What we know (and don't know) about Ebola - Alex Gendler

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The highly virulent Ebola virus has seen a few major outbreaks since it first appeared in 1976 -- with the worst epidemic occurring in 2014. How does the virus spread, and what exactly does it do to the body? Alex Gendler details what Ebola is and why it's so hard to study.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Andrew Foerster.

[@aquatheaquashark7338]

not gonna touch anybody now. .

[@syedhaniraza]

haha true.

[@orangekoalabro999]

Well it can spread in bush meat/bat meat and anything that it somebody who had Ebola at the time so they touch the floor so you gonna levitate

[@orangekoalabro999]

what if they had shoes shoes basically are a way of making your feet levitate without messing up gravity and their virus would get on your shoes

[@orangekoalabro999]

i am just stating facts

[@orangekoalabro999]

i'm not a troll dude

[@ejazali4]

2:21 I dropped my phone

[@cynthiavanteylingen7922]

i nearly did that too. my phone no its gonna die. lol

[@mireihayashihong3812]

Realy... not cool.

[@igetcoldtoes]

Ebola doesn't exist in America

[@j656]

L o L

[@grrrlgruel1137]

@Szögi Péter Yeah and I visited that hospital while he was there and it was so hectic

[@Pdus64]

I guess im the only one viewed this after coronavirus outbreak...

[@clownery9837]

Im here too and it made its way to my country and other countries that are rlly close to mine 😔

[@sagittarian_0423]

Me🙋‍♀️

[@mastermelon7443]

Yeah, no

[@MrBagi2010]

Ur not alone soldier

[@zuha1243]

Here

[@Goabnb94]

It s sad that drug companies care more about profits than human life. Get your act together

[@PureInsanity]

Talking the person who does the same thing

[@Goabnb94]

***** I care more about profits than human life? Is that what you are saying to me?

[@PureInsanity]

Goabnb94 are you going out and donating all your money to charity every month?

[@Goabnb94]

***** No, because I also need money to live. But I do give some money away, and I volunteer when I can. Drug companies are in the position to save lives, but profit margins get in the way of that, I am in less capacity to save lives but I will if I am physically capable of doing so.

[@ilovetoseetits]

Goabnb94 Are you willing to work for just a cup of coffee and biscuits? The drug companies don't have any money. They got their money mostly from Investors. The investors don't want a cup of coffee and biscuits in return. The drug companies can't pay their scientists with Coffee and Biscuits too.

[@rohitsh4638]

I want to take a moment and thank all the animators who make the videos very much effective in imparting the message.. Thank you guys

[@CosmicFlame]

Who gets this in their recommended list after coronavirus outbreak

[@mr.rubycarnation8325]

Me too.

[@enriquelara7950]

I did.

[@spacecowboy2160]

Na I’m one of the weirdos that actually looks it up 😂

[@nanunanu365]

I believe this one saying has some relevence here "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" I don't know exactly where it's from but it does make sense.

[@carmsth]

nanunanu365 "Prevention is better than cure" says the Sheikh of Dubai. It really is true.

[@wantonsimone312]

"...And the poverty of these regions , combined with the relatively low amount of overall cases means there is little economic incentive for drug companies to invest in research. " And that's on CAPITALISM

[@RICE-lq1zc]

I have watched 3 hours of Ted-Ed videos today. Gosh, so much content.

[@Camille90332]

I like how youtube is recommending me some of those Ted-short videos so I learn everyday something new! Love it

[@allaboutavery9575]

I always enjoy watching videos on KZbin similar to these. When I go to college I want to study medicines, and pediatric nursing. I may only be 12 but topics such as science, biology, astronomy, and neurobiology have always fascinated me.😊💜🔬📚🐳

[@ciresfrancisco7644]

Now you are 19. Wyd?

[@niikolettedraws]

Give us an update Avery---gotta know if you still wanna pursue medicine !

[@lithbcyes4201]

Giv update pls /j

[@brawlaj5246]

Update?

[@mspain]

see you on the other side bud.

[@rayeneh.h.4094]

Some of the African people do actually eat bats. That's how it is transmitted to humans. This can answer your question, because in the video it says it remains unknown in 3:03. :) You're welcome!

[@mayatempler2138]

It's actually transmitted when bats eat and poo on fruit and then humans go and eat the fruit unaware of what's going to happen

[@Boomer8824]

+Maya Templer no Africa is in a bad economic state so some of the only things they can eat are bats.

[@orangekoalabro999]

+magicwheelz 0 yes your the correct on in this argument I had Ebola on my quarterly assessment it had said Ebola can only be transmitted by eating"bush meat" a.k.a. Bat meat "that has been infected or bodily contact"

[@orangekoalabro999]

+Hamza Hamoudi all but one is correct no poop is involved with ebola

[@orangekoalabro999]

+Orange koala bro well unless there's a bodily fluid on the poop Ebola can't spread through such a germ filled solid mass

[@emil_yo]

the 'cytokine storm' they're talking about is where (almost) every single cell uses all it's power to try and kill the virus, a very last ditch attempt. but the cells do not only kill the virus/infection, but also harm the body a lot by causing internal bleeding and swelling in vessels. Though this won't kill you most of the time, it weakens your immune system greatly and gives other harmful infections time to infect and kill you. That is the most common way that the ebola virus kills humans.

[@syntheticant8172]

Cytokines themselves are messenger proteins used to carry information by cells, in this case it refers to the body using these to activate all of its defenses to kill the virus, even the immune cells that are better suited to other foes as a last stand of sorts.

[@ritwikrattan1263]

This is very informative. I learnt a lot!

[@parthgulati4675]

Very nicely explained and animations were pretty good too 💯

[@ofgraham]

This video was so helpful!

[@vanyagangwar399]

Amazing video

[@andrewchai5637]

Why do I always watch these videos when I have the flu!?!!??

[@DynaRose]

because you can

[@robloxnoob8111]

Exactly ! because you do it

[@leeyuna9262]

Idk, But Were Doing The Same Thing ;-;

[@katlynbittle2776]

Mista sun chips ! Lol I know right??? I'm sick too!;-;

[@yeahoh2222]

Mista sun chips ! Lol

[@lekadit5611]

wow everyday i learned something new!! thx so much TED-Ed

[@shiweiwang6593]

Please allow me to give sincere thanks to all the kinds that are working, helping and researching for a better future.

[@maitran8723]

Many thanks. I understand what Ebola exactly is.

[@seibaraion1404]

I think we all know the cause of transmission: Batman!

[@LordDragox412]

But what if it's all due to the infected feces?!?! Buttman and Diarrheaman are the villains! :OOO

[@spybomber6499]

Don't forget butt head, from Bevis and butthead

[@DanzigDanne]

John Smith 500 bits for you! :D *****

[@PolishGigaChad180]

BATMAN DUHN DUHN DUHN DHUN BATMAN

[@josuefairy]

Fake comments

[@marygraceolfindo8356]

Thank you TED-ED for the information

[@leahgracefecteau6049]

Thank you don’t know why all these medical things are on my page but you explain well what a relief

[@ummtulip]

immune system be like: *We’ve became the thing we swore to destroy!*

[@caprisunnalleeh7000]

“Ebola will maybe exist if there is another outbreak.” Corona: HI SISTERS

[@riogalvez4310]

June 2020 theres Ebola in Congo

[@kathacentauri5943]

More like hi bitches

[@Karma_Kawaki]

What a fitting time to recommend this to me

[@guard4617]

I love how they always rhyme at the end

[@busina032000]

Hi TED-Ed! You have a very useful and informative video. I like it. But i want to ask you. Can you make the subtitles in English language in your videos? It would be understandable for people who are learning English. For example I studying English, and sometimes I don't understand some things by ear. Thank you for your attention!) P.S. And sorry me,for any errors)))

[@blankblank9259]

epic

[@NoriMori1992]

Until the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the only time I heard of Ebola was a brief mention in _Osmosis Jones_. When the 2014 outbreak happened, I finally looked it up, and was horrified. Mimics flu? Progresses to vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding out of possibly every orifice, and eventually coma and death? Nightmare disease! Like something out of a sci-fi horror movie!

[@randominternetartist2615]

and no one is coming up with cures bc people who live in those countries can't afford research costs, and the ones who live abroad and can afford it don't give 2 shits bc it wont make them money and it wont directly affect them

[@nadia-yq7vz]

Great video!

[@wedsaleh9571]

شكراً جزيلاً ..فيديو قيم

[@naomileong6924]

In my school, a lot of boys joke about Ebola a lot, and it's just sad, especially more since I watched this video.

[@datasatan]

severity * distance = fun. Its natural to joke about. Source: afv, failarmy, majority of all comedians. There are other ways to make fun, but this is a tried and trusted method.

[@jeanieforsyth1122]

(Ebola,la,la,la)

[@figueroa745]

SON BUENISIMOS TUS DOCUMENTALES, PERO POR FAVOR CON SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL. GRACIAS.

[@jackbassett3091]

They do now :D

[@stephla3851]

Great video

[@Agirmetal]

Very good animations

[@skeso2k157]

2:23 that scared me sooo bad

[@brokenteletooby106]

Now: *what is coronavirus?*

[@spiceydice6968]

Broken teletooby well the coronavirus is a broad type of virus'. So could be talking about the common cold because it's also a type of Coronavirus. The actual 2019-nCoV gives you a condition called ARDS that gives you lung damage. It can only kill immunity system deficient people and smokers.

[@sagittarian_0423]

Corona virus is made in China😂😂😂

[@brokenteletooby106]

@@sagittarian_0423 why does everyone think I dont know what coronavirus is

[@spiceydice6968]

@@Saythe Well what said was a month ago but nothing changed except for the numbers and it evolving into 2 other strains (but it's not that bad). Oh yeah and I was telling TRUE facts from PROPER SOURCES so you shut up.

[@spiceydice6968]

@@Saythe do you think I was supposed to know that a month ago?

[@ForestExotics]

Thanks

[@justanotherbohemian3827]

My watch later playlist is full of Ted Ed videos

[@mirroredchaos]

ebola: let me reproduce and spread like all the other viruses host: "dies" ebola: wait, how is this supposed to work if I keep killing my hosts before they can transmit me?

[@bhawanachoudhary3441]

😂😂😂

[@gabriellagraham8941]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Alvinrasher]

I guess nobody's around at 2021 or 2022

[@Reptiles_4_us]

I’m here in 2024…

[@ricky7cool522]

@@Reptiles_4_ussame

[@jaganbabutummalapalli3154]

Useful suggestions t. Q. Sir

[@ehuve7ygcsygvsuh8v]

Dang this is old but great

[@nazikali3241]

I actually survived the dengue fever when I was a little kid.

[@hiyoise]

Nazik Ali holy sh-

[@jensjensen9035]

Nazik Ali HA, I didn't get the dengue fever

[@groweathergt7952]

Nazik Ali my brother to

[@lennyfaceboiss5165]

AMAZING

[@nemo-chan9252]

Nazik Ali Wow what a lucky human being you are!

[@banwarilsharma8378]

i love teded

[@luongmaihunggia]

*ted-ed

[@bcastiljerichocastillo8937]

i think you should discuss about NCov

[@napoleontan2841]

I appreciate this.

[@krykni]

The doctor said that I'm bleeding internally I laughed and said "I'm bleeding inside the body? You gotta be kidding me.. that's where blood is supposed to be" (Jesus Christ don't be one of those 4year olds,this is a joke)

[@drakon_Phoenix]

Well that is technically correct

[@turtleface25]

Ha is this a Brooklyn 99 reference

[@DailyFoodASMR]

Conclusion then and now: Stop eating the damn bats.

[@sayedafatima377]

Good video 👌😮💖

[@AnnAmbler]

I'd add Rehydration to the end of the video, but otherwise it seems an excellent summary of Ebola.

[@diegoav974]

2016, that's not much of a worry. Ebola is far more controlled and a vaccine is very close to arrive.

[@o7.]

Diego Acevedo vaccine arrived in February 2016

[@diegoav974]

Viklore Wait, then why hadn't I heard vaccination programs during 2016?

[@o7.]

I don't know why.

[@cringevideoscringe6622]

its 2017

[@blackhawk395]

i have a yellow fever like 4 times but i somehow survived and i have small pox also still living

[@DocMortsnarg]

Ahh, the good old days!

[@sk8drewsk8]

😂

[@lisaadler507]

This is out of date and needs updating

[@goldenbrothers3829]

This was my recommended to me

[@deidarassidekick5647]

Why no blood transfusions if this disease causes internal bleeding?

[@feralbersttt]

so you dont bleed to death :3

[@smartass013]

+Fernando Albers Ebola! is a CASE! Dandrift compared to thrax

[@caelan97]

Because the blood will not coagulate, and when they try to put a needle in the patient for a blood transfusion, the needle puncture bleeds profusely. Therefore, they can't perform a blood transfusion, for risk of the patient bleeding too much through even the smallest puncture.

[@smartass013]

let me tell you someting about Ebola Honey Ebola is a case of dan drift compared to anthrax! movie Osmosis Jones

[@caelan97]

billy bob Dude... Dude... Thrax from Osmosis Jones is a fictional disease called the Red Death. Anthrax has completely different symptoms, and kills in a different way. Anthrax kills with either blood infection or pneumonia, while Thrax killed by taking the hypothalamus and causing his victim to overheat.

[@jenkar5716]

Please make a video about corona virus(saars pandemic in China)

[@jeanieforsyth1122]

They already did.😂😂😂😂😂

[@blankoblanko5839]

That Deadly

[@xeviusUsagi]

hey TED-Ed it would be cool if after some years where more stuff about ebola has been found. you would make another ebola video telling more in deapth what was found the cure (if eny has been found) and maybe how it all started!

[@Duessa2000]

They are currently doing ebola vaccine trials in my city. I wanted to volunteer to be part of the trial but I take medication daily so I would be eliminated from the pool of applicants. So far from what I've heard things are going well and the people who were innoculated are feeling ok.

[@kucasmukas7942]

+Duessa2000 Really? You'd volunteer for a dangerous experiment for companies that make immense fortunes? We need more people like you and I need more stocks of these companies!

[@Duessa2000]

I'm Canadian... this isn't a trial from some company with an immense fortune playing with my life.... this is a trial from Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, a part of Health Canada. And yes, I'd volunteer for such an experiment, that passed all the preliminary safety testing.

[@kucasmukas7942]

Duessa2000 Well, PHAC licensed the vaccine to an American privately held corporation in 2010, so you infact you did try to volunteer for one, even if you were contacted through PHAC. It's not going to develop it for charity that's for sure, or else it wouldn't have licensed it, and if it did it's directors are liable to be sued and _will_ have to reimburse the lost revenue. You may be willing to take a risk only for the betterment of the world, but no director of a company is going to pay for it. They will make the most money they can because it's their legal obligation to the share holders.

[@ananyabiswal4943]

2019-nCov

[@angelcarlotti2781]

2019-nCov / COVID-19

[@bread.267]

As I kept watching the video I was watching the phone 📱 but I kept watching so I could learn

[@leahgracefecteau6049]

Yes they are right most things can only be transmit through touching

[@user-lehsun-le-garib]

Ebola-I'm contagious Corona Le corona-hold my milk 🥛

[@allaboutsboyzz4737]

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[@suggahree8529]

PLEASE UPDATE THIS TED TALK. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT IS AIRBORNE!!!

[@sydneyshellhouse7149]

Sugar Ree read the comments just to find one like this. 100% agree & thankyou! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@suggahree8529]

@@sydneyshellhouse7149 aww! Thank you so much. I just think that without all the correct info how can we be expected to fight this complex killer of we aren't armed with the correct info?!

[@MsSqueashy]

That escalated quickly

[@kevingruenofficial]

Sounds lovely...

[@matthewchipman1153]

2:33 There's 2 Shreks with hair

[@thatonepotato5145]

Thumbnail: *What's Ebola?* Me: *Actually more deadly that the corona virus* 🤢

[@catconfirmed1896]

I got a hot zone ad before this video

[@charliecharlie849]

By looking at all these viruses, it's like a miracle that we are still alive....the world is a dangerous place.😭

[@melmom1102]

Its just unsanitary bc of humans 😂

[@maxbadger5006]

we ourselves made him like that!

[@amogusinsuster9560]

:Ebola effects someone in 2019 :memory t and B cells Nani

[@C_petsinez]

Interesting.

[@pineappleboy8161]

This is strange since I just had stomach ache sore thought and dirrea

[@umak9118]

Haha. The next outbreak of ebola is out! I just heard the news and came here to watch the video again

[@ascended6279]

IKR, just heard about it

[@obby726]

One question that I have never seen people ask: Why do viruses want to kill us so much?????!!!!!!

[@dwijnapal4615]

Evolution

[@theaveragestabilizer6415]

Isolation. Great excuse for me to never leave my room and play video games all day.

[@hazardzone1331]

this is in my recommended 0.0

[@user-hz3tv7ko7l]

Im once have flu and surived

[@namanmotiani1391]

that is true jortega

[@noahverdugo7658]

+ jortega61924 Hes saying ebola isn't as DEADLY as the common flu. The flu has a freaking 1% fatality rate if you are in bad conditions so.

[@robloxguy192]

flu has just 1% morrtality rate if you are infected in bad conditions and 0% if you are in good conditions so...

[@soy_j1260]

jortega61924 It only has a 1% chance.

[@sasygamer9417]

3:07 how is it transmitted to humans? We're in 2020, you know it

[@dwijnapal4615]

Bruh, i was legit searching for a comment like this.

[@jcanet1555]

I have pet mosquitoes and I trained them not to bite now they're in my room roaming around

[@erickjericho6460]

Now this is just the beginning

[@redjesus2266]

i had bactiria lucky im a kid that survied age 8 born 2008 strat of infetion 2014 and i had meases

[@littlekykynewbie2714]

Red Jesus by the way measles is actually a viruse you can survive

[@starmanplays3723]

So you cant survire ebola malaria etc.? You can survire all of them if you do the right thing

[@noahverdugo7658]

'I had barira I'm a kid that survived of infection 2014' what the actual FRICK is wrong with your spelling. I mean, you are 8, I cant blame you for that. and what is meases?

[@robloxguy192]

wait measels only infect you one time in your life and it isn't deadly wtf

[@uuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Hoovy All viruses work that way with the exception of a select few.

[@yyxxy]

I live far away from Africa so I no need to worry

[@RonnieOtieno]

Story Time With MestiryousFight i live in Africa and I don't worry either

[@zapdery]

ITS JESSE MASTER 1947 WHY ARE YOU RASIST ;-;

[@RyanGamez-vv2uv]

Me too

[@Acyte]

It is not just in Africa. It really is everywhere. Ebola comes from places that don't have good access to water and sanitation (and even toilets) it can also come from pepole who travel overseas in 2-20 days after getting ebola and who spread the Ebola through bodily fluids that comes from a human.

[@Acyte]

Even though about 70% of pepole don't have electronics, and that has enough room for yt, u don't have to worry...

[@kathyw.6403]

Watching this for a research paper 😭

[@oliverz4133]

One person survives in the village somehow That bloody legend

[@aminullahkhan1742]

The time where the whole world is suffering damage from the new coronavirus, youtube just recommends me a 5 year old virus.

[@fd5454]

EBOLA IS DA WAE MY BRUDDAS

[@rhager842]

No.

[@alsatian5]

I think it is important to make the distinction that electron microscopy was used...you cannot see filoviruses under a light microscope

[@superdrabde7117]

I saw this video and I saw the rash symptom while looking at my small cut

[@majestaec5018]

The name Ebola is scary

[@Nyanarchyy]

It's because we associate it with something scary if obamas name was ebola y'all would be kneeling in the ebola river

[@jeanieforsyth1122]

Ebola,la,la,la,la,la!

[@_RoseDawson_]

It's true that what we can't see are usually the scariest things. In the case of Ebola, even tho its mortality rate is very high, this type of illness can easily be contained because if you ever catch it, you would most likely to exhibit symptoms... Unlike covid in which many patients are asymptomatic thats why contact tracing is extremely difficult And that its containment is more difficult than illnesses like ebola.

[@aleixiaprof7155]

Just wondering, did they rename the Ebola River after the Ebola disease was discovered?

[@nayantarabiju1928]

Can you make a video on Nipah virus??

[@TMasterson13]

This is how many people DON’T want to swim in the Ebola River ⬇️

[@TMasterson13]

Winona Tongkul interesting

[@WorldJustice5]

@Winona Tongkul Then again... This video is almost 5 years old

[@jeanieforsyth1122]

Ebola more like eboDEATH!!!

[@thestarlingshow9717]

There are some people that eat fruit bats

[@sajarahmaesaldo6566]

Can you please do a video about mental illnesses?

[@sleepysuga9484]

Watching this video in the times of corona

[@Emily-vc4xo]

*sarcasm alert* So your saying that If im a loner i wont get ebola? G a m e O n

[@ayindephulgence4950]

it's been six months, i still have not contracted ebola, resources are running low, i think i might to leave my room soon

[@sk8drewsk8]

@@ayindephulgence4950 LOL