medical emergencies cannot be handled as quickly and as readily. Avoidable deaths will skyrocket if serious actions aren't taken seriously.

[@emmetray4141]

Go to www.nextstrain.org/ncov to see that it is more complex. You can trace the genetic similarities over place and time to reconstruct the spread sources. But there aren't any 'real' feature mutations yet, just the normal (read link) an all variants have the same cfr.

[@FilipeAguiarCarvalho]

Please, PLEASE add subtitles to other languages too. There's so much misinformation around here in Brazil. I would love to share this video with everyone I know

[@besmart]

Translations are enabled, so please translate captions into as many languages as you can!

[@FilipeAguiarCarvalho]

@@besmart I'll try to get sometime tomorrow to do it. The sooner the better.

[@halfast]

@@besmart I finished portuguese. Waiting for a review to go live. This video is perfect, thank you.

[@fromthepublic9636]

@@besmart are we allowed to share?

[@deawinter]

I kind of intuitively understood flattening the curve but this helped me really understand and see how FAST unrestrained exponential growth can go, thank you.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Deanna W unfortunately, you still don’t truly understand how fast it can grow. Exponentials really defy intuition far too much for a simple 8 min video to do the trick

[@jenniferwilliams7063]

I’m sending to everyone. Thank you for this. So well explained. It’s not “dumbed down” and it’s not over my head either.

[@ianpey2862]

The key isn’t always about how many ppl get infected, it’s the SPEED of the rate of infection that will tell the difference between a low and high death toll.

[@thxu4_the_venom657]

We're on our spring break and they literally cancelled a extra month after and are waiting to see if they're just end the school year and make us do online schooling for the rest of the year and it's so weird

[@lovelydolltime8006]

I hope if this happens, that nobody gets held back a year because of this stupid virus.

[@thxu4_the_venom657]

@@lovelydolltime8006 they said for the students who really need it that it's an option, but they aren't gonna make everyone

[@lovelydolltime8006]

@@thxu4_the_venom657 I hope so, and I hope I can raise my D in math class before April.

[@thxu4_the_venom657]

@@lovelydolltime8006 good luck to you! And everyone else trying to stay safe

[@davidcooper2589]

@@lovelydolltime8006 cmon bro its easy

[@MrUranium238]

Finally convinced my boss that I can work from home.... now I can sit in my underwear , drink beer and talk to my customers all day long ....

[@n8rm]

Now we have people rallying at our state capitols to re-open and get back to work. I saw a lady being interviewed on TV at one of these rally literally saying "I ain't afraid of this, the wind is blowing the sun is shining, you can hug me or shake my hand or even sneeze on me I don't care". What is it with the arrogance of some human beings.?

[@cassius573]

1920: we'll be prepared for the next Pandemic! 2020: are you sure of that?

[@Pa7na]

Seeing how some people react to this pandemic, this channels name has never been more relevant.

[@ryandavis4448]

"We'll never know if we overreacted, but we will definitely know if we undereacted...."

[@age_of_reason]

Uh, that should be vice versa.

[@prochokepoint994]

Age of Reason it’s right

[@Ivy-jq6di]

@@age_of_reason No, he's right. If we "overreacted" or reacted accordingly, we won't know because there won't be as much evidence showing that as there will be for an underreaction. Underreaction here would be overwhelming the healthcare system and many avoidable deaths.

[@Bakamoli]

My dad noticed when it first started, so he was stockpiling food, sending out articles to friends, sending tips so I was like “iTs NoT sUcH A BiG dEaL, wHy ArE yOu So PaNiCkEd AbOuT iT?” So now we have TONS of food, and we have not gone to get food in WEEKS. I’m glad he wasn’t like everyone else that was like “iTs JuSt ThE fLu, DoNt PaNiK!!!”

[@billyr4556]

I live in Ireland and no one here is doing much to stop this. We're being told to stay home, but planeloads of Irish people are constantly flying back here from Spain and Italy and all that happens is they're given a leaflet at the airport asking them to 'reduce contact'. Just a couple of weeks ago thousands of Italians came over here and I'm sure we'll see the effects of that in the next few weeks. Even the Irish 'minister for health' think the right to travel to EU countries is more important than stopping this virus. Thankfully both Spain and Italy are in lockdown so this won't continue but I fear the damage has already been done. I'm going out as little as possible but I can't get food delivered so I have to go out occasionally and it terrifies me. Not for myself but if I passed this on to anyone else, especially my elderly mother, I'd never forgive myself.

[@setevcorker9104]

Help a brutha out... and send a list of locations for burn centers in the United States to the flat Earthers email. They need it after that comment!

[@ildeeartha]

praying for you. you are doing the right thing.

[@AirFire18]

Billy R Here in Canada... its serious. We closed almost everything we could. EBGAMES was forced today to close cause of the backlash of people. We are not taking chances cause its getting worst with fears. I suggest washing your hands as much as you can. Buy gloves and hand sanitizer. If this gets serious, these items will be hard to get. Don’t over shop, but get enough . Consider can good and carbs. As someone like myself , who can’t eat carbs due to health. I suggest, packaged healthy items. If you have prescription. Get them now, before lines gets long. Don’t let fear control you, but work hard to keep your loved ones safe. Sadly, my father can’t stay home cause he is a postal worker. He has cancer..and so the worry is high . I wish you the best.

[@krishorrocks639]

Anything changed in 5 days?

[@joshuanel9750]

Hey man, thanks for taking this seriously. As an Irish citizen living abroad, it saddens me to see the politicians downplaying this problem. Please keep up the good work.

[@Kris-zy7is]

It’s crazy that we are living history right now. I’m lucky enough to live in MD, I hope the rest of the US follows what Gov. Larry Hogan is doing. Stay safe & stay home

[@HistoryNerd808]

Gov. Abbott down here in Texas is doing okay. Not as well as some other places but definitely could be a lot worse. As a history guy this is crazy to live through. It's one of those events that you know is historic and is going to be remembered. It would be cool if not for the subject that is historic.

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

We always live in history. Even if absolutely nothing happens for years it will go down in history ;)

[@MeepChangeling]

... We're always living history, you derp.

[@tomlo1432]

Meep Changeling I suppose he means it’s a substantial event that’ll be remembered - bit like the world wars?

[@piperbrooke2957]

Yeah, I really wonder how this whole pandemic plays out in the end. Here in WA, the governor has closed schools until the end of April and basically everything is cancelled, but it's better than getting sick. Good luck over there!

[@deluxeassortment]

I just ordered my T shirt that says "I survived the Toilet Paper Apocalypse".

[@DoubleM55]

Maybe too soon. I hope not.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Well ... at least your T-Shirt has two uses . . . ;-)

[@RLomoterenge]

“I survived the Coronavirus hysteria”. Order mine last Thursday

[@leevahal900]

Think about what can happen if you cant wipe your ass after a big dump.

[@aduptuniform2647]

@Lee Vahal that’s why u have two hand

[@matviihordiichuk5167]

This is something all of us need to remember. Thank you!

[@Corianas_]

When i said this to people at the beginning of the covid-19 issue, people told me I was being racist and xenophobic for stating there should probably be travel bans or quarantine from infected areas of the world...

[@hayleymarse2853]

Sigh. People are so quick to call others racist that the word has lost its meaning

[@tanguero2k7]

The worst being we all finally closed our borders (too late), we all came up with quarantine policies (a little too late as well) and our governments all thought we were overreacting when demanding for those very same measures more than a month ago when Italy started reporting the exponential increase in number of cases and lifes lost to covid. Money and Politics will never allow for those who should manage these situations to do their jobs: to prevent this kind of things from ever happening.

[@voodooros]

Travel bans are racist and xenophobic. You basically advocated for racism to stop spread the virus. Hypothetically, if for some reason, only blacks were infected with some virus, would you be open to sacrifice liberty of ALL black people to secure the society? If your answer is yes, you're effective and racist. If your answer is no, you're ineffective and liberal.

[@fitrianhidayat]

@@voodooros if it only infect black people, there really is no reason to quarantine black people from the rest, because it only infect black people. Quarantine the area where the infections happened, it's not about race.

[@mr.boomguy]

This is gonna be the longest month I've had in a while. Like driving on the road, and seing a 100m muddy streach you know you have to drive slowly over.

[@Kalas82]

this won't be over in a month, more like a year, mate.

[@Rerollful]

Mr. Boomguy it’s going to suck but you don’t have nothing to fear unless I see people dying like flies I’ll be nervous

[@Rerollful]

Mark Branch you choose to be that way not everyone chooses to be alone.

[@theshellacstation78]

*country roads starts playing*

[@noelcoronado7599]

Kalas82 that sounds like something someone from family would say

[@HickeysVids]

I wish TV stations would play this on a constant loop until everybody in the world has seen it at least once.... what a great video to help people understand, and to make people think about what they can do individually to help stop the spread of this terrible virus.

[@dustinbaerg18]

The best part of this video is that it jumps right into the point immediately. 20 seconds in and you have explained it better than most of the stuff out there in the news!

[@katiobrien7854]

Thank you for being a voice of reason in this time.

[@Naeinsengimnida]

The thing that overwhelm our healthcare system is the money they pulled from it in the first place.

[@patrikfloding7985]

No healtcare system can deal with a pandemic like this one, if unchecked. But, yes, having an underfunded one won't help. Or one that's not accessible to all who needs it.

[@mikeobrien3744]

Exactly, same with the lottery money for schools, It doesn't help because they pulled all the other funding. VOTE OUT THE EGO MANIAC MORONS!!

[@Naeinsengimnida]

@@patrikfloding7985 Maybe it wouldn't have been a pandemic if they were equiped in the first place to deal with early stage of a virus.

[@AReallyBoredFlower]

@@Naeinsengimnida It didn't help that the Chinese Government loves to hide issues from itself and its people.

[@Naeinsengimnida]

@@AReallyBoredFlower What ? What are you talking about ? They reacted as soon as they knew. Are you repeating what someone said ?

[@_cran]

What people should do about Covid-19: - Don't panic - Stay clean - Avoid crowds and physical contact - Do not touch your face unless it is necessary - Use alcohol based cleaning products - *Memes*

[@SkoomaCat]

Memes help me control my panic. More memes.

[@slimycj]

This needs to be a meme

[@Peizxcv]

So no Roman orgies?

[@patriciaoffer9585]

20 feet btwn. people whenever possible is critical.

[@SkoomaCat]

@@Peizxcv the best thing Romans did for us

[@thetechmusician]

The 'bucket of water' analogy at 5:52 was just beautiful. 👌🏼