Name: Review of Introduction of Main Paper on COVID-19 "Virus" Isolation
Uploaded: 2023-06-17T18:46:43+00:00
Duration: 13 min 46 s
Description: In this video I go over a review of the introduction to the main paper on COVID-19 "virus" isolation. I also expand on many of the technical terms and then summarize the introduction in bullet-point f

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In this video I go over a review of the introduction to the main paper on COVID-19 "virus" isolation. I also expand on many of the technical terms and then summarize the introduction in bullet-point form. The introduction provides a background of the mainstream assumption of worldwide "pathogens" emerging and reemerging to cause disease in humans. One group of these "pathogens" are called "coronaviruses" which supposedly have a bundle of RNA inside a membrane or envelope. Coronaviruses are supposedly widespread among humans and "cause" diseases related to breathing, the gut, liver, brain, and nervous system. There supposedly 6 types of coronaviruses that are "known" to cause disease in humans, 4 of which supposedly cause the "common cold", and 2 are "linked" to fatal illness: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

SARS-CoV supposedly caused "outbreaks" in 2002 and 2003 in China while MERS-CoV supposedly caused "outbreaks" in 2012 in the Middle East. This brings us to December 2019 in Wuhan, China, in which a "cluster" of pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) patients had an "unknown cause". The China Center of Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) sent a "rapid response team" to "investigate" and they supposedly "discovered" a new or novel coronavirus that is said to be the "cause" of these "clusters" or "outbreak".

The paper is listed below:

- A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
- Authors: Na Zhu et al
- Published on January 24, 2020 in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001017

The timestamps of key parts of the video are listed below:

- Paper Introduction: Coronaviruses: 0:00
- Pathogens and Respiratory, Enteric, Hepatic, and Neurological Diseases: 0:43
- Six Coronaviruses Alleged to Cause Disease: 2:06
- Immune Response, Antigens, Antibodies, Common Cold: 2:33
- SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV: 5:13
- SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV "Outbreaks": 6:43
- Genetic Recombination, Viruses, Spillover Events: 7:42
- Clusters of Pneumonia in Wuhan Market in December 2019: 9:51
- Epidemiology, Wet Animal Market, Clinical Features: 11:12
- Summary of the Introduction: 11:51