The Coronavirus Explained and
What You Should Do
In December 2019 the Chinese authorities notified the world that a coronavirus was spreading through their communities in the following months.
It spread to
other countries with cases doubling within days this virus are the severe acute respiratory
syndrome-related coronavirus to the causes the disease called covert19 and
that everyone simply calls covid-19 coronavirus.
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what actually happens; when it
infects a human and what should we all do a virus is really just a hull around
genetic material and a few proteins arguably not even a living thing.
It can
only make more of itself by entering a living cell corona may spread via
surfaces, but it's still uncertain how long, it can survive on them it's the main way
of spreading seems to be dropped its infection.
when people cough or if you touch
someone who's ill and then your face says rubbing your eyes or nose the coronavirus
starts its journey. here and then hitches a ride as a still way deeper into the
body its destinations are the intestines the spleen or the lungs.
where it can
have the most dramatic effect even just a few coronaviruses can cause quite a
dramatic situation the lungs are lined with billions of epithelial cells .these
are the border cells of your body lining your organs and mucosa waiting to be
infected corona connects to a specific receptor on its victim's membranes to
inject its genetic material the cell ignorant of what's happening to execute.
The
new instructions which are pretty simple copy and reassemble it fills up with
more and more copies of the original virus-like covid19 until it reaches a critical
point and receives one final order self-destruct the cell sort of melts away
releasing new corona particles ready to attack more cells.
The number of
infected cells grow exponentially after about 10 days millions of body cells
are infected and billions of viruses swarmed the lungs the virus has not caused
too much damage yet but is now going to release a real beast on you your own
immune system the immune system.
while there to protect you can actually be
pretty dangerous to your self and needs tight regulation and as immune cells
pour into the lungs to fight the virus Corona infects some of them and creates
confusion cells have neither ears nor eyes they communicate mostly via tiny
information proteins called cytokines nearly every important immune reaction is
controlled by them.
Corona causes infected immune cells to overreact and yell
bloody murder in a sense. it puts the immune system into a fighting frenzy and
sends way more soldiers than it should be wasting its resources and causing damage
to kinds of cells, in particular, wreak havoc first nutria files which are great
at killing stuff including ourselves as they arrive in their thousands they
start pumping out enzymes that destroy as many friends as enemies.
The other an important type of cells that go into a frenzy are killer “T” cells which usually
order infected cells to commit controlled suicide confused as they are they
start ordering healthy cells to kill themselves to the more and more immune
cells arrive the more damage.
They do and the more healthy lung tissue they
kill this might get so bad that it can cause permanent irreversible damage that
leads to lifelong disabilities in most cases .the immune system slowly regains
control it kills the infected cells intercepts the viruses trying to infect new
ones and cleans up the battlefield recovery begins the majority of people
infected by Corona will get through it with relatively mild symptoms but many
cases become severe or even critical.
we don't know the percentage because not
all cases have been identified, but it's safe to say that there is a lot more
then with the flu in more severe cases millions of epithelial cells have died
and with them the lungs protective lining is gone that means that the alveoli
tiny air sacs via which breathing occurs can be infected by bacteria that
aren't usually a big problem patience get pneumonia;
respiration becomes hard or
even fails and patients need ventilators to survive the immune system has
fought at full capacity for weeks and made millions of antiviral weapons and
as thousands of bacteria rapidly multiply it is overwhelmed they enter the
blood and overrun the body if this happens death is very likely the corona the virus is often compared to the flu but actually.
It's much more dangerous while
the exact death rate is hard to pin down during an ongoing pandemic we know for
sure that it's much more contagious and spreads faster than the flu there are
two futures for a pandemic like a corona fast and slow.
Which future we will see
depends on how we all react to it in the early days of the outbreak a first
pandemic will be horrible and cost many lives a slow pandemic will not be
remembered by the history books the worst-case scenario for a fast pandemic
begins with a very rapid rate of infection because there is no counter
measures in place to slow it down why is this so bad in a fast pandemic.
Many
people get sick at the same time if the numbers get too large health care
systems become unable to handle it there aren't enough resources like medical
staff or equipment like ventilators left to help everybody people will die
untreated and as more health care workers get sick themselves the capacity of
health care systems Fall even further if this becomes the case then horrible
decisions will have to be made about who gets to live.
And who doesn't the
number of deaths Rises significantly in such a scenario to avoid this the world
that means all of us needs to do what it can to turn this into a slow pandemic
a pandemic is slowed down by the right responses especially in the early phase
so that everyone who gets sick can get treatment and there's no crunch point
with overwhelmed hospitals since we don't have a vaccine for Corona.
we have to
socially engineer our Avia to act like a social vaccine this simply
means two things not getting infected and not infecting others although it
sounds trivial the very best thing you can do is to wash your hands the soap is
actually a powerful tool the coronavirus is encased in what is basically a
layer of fat soap breaks that fat apart and leaves it unable to infect you.
It
also makes your hands slippery and with the mechanical motions of
washing viruses are ripped away to do it properly wash your hands as if you've just
cut up some jalapenos and what to put in your contacts next the next thing is
social distancing.
which is not a nice experience but a nice thing to do this means
no hugging no handshakes if you can stay at home to protect those
who need to be out for society to function from doctors to cashiers or police
officers you depend on all of them. they all depend on you to not get sick on a
larger level there are quarantine.
which can mean different things from travel
restrictions or actual orders to stay at home quarantines are not great to
experience and certainly not popular but they by us and especially the
researchers working on medication and vaccinations crucial time so if you are
put under quarantine you should understand why and respect it none of this is
fun but looking at the big picture it is a really small price to pay the
question of how pandemics end depends on how they start.
If they start fast
with a steep slope, they end badly if they start slow with a not so steeps lope
they endocast and in this day and age it really is in all of our hands
literally and figuratively a huge thanks to the experts. who helped us on short
notice with this video especially our world in data the online publication for
research and data on the world's largest problems and how to make progress
solving them check out their site it also includes a constantly updated page on
the corona pandemic virus.
What cure from coronavirus covid-19
- The virus that causes coronavirus disease is spreading in some of our communities this disease also known as covid19 is thought to spread mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes these droplets can spread to the mouth nose or hands.
- people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs take steps to lower your risk of getting sick here are some things you should do wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds you can also use a hand sanitizer that contains at least60% alcohol.
- Take extra measures to put distance between yourself and others avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Stay home if you're sick except to get medical care if you have severe symptoms please call 112 coughs and sneezes with a tissue or the inside of your elbow only wear a face mask if you're sick and around other people.
