I love that you use clickbait titles to pull in that demographic and then provide good information anyway. A lot of clickbait videos are like, "Look at the babe in this thumbnail!" Then she isn't in the video. Your clickbait videos are like, "HUGE CONTROVERSY" and then you calmly and politely address it without talking down to people or being preachy. Perfect bait and switch Thanks, Dr. Mike.
Behavioural psychologist and technologist here, and you're *exactly* correct. Some days it depresses me to know that this is what it takes to stand out in a noisy digital crowd. Other days, companies offer to pay me to apply it.
I can’t agree more, you hear so much on the news, Dr. Mike pulls the truth and makes it easy to understand. I attribute all my alertness and lack of anxiety to him!
Okay. So my friend had Covid 19, was in ICU for almost a week and it was touch and go for a bit. He recovered, thankfully. He was discharged with instructions to self quarantine for 14 days. Once the 14 days were up, he planned a small get together with five people to celebrate his recovery. (btw, wouldn’t recommend) He read about people testing positive later, so before he had this event, he got swabbed nasally again and tested positive for the Corona Virus. He was 16 days after recovery and still tested positive. He’s now an asymptomatic carrier for the coronavirus. He cancelled his plans. Ten days later, he went to his doctor to get swabbed again to see if he could safely go grocery shopping. He tested positive. That’s now 26 days after he recovered that he’s still actively carrying this virus around through respiratory droplets. He won’t leave his house, naturally. If most people that recover think they’re Golden after 14 days, some are mistaken. What are your thoughts on this? There are people that are claiming to be reinfected, but is it actually that they just carry this virus long term and can infect people for months after?! I’m super interested to hear your opinions on this case. Antibody testing is great, but if they’re actively carrying this in their nasal passages for extended periods of time, what can even be done? UPDATE: Wow, a lot of people commented! I’d love to hear Dr Mike’s response as well. My friend just got swabbed again and tested negative, FINALLY!
What I've read on that topic was that it's possible that the virus is still present but not infectious anymore. But that this is something they still need to look into. (I'm mostly commenting so that I don't miss it when someone smarter than me answers this. It's a really good question.)
Good question - and a scary one :-( I think most of us are assuming that you get it and then you're done with it. Hate to think that you really just go asymptomatic but can still spread it
I believe it was in South Korea they've found that 90 people thus far who had it and cleared it, then came down with it again some time later, so they are investigating whether the virus can "reactivate" (vs. a person being "reinfected"), and that perhaps immunity only lasts a few months. But as Dr. Mike said, there are so many unknowns at this time. I'm also replying with the hope that he will address the OP's question.
In case you haven't heard it: Thank you for taking the time out of your day to make these videos to help us all understand these things. I know you're both busy and probably very tired, so it means a lot that you take this time still to keep everyone informed.
Typically serological assays are set up to detect both the IgG and IgM response. A positive IgG response indicates the virus is still active in the body. IgMs are the 'memory' antibodies. But yeah, you're right could have both types and still be fighting the infection.
My country (Indonesia) are using rapid antibody test for screening positive patients, with RT-PCR follow up confirmation if they test positive. So yeah, we are trying to find infectious patients using the antibody test. The poor quality of that test right now probably means a lot of missed cases. Not to mention it takes time for building the antibody (so we miss early infection) or a case where the patients already recovered (never reported as positive as only RT-PCR positive tests are reported).
@@DoctorMike correct me if I'm wrong, but don't false positive results also have a chance to do the opposite? So that a person who should test positive tests negative instead?
MRnaimadi that would be a false negative, which is not as dangerous here because it doesn’t cause a non-immune person to believe they are immune. False negatives are a much bigger deal when testing for the virus itself, because the test could say you’re fine when you’re actually carrying and transmitting the virus
It was technically mathematically incorrect, for instance if we assume 0% false negative rate and 5% false positive rate, like I believe was the case in the video, and assume 100 people, 50 of which are immune, then the expected number of positives should be 52.5 instead of 55. But I am just being pedantic. The presentation illustrated the problem well regardless of wether it was 100% accurate, or only 90%.
Suspect333 or we can stay inside till they have a cure to help people who are at high risk and save health care workers from over flow. The world doesn’t revolve around you
good, thebn have him answer this 1. Is there an electron micrograph of the pure, and fully characterized virus? 2. What is the name of the primary specialist, peer reviewed paper in which the virus is illustrated and its full genetic information described? 3. What is the name of the primary publication that provides proof that a particular virus is the sole cause of a particular disease?
Goldenhawk583 I like how your brain works! Can you please give me your honest opinion on this? I like to think of myself as being very intuitive, and generally a person who likes to see the facts/evidence etc., or more then likely I will doubt what I'm told. I've had a weird feeling about a motive behind this pandemic from the start, especially with Gates "predicting" this pandemic, the whole thing that happened in the level 4 lab in Canada & I just get a pit in my stomach, when it comes to Dr. Fauci, CDC, WHO and many others. I don’t know wtf is going on, but I’m very interested in hearing what you think, bc you’re obviously very smart🤍
@@halfofmyheart3167 for some reason this never showed up for me. Thank you for your praise.. but maybe I am just more suspicious? :) Nothing adds up about this plandemic. The number of deaths are manipulated so much it is impossible to know if anyone died of a disease at all. What we DO know, is that a lot of people has died of the ventilator treatment, a huge number of old people has died of loneliness, and the number of people who has and who will commit suicide are skyrocketing. When car crash victims and people falling down a staircase, is signed up as cov victims.. something is off. Dont get tested, and most definitely,. do not get a vaccine. The truth is that no virus has ever been proven to be contagious. Look up exosomes , and see what viruses really are. To catch a virus.. it has to be injected.
@@Goldenhawk583 How come is that no virus is contagious, are you one of those people making hoax theories? If so 0.125 microns is how small the virus is and which makes it really contagious, so what if i told you vaccines aren't the cause of a virus and a virus gets contagious if it is through transmission either by blood, air, water, and etc Vaccines help you by weakening the virus toxins to alert antibodies and also induce memory b cells to fight against infection in the future.
I understand you’re talking to your target audience, but I’d love to hear words like sensitivity and specificity described synonymously with false positive/accuracy so people walk away with more knowledge from your videos. As always, you’re providing the best content and keeping us first responders safe! Keep it up!
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are 'stupider' than that.” --George Carlin My neck, temple and/or forehead vein would pop out too if I have to deal with them on a daily basis.
I don't think the number is as high as the media is reporting. There will always be exceptions to the rule as there are individuals who are immunocompromised and have not completely cleared the infection when they thought they did.
"... the growing number of people who are “reinfected” ..." It's doubtful whether there actually is such a 'growing number'. Positive tests after negative tests don't automatically mean 'reinfection'.
Higher likelihood of inaccurate test result instead. The levels were either too low to detect or the sample was inadequately taken. This sampling technique requires the health provider to stick a long Q-tip through the nasal passage all the way to the back of the throat. Instant gag reflex triggered and it is not a pleasant experience to the patients either.
"What needs to happen on a government level-" Lemme stop you right there. Our government is incompetent and incapable of the most basic civil tasks. We're fucked.
I think I started trusting dr Mike more than the WHO when in one of his videos he said “Covid 19 is technically a pandemic”. Back then WHO was still not ready to declare it a pandemic.
WHO screwed the pooch bad. The whole point of the WHO was to stop a pandemic like this from happening. I give them a 3 out of 10 on that. After this crisis is over I'm hoping an investigation will reveal exactly what happened and major reforms are done to make sure this doesn't happen again.
You have one of the best channels on TH-cam. You’re no BS, straightforward, honest, passionate about what you do, and you do what you can to prevent the spread of misinformation, which is incredibly important during all this. And I just want to say I really appreciate you not only as a content creator and doctor, but as a fellow human being. Thank you for all you do.
I think one of the reasons people are having a hard time with this pandemic is that so much of it is about statistics, and most people don't have the training or the skill to understand statistic data. I have the training and it's still something i have to focus on, I can't imagine my friends who ditched numbers after high-school math. This is why people either dismiss it or panic. They have a hard time keeping the notion that everything is a probability game, than less chances aren't ZERO chances but are better than MORE chances, and that every single action is a new roll of the dice.
Don't forget media plays a big part in this as well (like, oddly enough, like any shooting) where media almost always shine their lights on the negative sides and their tendency to use scare tactics and over dramatization of the numbers like how they over emphasize the number if infected but give little to no attention or just blatantly use smaller text on the numbers for those recovered and those killed while also not elaborating the numbers (like say showing the vast majority that died are either old, has weak immune systems or were already suffering another illness). And don't get me started on how they write their headlines with the vast majority of normies who "read" the news only read the headlines and would mostly just read the first paragraph which are usually just filled with stupid words used by the writer.
I studied research methodologies (statistics) in my undergrad, it is really difficult to stay on top of the numbers. For my part I take the numbers as incomplete and not representative of any final point. We can't yet, the numbers are still evolving. Now, try explaining that to someone who dropped numbers and logical reasoning in high school.
I really wish it was highly suggested to the entire population to watch Dr. Mike’s explanations on these things. I swear He communicate any concept to anyone clearly and thoroughly. There would be much less confusion and spreading of misinformation.
Another point I've heard mentioned from an acquaintance in health care: we have yet to assess whether there are any risks of long term complications after having covid-19.
Virgil Grin I think he is encouraging a neutral assumption (i.e., there may or may not be long-term complications... we don’t know yet). As of right now, we only have [limited] data on the short-term effects.
Just wanted to let you know that you've been part of the reason I want to study in the medical field and become a doctor. P.S. Love your vids! I binge them all the time. 😄
So how can people not rely on boosters if getting the virus and getting over it isn't enough? How can you prove full immunity from contracting and recovering from the virus whether vaccinated or unvaccinated? If you got over it fine it therefore makes sense all little variants aren't a worry. It's enough for chicken pox and influenza, it's the way heard immunity works so why not for this?
I feal so much better after I watch one of his videos. I also feal better after reading the comments on his videos. I realize there is actually still rational people that don't believe COVID is a Chinese super weapon created on the moon by the 5G zombies.
Iam sure you've heard this million times but THANK YOU TO THE REAL HEROES OF 2020 MEDICAL TEAM. Thank you for keeping us updated on this issue. Stay safe and take care of not only your patients but also yourself.
DEAR DR. MIKE! By now I have probably shared your Corona updates on all my socials and with all my friends, family, coworkers and even our dumbass employer. I really, REALLY appreciate these vids. I know it must be EXTRA straining during a pandemic. My aunt works (33 years) at Germany's biggest hospital, so I see first hand how hard you guys work. Hence my extra appreciation for your YT stuff now. I will keep supporting this channel and keep telling people to check your vids instead of believing random fb "covid updates and fake news". This is a time where ignorance can actually be LETHAL.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Thank you Dr. Mike for being an amazing TH-camr and a Dr. that knows how to deliver important information without sensationalizing it. You are out there to make sure people are safe healthy and happy, and your no -panic approach to reporting on Covid-19 since the start is refreshing. I wish you could be on everyone’s televisions when they click on the news.
Thank you for including all of my coursework for the last 3 semesters in a matter of a 6 minute video. You had my biology, statistics, healthcare management all covered in this video.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make us "normalos" understand what is going on out there right now. I really appreciate your passion to educate us. It will also help a lot of ppl who are sitting at home now and getting all these scary and most of the time not understandable news, which gives them a huge amount of anxiety. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Keep on doing it. 💕
Thanks so much for your kind comment. I realize now I may have spoken a bit too quickly in this video for such a dense subject. Will aim to improve for future videos!
@@DoctorMike you are more than welcome. Unfortunately saying THANK YOU is all I can do. Even though, you deserve so much more. Please take care of yourself and your loved one's. And don't worry, we can see when something is bothering you. You speak faster and your veins have to work quite hard as well 😉.
So I've gotten to the point where I don't even trust my government or the NHS to provide updates about COVID 19 just Dr Mike 😂 thank you you make these updates interesting and not boring to watch. Keep it up really appreciate the hard work ❤
Careful with that. Dr Mike's great, no doubt, but it's important to have multiple sources of reference whenever possible. Unilateral info consumption is weaponized by a lot of media to convince their viewers that anything they say is correct.
❤Help for coronavirus until end of pandemic. Thoughts and prayer improve health. Meditation, Prayer and Spiritual Healing: The Evidence From NCBI www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396089 Speak quietly out loud or in normal voice "God, please make my health perfect and eliminate harmful virus. Thank you." Repeat every 1-2 hours (8-16 times a day) as long as the pandemic lasts and until a safe vaccine or cure is available. God is love. This helps. No cost. "A problem exists today regarding some know how to call on God for help while others do not. This loving help is available to all of us regardless of moral character, religious views, and personal beliefs. God does not punish and helps anyone asking correctly. God is love." www.howtocallongodforhelp.com Social distancing helps prevent infected droplets, splatter, and aerosol particles from entering the lungs and eyes. Reducing viral concentration will give the body better odds at handling infection. First line workers are at high risk because of continuous exposure to the virus, thus greater susceptibility to Covid19. Fever, cough, shortness of breath, and sudden loss of smell and taste are common characteristics of the coronavirus. Covid19's cytokine storm can cause long term tissue and organ damage and mental health problems. From Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351 Masks, face shields, washinghands and disinfecting surfaces prevent spread of this virus. Look into foods high in Vitamin C (avoid harmful synthetic Vitamin C supplements), Vitamin D (20 minutes daily sunlight or Vitamin D supplement with Vitamin K2 to prevent calcification), and zinc. www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200907/too-little-vitamin-d-might-raise-odds-of-coronavirus-infection#1 Please share. Thank you.❤️❤️
My boss sent me home because he though I could test positive for the virus (I was having spring time allergies at this time, but no couching just sneezing). He told me to get a test taken in order to come back to work, however I wasn't allowed to get a test from anywhere around be because I had no symptoms...
You can even get a letter from the doctor clearing you for work. Since your boss is not a doctor and only a doctor can order a test it should suffice. If not follow the advice of Mason Cooper!!!
Glad I can come to Dr. Mike's channel and get an accurate image about what's truly going on. All the news in my Facebook feed had my anxiety levels through the roof, so I decided to mute all of those pages and just listen to Dr. Mike, Dr. Faucci, the CDC and WHO. Now I'm #alertnotanxious 😉😎. Seriously though, these videos are exactly what my mind needed, thank you so much!
When you get shingles, it’s not because the virus is reintroduced into your body, it’s because the virus is inactivated for some time after having chickenpox and then it reactivates to cause shingles
I wondered the same thing. I got cold sores when I was little but didn't get chicken pox until I was 22. I have never had shingles my my son did when he was around 4 and he had the chicken pox vaccination.
I had chicken pix twice , once as an infant, once at 15, both times mild. I also had to be revaxed for Typical childhood vaxes as I showed no immunity in a quantitative test. I was revaxed as an adult and showed only very low immunity when tested again. I must be a human anomaly.
People might think I'm only here to ogle the handsome doctor with the beautiful green eyes but I'm not. That is, I'm ogling the handsome doctor, of course I am, but he is also one of the few persons in the field who only says what he knows and what he knows he explains clearly and directly. It isn't always good news - with this pandemia nothing is - but this NOT beating around the bush, avoiding sensationalisms is incredibly reassuring. I love him (as a medical doctor).
Hi dr mike. So basically we think that I have had covid19 in late January after visiting Bergamo which is the epicenter in Italy. The only symptom that I had was red/purple lesions on my toes which is a symptom in young people like me (16yrs old). I also had head aches and a slight cough. And my mother also had a dry cough for about two weeks after me. This was before covid became a big thing. I went to about 5 doctors and nobody knew what was wrong with me. How do I know if I had covid19 and can my blood help people if I’m hyper immune. Like this so that he’ll see this
Lily Dawson how you would find out is the antibody tests dr. Mike was talking about. This is why it is so important to have accurate tests with valid results we can trust.
Thank you for explaining these things in a simpler way. I have been try to explain some things to my older coworkers but they don't understand what I'm saying. You are amazing cuz you make it so easy for me to help them out. Thank you.
Have you had a severe respiratory illness within the last six months where you had a fever, persistent cough, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, low blood pressure with rapid heart beat? Have you recovered over thirty days ago? Test. (If your insurance will cover it or you have the extra money). If you had a sneezy, achy, snotty kind of winter you probably just had a cold.
@@sometimessnarky1642 I had pneumonia a fever and gastrointestinal problems lasted maybe a little longer than three weeks I still have nausea and upset stomach even though seems to be slowly going away But I didn't have a cough, runny nose or sore throat I'm really curious to what I had I've never had pneumonia before.
@@reeeeeeee-e2g If you are testing for antibodies, you already recovered from covid if you had it. if you are currently sick, get an actual covid test - not the antibody test.
There's a bit of an inaccuracy in the section at 4:27 False positive rate is determined only by False Positives and True Negatives by the following formula: FPR = FP/(FP + TN) it is *not* calculated by using the entire tested population. To put this into context, if 100 people are tested and 5 of them are true positives and the FPR is 5% then you'd take 5% of the 95 remaining people which will be either TN or FP cases. The change is small for lower prevalence (95*0.05 = 4.75). This gives an accuracy 51.3% (as opposed to 50%) *However*, as prevalence of the virus increases, assuming the FPR does not change, say we have 50 True Positive cases then the remaining 50 are either TN or FP. This implies that only 5% of the 50 remaining population are FP (50*0.05 = 2.5). This gives an accuracy of 95.2% (as opposed to 90%) That's a huge 5% difference in accuracy!
@@jaybunny7616 Oversimplification involves omitting relevant information in a way that is misleading but not to the point of being false. It does not involve making up a new, incorrect way of doing things that will always give the wrong (false) answer just because it happens to be simpler, and then claiming that this is the mathematically correct way to do it, which is what Dr. Mike did in the video. That is just called being wrong. Dr. Mike didn't actually show any calculations (because this isn't a math tutorial), only the results of several steps of calculations, so doing the calculations the mathematically correct way and then putting those results on the screen instead would literally not have made the video any more complex or difficult to understand, it just would have required he understand the correct formula to use, which it appears he did not. His video presented factual errors deserving of correction, and correction was given in the comments. If he could put a note in the video with the correction that would be even better. Since this is ostensibly an educational channel (or at least an educational video on an entertainment channel), it really doesn't make sense to defend him presenting false information.
Dr Mike, I've watched them all. Thank you for being a source of information I don't have to triple check. I live outside Pittsburgh city limits. It's not so easy getting valid information. Thank you.
He’ll give you the covid scoop And he will shout pee-whoop His videos are awesome and super fun His videos won’t be boring even after covid is done He’s hearted lots of comments but this probably won’t be one
Dr. Mike I would like to hear your thoughts on the doctor who worked in a Manhattan hospital. That housed patients with Covid 19. Who took her life. People in the medical field are working in the trenches. Quite literally risking their lives. I think this would be a great opportunity to hear your process as a doctor. And how you decompress in these trying times. Mental health awareness is prevalent more then ever. Thank you to those in medicine. 🙏🏽❤️
Here's my story. Just wanted to share to see if anyone can relate. In early March, I became sick about a week and a half after I finished attending this huge college event (I'm 20) with people from all over the country. My symptoms were body aches, *really* bad coughing that eventually moved down into my chest, sore throat, a low-grade fever (but it only lasted for a very short time) and difficulty breathing that was so bad it felt like there was a 5lb weight on my chest. All of this hit me in the span of 4 days and started mild but progressivly got worse. Out of all the times I have been sick I can honestly say I have never struggled that much to breathe. My chest hurt everytime it expanded. I knew something was wrong so I decided to go to one of those urgent care places. I went into the clinic and the first thing the doctor said was that I had an audible wheeze and that my lungs were "crackling" when she listened. However since the country hadn't really gotten to the point of great concern with the Coronavirus (this was early March) I wasn't tested and was just given an inhaler, some antibiotics, and some cough medicine. She diagnosed me with a severe upper respiratory infection. I didn't get better until pretty much the end of March. The antibiotics did help me feel better but only marginally by the end of the 10 day round as I was still coughing for weeks with a lot of proudction. Now, I don't know if I had COVID-19, and I am leaning towards "no" since others in my household didn't get sick, but until testing gets better, I'll never know if I was feeling horrible because I had actually caught it. I really hope reliable, widespread testing comes out very soon so all the people that are either asymptomatic or remeber being really sick right before all of the shutdowns started happening can have some peace of mind. Moreover, thats scienctists and medical professionals can have reliable and the data that they need. Take care and stay safe y'all!
Pretty much what happened to me and guess what...it happened to me the first week of March too. I live in Ohio and I'm 64 years old, live by myself and don't really go out much except to shop because I can't stand the cold and it's cold in Ohio in March...lol!
I can relate but my upper respiratory infection was in mid-December and ended being a really nasty case of pneumonia. I have to admit that what interests me is that the COVID cases all sound exactly like my pneumonia... and hate it since I was absolutely miserable during that time. Glad you’re better and it didn’t pass on, COVID or not!
Hi. I had that same thing form Dec-Feb. I'm a 39 yo f whose asthmatic also, crackling and wheezing. 3 rounds of antibiotics, but the first two didn't work, it wasn't a broad enough spectrum that it covered and wasn't until a third round, with higher steriods and my nebulizer that I was able to kick it. Never had a fever but the doc diagnosed me with pneumonia. Crazy right? I had the initial flu test in December the first time I went to emergency clinic and was negative for the flu.
My 67 year old mom. Thought she had the flu(didn't go check). Started coughing. They said she had bronchitis. I'm not so sure. This was in January or February.
Loving all the content you’ve been putting out recently 😄 Your videos have inspired me to share my own experiences in ICU! It’s always good to hear other doctors experiences in these trying times. Stay safe Dr Mike 🙌🏼 💪🏼
Hi Dr. Mike! I have severe chronic illnesses including asthma and my family has really been pushing that I get the antibody test. I got really sick in early November after I'd been traveling (within the states) with a mystery illness that started with the worst sore throat I've ever had. They tested me for everything they could and everything was negative. I would also spike a fever every single night that would be gone by morning, but the fevers would get around 103 F. Took about two weeks to even start feeling remotely better. I thought about getting it just because my parents are so worried about me and it might make them feel better to know if I already had it. Thanks for these continued updates about the virus. ❤
losahdanny Of course it is only anecdotal, but there were many people with COVID-19 symptoms last year in the US. My aunt contracted an unknown illness in December (Chicago) and passed away from pneumonia. COVID-19 testing was just not available last year, it doesn't mean the virus wasn't around. There was a huge jump in flu/pneumonia related deaths in late 2019. Just as there is no proof it was COVID-19, there is no proof that it wasn't either.
See..my husband and I got extremely sick in mid December with the exact same symptoms as covid. We were sick sick for about 1-2 weeks and the cough lasted for about 2 weeks after that. It was the worst cough I’ve ever had. We had headaches, body aches, fevers, and could barely catch our breaths. We are wondering if the coronavirus hasn’t been around for awhile longer than they are saying
losahdanny how do we know that? China has given us not credible information thus far and our military was in wWuhan in October 2019. Possible it was about then. Think about how bad things were in China in December. How long must it have been in the community before it hit that kevel?
In the 10 years i have been working as an emergency physician i have never seen a disease with such diverse symptoms. Last week an old woman presented with nothing but stroke symptoms, no fever, no dyspnoea nothing. Naturally we did an MRI brain and we got only age related changes, no features of hemmorhagic or ischaemic cva. Patient maintained a normal saturation at room temp without supplementary oxygen. We then ordered a battery of tests including chest xrays and blood work. Blood tests only showed increase in TC with lymphocytopenia(our first clue), then chest Xray showed early changes s/o b/l ground glass opacities. HRCT thorax was done and it was confirmed to be b/l ggo which is very much indicative of viral pneumonia. We immediately did the swab test and 24 hrs later report was positive. We were wearing PPEs even though our hospital is not a dedicated covid hospital. The pt was an elderly diabetic and hypertensive pt with history of hip replacement 2 years back, so pt was pretty much sedentary and none of the patient's family members tested positive. It still baffles my mind how this pt got corona and how the only presentation was that of a stroke.
Everytime a new electric upgrade is added to the environment, people drop like flies. Something people forget about the 1918 flu is that that was the first time electric wires were getting run through cities. We are more interconnected with the electricity around is than we think. Not to mention nutrition was a big issue back then than it is now.
Well explained! I was going to come back hard in response to you saying “ okay now you have lasting immunity” but you explained the more nuanced truth of the matter.
@@DoctorMike hey doctor Mike,please could you do a video later on about how to keep yourself safe when you are on immunosuppresents and steroids and ease do a video about how to deal with weight gain and other symptoms linked to steroids. Ps. This can be done when the novel coronovirus has began to go down. Also, why is it called the Novel Coronovirus?
Now, everytime I think of chicken pox I also think of: "I had the chicken pox 3 times. I have no immunity to it." "We don't have the heart to tell him it's herpes." "It's not herpes if it's everywhere." 😂😂😂
@@prison_wallet_thief it is. HHV-3 (Human Herpes Virus) is another name for VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) which causes Chickenpox in children, shingles in adults.
prison wallet thief I don’t know for sure, but I think they may have been quoting a TV show or movie. You are correct though, Chicken Pox is a type of Herpes virus. That’s why it’s no longer treated like a “childhood rite of passage” and a vaccine as created. The chicken pox virus lies dormant in your nerve cells long after you recover and some unfortunate individuals may eventually develop Shingles, which is so much worse than Chicken Pox.
This video was about a year ago. I don't personally know of a single person who has been tested for antibodies. Qualitative or quantitative. How do we expect to learn and grow knowledge without administration of the tests to collect data? I know PLENTY of people who have been tested for infection. Know several people who have had COVID-19. But none who have been tested for antibodies. Why not? Is it because they want to force the vaccine as the only way back to normal? Suddenly our immune system is not capable of learning how to repel a virus it's been exposed to?
When I clicked on this video I didn’t realize the volume was all the way up and got yelled at by Dr mike I have never felt so attacked but it was completely just me being kinda dumb lolllll
I live in Namibia, a country of 2.5 Million, but with the second lowest population density of any country at a little less than three people per square kilometer. We are undergoing lockdowns similar to New York city, with the whole country’s school shut down or online, non-essential businesses closed and permits are needed for travel between towns and within the capital, as well as all international travel except for cargo and nedical reasons has been halted. We have less than twenty cases. This reaction is understandable since the whole country has 28 ventilators. You would expect a first world country like America to, you know, not act like a developing nation with a currupt, unqualified leader? America doesn’t seem like a first world country right now, but like a third world country with a Gucci Belt.
Freyja Richardson I think there is a difference between knowing something and explaining something. I know calculus but being able to explain it is the hardest part. I’m not sure if this is your case but it is with mine and I enjoy watching videos of people explaining it. It helps me train myself to be more articulate so I can teach it to someone else.
My 78 year old coworker had all the signs of covid-19 in late February, but at the time was only clinically diagnosed with Bronchitis (which he fully recovered from) and to my knowledge was never tested for covid. I had all the symptoms in early March (likely caught it from him), but never got tested either. At the time everyone still thought coronavirus was a fairytale. I've been wanting to get the antibody test mainly so I can donate plasma but they're just not readily available yet. I live in New York (Long Island), which is one of the main hotspots.
I'm from NY as well and I was very sick in early February with symptoms that are very similar to covid but nobody was testing for that here back then. I want to donate plasma as well so I hope the antibody tests become available soon.
DamianWard96 call around to your blood banks. My area is probably 1/4 size of just half of NYC and they are now screening for confirmed donors. They are also putting unconfirmed on waiting lists. Understandably, right now they just want confirmed cases. But eventually, they will be opening testing for those who were never confirmed but possibly infected for the purpose of plasma donors and other various studies.
Wow that really opened my mind. How ignorant I was when I said everyone should be tested so that I can go back to my hometown. When we take whole nation in this context it really selfish of me to only asked my college friend and me to be tested so that we are proven free of this diseases and can go back home
I love that you use clickbait titles to pull in that demographic and then provide good information anyway.
A lot of clickbait videos are like, "Look at the babe in this thumbnail!" Then she isn't in the video.
Your clickbait videos are like, "HUGE CONTROVERSY" and then you calmly and politely address it without talking down to people or being preachy. Perfect bait and switch
Thanks, Dr. Mike.
Behavioural psychologist and technologist here, and you're *exactly* correct.
Some days it depresses me to know that this is what it takes to stand out in a noisy digital crowd.
Other days, companies offer to pay me to apply it.
37thraven come on man just like the comments and move on
It's only clickbait if the title or screenshot is not in the actual video. This video isn't clickbait.
He's a doctor. Psychology 101 😄
I'm here just to see Dr. Mike , because watching Dr. Mike decreases the anxiety level.
But he didnt say "Stay alert not anxious"
Yay Alert Not ANXIOUS!
@nipi tiri he doesn’t have to
I still feel safe even if he doesn’t say it
I can’t agree more, you hear so much on the news, Dr. Mike pulls the truth and makes it easy to understand. I attribute all my alertness and lack of anxiety to him!
Same, he actually tells us the truth compared to the news
Dr. Mike not saying "stay happy and healthy" has given me a small existential crisis
Francie Grasso I absolutely agree
I just noticed.... 😬
He also skips the "bee-woop" :(
He's not the real Dr Mike! He's been body swapped!
@@manuelzlopez9652 Great now we have a reptilian invasion on top of COVID-19.
"we don't know that yet, but we will soon"
i feel safe, doc.
You can tell this is serious when Dr.Mike wears glasses
prob jus too tired to pop contacts in.
Omg yes
And doesn’t say pee woop
And doesn't say bewoop
Nerdy specs for the win.
Let's be real. Dr. Mike sounds really agitated like he's been dealing with dumb people all day.
I'm pretty sure he is. I'm not a doctor and I've been dealing with a LOT of them every day
YES
Fear and stress lead to less sleep. Less sleep leads to decreased cognitive function. We as a society are ALL more dumb today.
He sounds calm to me. I really like the way he explained it too.
He probably has
Okay. So my friend had Covid 19, was in ICU for almost a week and it was touch and go for a bit. He recovered, thankfully. He was discharged with instructions to self quarantine for 14 days. Once the 14 days were up, he planned a small get together with five people to celebrate his recovery. (btw, wouldn’t recommend) He read about people testing positive later, so before he had this event, he got swabbed nasally again and tested positive for the Corona Virus. He was 16 days after recovery and still tested positive. He’s now an asymptomatic carrier for the coronavirus. He cancelled his plans. Ten days later, he went to his doctor to get swabbed again to see if he could safely go grocery shopping. He tested positive. That’s now 26 days after he recovered that he’s still actively carrying this virus around through respiratory droplets. He won’t leave his house, naturally. If most people that recover think they’re Golden after 14 days, some are mistaken. What are your thoughts on this? There are people that are claiming to be reinfected, but is it actually that they just carry this virus long term and can infect people for months after?! I’m super interested to hear your opinions on this case. Antibody testing is great, but if they’re actively carrying this in their nasal passages for extended periods of time, what can even be done?
UPDATE: Wow, a lot of people commented! I’d love to hear Dr Mike’s response as well. My friend just got swabbed again and tested negative, FINALLY!
What I've read on that topic was that it's possible that the virus is still present but not infectious anymore. But that this is something they still need to look into.
(I'm mostly commenting so that I don't miss it when someone smarter than me answers this. It's a really good question.)
Leaving a comment so this gets bumped up the ratings so Dr. Mike might answer it.
Good question - and a scary one :-( I think most of us are assuming that you get it and then you're done with it. Hate to think that you really just go asymptomatic but can still spread it
A valid and important question. Please answer this Dr.Mike
I believe it was in South Korea they've found that 90 people thus far who had it and cleared it, then came down with it again some time later, so they are investigating whether the virus can "reactivate" (vs. a person being "reinfected"), and that perhaps immunity only lasts a few months. But as Dr. Mike said, there are so many unknowns at this time. I'm also replying with the hope that he will address the OP's question.
In case you haven't heard it: Thank you for taking the time out of your day to make these videos to help us all understand these things. I know you're both busy and probably very tired, so it means a lot that you take this time still to keep everyone informed.
Mike would make a great university professor. He is amazing at explaining complicated concepts in layman terms.
Only real ones remember
"Beeewoop"
*Peewhoop* isn't it
yeah😂😂
I miss beewoop
i miss it
Beeewoop was amazing ;(
I only just realized that Mike with his glasses looks like a mix of Harry Potter and Jake Gyllenhall. Oh also great video!
The Sniping Seal so true!!
@Andrew Ongais yea lol
omg he actually has Lilly’s eyes
Interesting hair.
My mum says that every time she sees him
I JUST WANT THISCOVID 19 TO BE OVER
Yes sir
I lost my sister to dis virus... Who ever created dis virus or who ever is behind dis is going to be in deepest pit of hell..
Fight
@@gazalaa1646 im so sorry man
@C0gitoZ33 Droid if its true den y r people dying
Problem #4: You could have antibodies and still be infectious for a little while. (Edit: added "little"; see people's replies for more specific info.)
Typically serological assays are set up to detect both the IgG and IgM response. A positive IgG response indicates the virus is still active in the body. IgMs are the 'memory' antibodies. But yeah, you're right could have both types and still be fighting the infection.
I’m not big brain enough to understand this
razorwings that was a clear explanation. Thank you
My country (Indonesia) are using rapid antibody test for screening positive patients, with RT-PCR follow up confirmation if they test positive. So yeah, we are trying to find infectious patients using the antibody test.
The poor quality of that test right now probably means a lot of missed cases. Not to mention it takes time for building the antibody (so we miss early infection) or a case where the patients already recovered (never reported as positive as only RT-PCR positive tests are reported).
Trivial but quite Important apparently Neil
Not gonna lie. That presentation about false positives was super clear. Good job my man
Ahhh, thank you so much! I was debating hard on how to best present it without becoming overly technical with sensitivity/specificity vocab.
I'm glad you decided not to lie, but why would you even consider doing it?
@@DoctorMike correct me if I'm wrong, but don't false positive results also have a chance to do the opposite? So that a person who should test positive tests negative instead?
MRnaimadi that would be a false negative, which is not as dangerous here because it doesn’t cause a non-immune person to believe they are immune. False negatives are a much bigger deal when testing for the virus itself, because the test could say you’re fine when you’re actually carrying and transmitting the virus
It was technically mathematically incorrect, for instance if we assume 0% false negative rate and 5% false positive rate, like I believe was the case in the video, and assume 100 people, 50 of which are immune, then the expected number of positives should be 52.5 instead of 55.
But I am just being pedantic. The presentation illustrated the problem well regardless of wether it was 100% accurate, or only 90%.
This video was NEEDED. So many people ordering these tests online!!
That's crazy. I didn't realize people could order them online. I figured you'd need to go to a Dr 🤷♀️
As soon as we let everyone catch it the sooner we can get back to our lives.
Suspect333 or we can stay inside till they have a cure to help people who are at high risk and save health care workers from over flow. The world doesn’t revolve around you
@@Suspect333 found the narcissist!
Heyitmaggie23 we have never found a cure for the common cold which is a coronavirus so don’t wait around for that.
It's official: Dr. Mike is the only person in media that I trust 100% for medical advice/information.
good, thebn have him answer this 1. Is there an electron micrograph of the pure, and fully characterized virus?
2. What is the name of the primary specialist, peer reviewed paper in which the virus is illustrated and its full genetic information described?
3. What is the name of the primary publication that provides proof that a particular virus is the sole cause of a particular disease?
Goldenhawk583 I like how your brain works! Can you please give me your honest opinion on this? I like to think of myself as being very intuitive, and generally a person who likes to see the facts/evidence etc., or more then likely I will doubt what I'm told. I've had a weird feeling about a motive behind this pandemic from the start, especially with Gates "predicting" this pandemic, the whole thing that happened in the level 4 lab in Canada & I just get a pit in my stomach, when it comes to Dr. Fauci, CDC, WHO and many others. I don’t know wtf is going on, but I’m very interested in hearing what you think, bc you’re obviously very smart🤍
@@halfofmyheart3167 for some reason this never showed up for me. Thank you for your praise.. but maybe I am just more suspicious? :)
Nothing adds up about this plandemic. The number of deaths are manipulated so much it is impossible to know if anyone died of a disease at all. What we DO know, is that a lot of people has died of the ventilator treatment, a huge number of old people has died of loneliness, and the number of people who has and who will commit suicide are skyrocketing.
When car crash victims and people falling down a staircase, is signed up as cov victims.. something is off.
Dont get tested, and most definitely,. do not get a vaccine.
The truth is that no virus has ever been proven to be contagious. Look up exosomes , and see what viruses really are.
To catch a virus.. it has to be injected.
And yet, what is he really telling you? Nothing. He's simply saying we don't know... we don't know.
@@Goldenhawk583 How come is that no virus is contagious, are you one of those people making hoax theories? If so 0.125 microns is how small the virus is and which makes it really contagious, so what if i told you vaccines aren't the cause of a virus and a virus gets contagious if it is through transmission either by blood, air, water, and etc
Vaccines help you by weakening the virus toxins to alert antibodies and also induce memory b cells to fight against infection in the future.
I understand you’re talking to your target audience, but I’d love to hear words like sensitivity and specificity described synonymously with false positive/accuracy so people walk away with more knowledge from your videos. As always, you’re providing the best content and keeping us first responders safe! Keep it up!
Fair, but I think he's doing a great job presenting this to the general public without turning them off by losing them in the details
He did explain sensitivity and specificity very well in a previous video.
Good advice, but he also talked about that in the last video
@@levihssh i probably haven't seen that one yet, thanks for informing me
@@ellablakeborough1282 didn't know, thanks!
you know he's serious when his neck vein is popping out
He was probably dealing with covidiots. One more covidiot that vein's gonna blow
Good eye
Oh no JVD 😂
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are 'stupider' than that.”
--George Carlin
My neck, temple and/or forehead vein would pop out too if I have to deal with them on a daily basis.
Can you make a video about the growing number of people who are “reinfected”?
I don't think the number is as high as the media is reporting. There will always be exceptions to the rule as there are individuals who are immunocompromised and have not completely cleared the infection when they thought they did.
Yaaaasss please try to do This!
"... the growing number of people who are “reinfected” ..."
It's doubtful whether there actually is such a 'growing number'. Positive tests after negative tests don't automatically mean 'reinfection'.
Higher likelihood of inaccurate test result instead. The levels were either too low to detect or the sample was inadequately taken. This sampling technique requires the health provider to stick a long Q-tip through the nasal passage all the way to the back of the throat. Instant gag reflex triggered and it is not a pleasant experience to the patients either.
Overblown media hype. Stop watching the news Maddie
"What needs to happen on a government level-"
Lemme stop you right there. Our government is incompetent and incapable of the most basic civil tasks. We're fucked.
Well theire not exactly incompetent. They have gotten very far with the Great Reset and its euthanasia especially
"Much like a Xerox machine"
I didn't realize Dr. Mike was 75, he looks amazing
Jack Smith Lol, yes, but no one calls them Xerox machines if they’re under 75.
@Jack Smith also, its like a joke man
R J b u t h e i s t h i r t y
fleurelle 😂
He ages in reverse.
As someone currently working in the ER, I feel like this is very educational to the general public.
Thank you for doing what you do. You're important to the world and we appreciate it!
Tuck, you're a boss 👊
Just two words that don't help you fisically but that are the only thing i can do: THANK YOU.
This channel is one of my favorite and most trusted sources during this time besides WHO and CDC ❤️ great job dr Mike
Shatw Jamal WHO is not reliable. They have failed time and time again and yet people are still listening to them.
Ur sick if u trust cdc and who
I think I started trusting dr Mike more than the WHO when in one of his videos he said “Covid 19 is technically a pandemic”. Back then WHO was still not ready to declare it a pandemic.
WHO screwed the pooch bad. The whole point of the WHO was to stop a pandemic like this from happening. I give them a 3 out of 10 on that. After this crisis is over I'm hoping an investigation will reveal exactly what happened and major reforms are done to make sure this doesn't happen again.
hahahaha lol
Can anyone else notice the lack of sleep he is having? Thank you so much for everything doc🙏🏼 Stay healthy too!
You have one of the best channels on TH-cam. You’re no BS, straightforward, honest, passionate about what you do, and you do what you can to prevent the spread of misinformation, which is incredibly important during all this.
And I just want to say I really appreciate you not only as a content creator and doctor, but as a fellow human being. Thank you for all you do.
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I think one of the reasons people are having a hard time with this pandemic is that so much of it is about statistics, and most people don't have the training or the skill to understand statistic data. I have the training and it's still something i have to focus on, I can't imagine my friends who ditched numbers after high-school math. This is why people either dismiss it or panic. They have a hard time keeping the notion that everything is a probability game, than less chances aren't ZERO chances but are better than MORE chances, and that every single action is a new roll of the dice.
So true!
Don't forget media plays a big part in this as well (like, oddly enough, like any shooting) where media almost always shine their lights on the negative sides and their tendency to use scare tactics and over dramatization of the numbers like how they over emphasize the number if infected but give little to no attention or just blatantly use smaller text on the numbers for those recovered and those killed while also not elaborating the numbers (like say showing the vast majority that died are either old, has weak immune systems or were already suffering another illness).
And don't get me started on how they write their headlines with the vast majority of normies who "read" the news only read the headlines and would mostly just read the first paragraph which are usually just filled with stupid words used by the writer.
I studied research methodologies (statistics) in my undergrad, it is really difficult to stay on top of the numbers. For my part I take the numbers as incomplete and not representative of any final point. We can't yet, the numbers are still evolving. Now, try explaining that to someone who dropped numbers and logical reasoning in high school.
As a person with a math degree I concur
Some people seem to think "1% chance of dying" means they won't die.
Doctor Mike out here making TOP NOTCH contents the world need.
I really wish it was highly suggested to the entire population to watch Dr. Mike’s explanations on these things. I swear He communicate any concept to anyone clearly and thoroughly. There would be much less confusion and spreading of misinformation.
Another point I've heard mentioned from an acquaintance in health care:
we have yet to assess whether there are any risks of long term complications after having covid-19.
They've already reported that people who suffered from severe symptoms have permanent lung structure damage.
My lungs are not as good as before I got COVID 19
This is true. At this point I would not encourage the assumption that there are long-term complications. We will just keep an open mind.
@Virgil Grin I feel like at this time is a good time to be nit-picky because people are always confused when stuff isn't clear
Virgil Grin I think he is encouraging a neutral assumption (i.e., there may or may not be long-term complications... we don’t know yet). As of right now, we only have [limited] data on the short-term effects.
Just wanted to let you know that you've been part of the reason I want to study in the medical field and become a doctor.
P.S. Love your vids! I binge them all the time. 😄
More power to you!
Doctor: How much antibodies does the patient have？
Tester: Yes
Haha YAAS
Lol, when you accidentally take a qualitative test.
Or see a qualitative doctor
So how can people not rely on boosters if getting the virus and getting over it isn't enough? How can you prove full immunity from contracting and recovering from the virus whether vaccinated or unvaccinated? If you got over it fine it therefore makes sense all little variants aren't a worry. It's enough for chicken pox and influenza, it's the way heard immunity works so why not for this?
The only Doctor that I trust with all this going on.
I feal so much better after I watch one of his videos. I also feal better after reading the comments on his videos. I realize there is actually still rational people that don't believe COVID is a Chinese super weapon created on the moon by the 5G zombies.
Iam sure you've heard this million times but THANK YOU TO THE REAL HEROES OF 2020 MEDICAL TEAM. Thank you for keeping us updated on this issue. Stay safe and take care of not only your patients but also yourself.
All medical personnel and the actual essential workers are major heroes!
Thank you so much for that message Fofo!
never been this fast to a Dr Mike video before... stay safe everyone!
Same haha
same, when I saw this video l clicked the video right away
Mabuhay Doctor Mike .. please keep safe always .. we need someone like you .❤❤❤
Dr Mike: *puts glasses on
Everyone: *OH SHI-*
Still the hottest doctor.
Ps: no homo
Until this sickness is over, I feel I'm never gonna get a PeeWoop again. :-(
It’s ok, we will survive UwU
🥺👉👈
he did that in other videos recently which dint have the serious issue content
When a doctor moves his hands a lot he’s saying the right thing💀
Haha People have told me I'm a very animated speaker
Doctor Mike I love you! Keep up the good work!
In this case it's a really good point as it shows faith when the body language is confident and Dr Mike has a ton of that bless his scrubs
Hahahaha your name is epic
DEAR DR. MIKE!
By now I have probably shared your Corona updates on all my socials and with all my friends, family, coworkers and even our dumbass employer. I really, REALLY appreciate these vids. I know it must be EXTRA straining during a pandemic. My aunt works (33 years) at Germany's biggest hospital, so I see first hand how hard you guys work. Hence my extra appreciation for your YT stuff now. I will keep supporting this channel and keep telling people to check your vids instead of believing random fb "covid updates and fake news". This is a time where ignorance can actually be LETHAL.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Thank you Dr. Mike for being an amazing TH-camr and a Dr. that knows how to deliver important information without sensationalizing it. You are out there to make sure people are safe healthy and happy, and your no
-panic approach to reporting on Covid-19 since the start is refreshing. I wish you could be on everyone’s televisions when they click on the news.
Literally everyone:False info
Dr Mike: not on my watch!
Thank you for including all of my coursework for the last 3 semesters in a matter of a 6 minute video. You had my biology, statistics, healthcare management all covered in this video.
Science, not sensationalism. Thanks for sticking to the facts. :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to make us "normalos" understand what is going on out there right now. I really appreciate your passion to educate us. It will also help a lot of ppl who are sitting at home now and getting all these scary and most of the time not understandable news, which gives them a huge amount of anxiety.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Keep on doing it.
💕
Thanks so much for your kind comment. I realize now I may have spoken a bit too quickly in this video for such a dense subject. Will aim to improve for future videos!
@@DoctorMike you are more than welcome. Unfortunately saying THANK YOU is all I can do. Even though, you deserve so much more.
Please take care of yourself and your loved one's.
And don't worry, we can see when something is bothering you. You speak faster and your veins have to work quite hard as well 😉.
So I've gotten to the point where I don't even trust my government or the NHS to provide updates about COVID 19 just Dr Mike 😂 thank you you make these updates interesting and not boring to watch. Keep it up really appreciate the hard work ❤
Faith Piper same!
Careful with that. Dr Mike's great, no doubt, but it's important to have multiple sources of reference whenever possible. Unilateral info consumption is weaponized by a lot of media to convince their viewers that anything they say is correct.
Yes, he does say that expert opinion is the lowest form of information
But he does always lead to the good sources
Eli Eshel yea but he uses varies source to make his videos soo
I'm getting tested tomorrow. I've had a fever since last Friday, with chronic asthma. Wish me luck.
Lindsay K even if u have it you’ll beat it 🙏
Good luck mang
Hope you test negative. If it is positive, hope you'll get well soon.
We’re all praying for you 🙏
Lindsay K good luck. I hope the test is negative, or if it’s positive I hope you’ve had the worst of the symptoms already and get better quick.
Important to not just get our "ECONOMY" back but MOST IMPORTANTLY ... TO GET OUR FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS BACK!!!! small detail you missed DR!!
“How long is that immunity gonna last?” So genuine, authentic, and loving!
"Much like a xerox machine." I just imagined the virus putting it's butt on a copier in some office back room for fun.
FromtheGround lol.... this made my day. Thank you. 🤣😉
😂
😂
This made me wonder what a virus butt will look like
No one explains this better than you...🦋
Agree
True
and Christian Drosten
❤Help for coronavirus until end of pandemic. Thoughts and prayer improve health.
Meditation, Prayer and Spiritual Healing: The Evidence
From NCBI www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396089
Speak quietly out loud or in normal voice "God, please make my
health perfect and eliminate harmful virus. Thank you." Repeat every 1-2 hours (8-16 times a day) as long as the pandemic lasts and until a safe vaccine or cure is available. God is love. This helps. No cost. "A problem exists today regarding some know how to call on God for help while others do not. This loving help is available to all of us regardless of moral character, religious views, and personal beliefs. God does not punish and helps anyone asking correctly. God is love." www.howtocallongodforhelp.com
Social distancing helps prevent infected droplets, splatter, and aerosol particles from entering the lungs and eyes. Reducing viral concentration will give the body better odds at handling infection. First line workers are at high risk because of continuous exposure to the virus, thus greater susceptibility to Covid19. Fever, cough, shortness of breath, and sudden loss of smell and taste are common characteristics of the coronavirus.
Covid19's cytokine storm can cause long term tissue and organ damage and mental health problems.
From Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351
Masks, face shields, washinghands and disinfecting surfaces prevent spread of this virus. Look into foods high in Vitamin C (avoid harmful synthetic Vitamin C supplements), Vitamin D (20 minutes daily sunlight or Vitamin D supplement with Vitamin K2 to prevent calcification), and zinc.
www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200907/too-little-vitamin-d-might-raise-odds-of-coronavirus-infection#1
Please share. Thank you.❤️❤️
Nobody lies better than this Doctor. He wants everyone to fall for a government trap by telling you to get tested, and you becoming a number.
Brilliant. Thank you for the REAL TRUTH!!! I’m surprised TH-cam allowed this.
My boss sent me home because he though I could test positive for the virus (I was having spring time allergies at this time, but no couching just sneezing). He told me to get a test taken in order to come back to work, however I wasn't allowed to get a test from anywhere around be because I had no symptoms...
Call your doctor to get permission to be tested.
Try getting a note from your boss
File for unemployment or file a complaint with your state labor department because he's basically just laid you off without cause.
You can even get a letter from the doctor clearing you for work. Since your boss is not a doctor and only a doctor can order a test it should suffice. If not follow the advice of Mason Cooper!!!
U can buy a non FDA approved test. Just google some private clinics in ur area should be selling it.
Glad I can come to Dr. Mike's channel and get an accurate image about what's truly going on. All the news in my Facebook feed had my anxiety levels through the roof, so I decided to mute all of those pages and just listen to Dr. Mike, Dr. Faucci, the CDC and WHO. Now I'm #alertnotanxious 😉😎. Seriously though, these videos are exactly what my mind needed, thank you so much!
If youre listening to WHO youre out of your mind. Ask them about Taiwan.
*You are my google, only difference is that you don’t tell me I am gonna die for the smallest things* 💀
An actual talk grounded in science and not group think. Good Job! First thumbs up to you!
the only other time i was this early is when my dad dropped me off at school before work at 6:30 am
ah love your comment
WTF Karan
Karan lol my dad is alive and well
@Karan you made me laugh (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ
These replies... lol
Dr Mike: You only get chicken pox once.
Me: And then there’s shingles...
When you get shingles, it’s not because the virus is reintroduced into your body, it’s because the virus is inactivated for some time after having chickenpox and then it reactivates to cause shingles
Same for the Herpes Simplex virus (think, cold sores) - lives dormant in the body...until it doesn't....
I wondered the same thing. I got cold sores when I was little but didn't get chicken pox until I was 22. I have never had shingles my my son did when he was around 4 and he had the chicken pox vaccination.
My mom told me I had chicken pox 3 times. Hope I don't have a bad case of shingles when I am older.
I had chicken pix twice , once as an infant, once at 15, both times mild. I also had to be revaxed for Typical childhood vaxes as I showed no immunity in a quantitative test. I was revaxed as an adult and showed only very low immunity when tested again. I must be a human anomaly.
People might think I'm only here to ogle the handsome doctor with the beautiful green eyes but I'm not.
That is, I'm ogling the handsome doctor, of course I am, but he is also one of the few persons in the field who only says what he knows and what he knows he explains clearly and directly.
It isn't always good news - with this pandemia nothing is - but this NOT beating around the bush, avoiding sensationalisms is incredibly reassuring.
I love him (as a medical doctor).
Love the guy, but he could pick a better set of glasses lol
Mr. 123 80 he’s giving me a Harry Potter vibes with those glasses Lol
@@Mr-ji2im those glasses suit him😒
Knowledge is power. Any info is better than simply trusting your health care provider. I have antibodies. That is good to know.
I feel like I actually learn something when I watch you
Hi dr mike.
So basically we think that I have had covid19 in late January after visiting Bergamo which is the epicenter in Italy. The only symptom that I had was red/purple lesions on my toes which is a symptom in young people like me (16yrs old). I also had head aches and a slight cough. And my mother also had a dry cough for about two weeks after me. This was before covid became a big thing. I went to about 5 doctors and nobody knew what was wrong with me. How do I know if I had covid19 and can my blood help people if I’m hyper immune. Like this so that he’ll see this
Lily Dawson how you would find out is the antibody tests dr. Mike was talking about. This is why it is so important to have accurate tests with valid results we can trust.
You can tell this is serious when Dr.Mike doesn’t do the ‘pee woop!’ in the intro
Its pee whoop 🤦
it's Just Me
He’s the best anyways no matter how ya say it
He hasn't done it in a while, has he?
Thank you for explaining these things in a simpler way. I have been try to explain some things to my older coworkers but they don't understand what I'm saying. You are amazing cuz you make it so easy for me to help them out. Thank you.
Doctor mike: IM SPILLING THE MF TRUTH. PERIOD!
Yess😂
Okay, so we shouldn't all rush out to get tested for our own curiosity. Under what circumstances should we seek testing?
Have you had a severe respiratory illness within the last six months where you had a fever, persistent cough, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, low blood pressure with rapid heart beat? Have you recovered over thirty days ago?
Test. (If your insurance will cover it or you have the extra money).
If you had a sneezy, achy, snotty kind of winter you probably just had a cold.
@@sometimessnarky1642 I had pneumonia a fever and gastrointestinal problems lasted maybe a little longer than three weeks I still have nausea and upset stomach even though seems to be slowly going away But I didn't have a cough, runny nose or sore throat I'm really curious to what I had I've never had pneumonia before.
No reason to test really it doesn't server any use to you. It could help people make data about the virus but no use for the person getting the test.
@@nathaniels9141 unless you got unlucky and contracted a severe case of covid-19 which could be lethal
@@reeeeeeee-e2g If you are testing for antibodies, you already recovered from covid if you had it. if you are currently sick, get an actual covid test - not the antibody test.
There's a bit of an inaccuracy in the section at 4:27
False positive rate is determined only by False Positives and True Negatives by the following formula: FPR = FP/(FP + TN)
it is *not* calculated by using the entire tested population.
To put this into context, if 100 people are tested and 5 of them are true positives and the FPR is 5% then you'd take 5% of the 95 remaining people which will be either TN or FP cases. The change is small for lower prevalence (95*0.05 = 4.75). This gives an accuracy 51.3% (as opposed to 50%)
*However*, as prevalence of the virus increases, assuming the FPR does not change, say we have 50 True Positive cases then the remaining 50 are either TN or FP. This implies that only 5% of the 50 remaining population are FP (50*0.05 = 2.5). This gives an accuracy of 95.2% (as opposed to 90%) That's a huge 5% difference in accuracy!
Bruh
While you are technically correct, which is the best type of correct, he was giving an oversimplification of the process. .
Sounded like Gambler's Fallacy for the sake of simplicity honestly.
@@jaybunny7616 Oversimplification involves omitting relevant information in a way that is misleading but not to the point of being false. It does not involve making up a new, incorrect way of doing things that will always give the wrong (false) answer just because it happens to be simpler, and then claiming that this is the mathematically correct way to do it, which is what Dr. Mike did in the video. That is just called being wrong. Dr. Mike didn't actually show any calculations (because this isn't a math tutorial), only the results of several steps of calculations, so doing the calculations the mathematically correct way and then putting those results on the screen instead would literally not have made the video any more complex or difficult to understand, it just would have required he understand the correct formula to use, which it appears he did not. His video presented factual errors deserving of correction, and correction was given in the comments. If he could put a note in the video with the correction that would be even better. Since this is ostensibly an educational channel (or at least an educational video on an entertainment channel), it really doesn't make sense to defend him presenting false information.
I was going to comment this too. The difference of 2,5 false positives compared to 5 is quite significant
Dr Mike, I've watched them all. Thank you for being a source of information I don't have to triple check. I live outside Pittsburgh city limits. It's not so easy getting valid information. Thank you.
When TH-cam is the only thing that keeps you sane anymore
But only certain parts. Not facebook though. Ever. At all.
He’ll give you the covid scoop
And he will shout pee-whoop
His videos are awesome and super fun
His videos won’t be boring even after covid is done
He’s hearted lots of comments but this probably won’t be one
Lol
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*His videos
Hearted?
Aawww good one
When Doctor Mike doesn’t say “BEEE WOOP” so you have to say it for him.
Dr. Mike I would like to hear your thoughts on the doctor who worked in a Manhattan hospital. That housed patients with Covid 19. Who took her life. People in the medical field are working in the trenches. Quite literally risking their lives. I think this would be a great opportunity to hear your process as a doctor. And how you decompress in these trying times. Mental health awareness is prevalent more then ever. Thank you to those in medicine. 🙏🏽❤️
When he said "how long is the immunity is going to last?" Got scary
Here's my story. Just wanted to share to see if anyone can relate. In early March, I became sick about a week and a half after I finished attending this huge college event (I'm 20) with people from all over the country. My symptoms were body aches, *really* bad coughing that eventually moved down into my chest, sore throat, a low-grade fever (but it only lasted for a very short time) and difficulty breathing that was so bad it felt like there was a 5lb weight on my chest. All of this hit me in the span of 4 days and started mild but progressivly got worse. Out of all the times I have been sick I can honestly say I have never struggled that much to breathe. My chest hurt everytime it expanded. I knew something was wrong so I decided to go to one of those urgent care places. I went into the clinic and the first thing the doctor said was that I had an audible wheeze and that my lungs were "crackling" when she listened. However since the country hadn't really gotten to the point of great concern with the Coronavirus (this was early March) I wasn't tested and was just given an inhaler, some antibiotics, and some cough medicine. She diagnosed me with a severe upper respiratory infection. I didn't get better until pretty much the end of March. The antibiotics did help me feel better but only marginally by the end of the 10 day round as I was still coughing for weeks with a lot of proudction. Now, I don't know if I had COVID-19, and I am leaning towards "no" since others in my household didn't get sick, but until testing gets better, I'll never know if I was feeling horrible because I had actually caught it. I really hope reliable, widespread testing comes out very soon so all the people that are either asymptomatic or remeber being really sick right before all of the shutdowns started happening can have some peace of mind. Moreover, thats scienctists and medical professionals can have reliable and the data that they need. Take care and stay safe y'all!
Pretty much what happened to me and guess what...it happened to me the first week of March too. I live in Ohio and I'm 64 years old, live by myself and don't really go out much except to shop because I can't stand the cold and it's cold in Ohio in March...lol!
I can relate but my upper respiratory infection was in mid-December and ended being a really nasty case of pneumonia. I have to admit that what interests me is that the COVID cases all sound exactly like my pneumonia... and hate it since I was absolutely miserable during that time. Glad you’re better and it didn’t pass on, COVID or not!
I don't know, i had got the same issue at October, maybe it was a worst normal flu, anyway stay safe and don't think bad
Hi. I had that same thing form Dec-Feb. I'm a 39 yo f whose asthmatic also, crackling and wheezing. 3 rounds of antibiotics, but the first two didn't work, it wasn't a broad enough spectrum that it covered and wasn't until a third round, with higher steriods and my nebulizer that I was able to kick it. Never had a fever but the doc diagnosed me with pneumonia. Crazy right? I had the initial flu test in December the first time I went to emergency clinic and was negative for the flu.
My 67 year old mom. Thought she had the flu(didn't go check). Started coughing. They said she had bronchitis. I'm not so sure. This was in January or February.
Dr Mike: That is when your immune system kicks into high gear.
Me on immunosuppresents: pukachu face
@Zlatan thanks.
When mike says choose between two videos but you’re too indecisive, so you chose both
What i have: 50% resistance to disease
What i want: Beastblood: your beastblood gives you 100% immunity to diseases.
Sunquad hell yeah! Skyrim!
Didn't beastblood only give you 100% resistance to sanguinare vampiris? And you could still get other diseases but very rarely?
Nah. I'm trusting Jehovah.
God's got this. No one else.
there is NO FEAR IN FAITH. so have FAITH that God's got this.
@@jerrykinnin7941 Meanwhile, even the pope is social distancing.
Who else wishes Doctor Mike was their doctor ?😂❤️
Nah, I prefer to have someone I’m not going to stutter and drool around
YES ME! ME! ME! OF COURSE ME!
I think everyone hah a
Loving all the content you’ve been putting out recently 😄 Your videos have inspired me to share my own experiences in ICU! It’s always good to hear other doctors experiences in these trying times. Stay safe Dr Mike 🙌🏼 💪🏼
lovely to see doctors taking over youtube! 👨🏽⚕️
Stay safe doctors! Thank you for all you’re doing :)
Stay safe! We appreciate everything you're doing for us
Stay safe! thanks for sharing your experiences in these difficult times
Vinay, you're such a fanboy! Loving the videos
Let’s be real, Dr. Mike is handsome af and he’s the only Doctor I wanna listen to.
When Dr.Mike does a better job at calming my anxiety than my Prozac >
Yes, u didnt hear him say 'stay alert not anxious', 'stay happy & healthy' and 'bee-whoop'...
Should u be worried? Definitely
Hi Dr. Mike! I have severe chronic illnesses including asthma and my family has really been pushing that I get the antibody test. I got really sick in early November after I'd been traveling (within the states) with a mystery illness that started with the worst sore throat I've ever had. They tested me for everything they could and everything was negative. I would also spike a fever every single night that would be gone by morning, but the fevers would get around 103 F. Took about two weeks to even start feeling remotely better. I thought about getting it just because my parents are so worried about me and it might make them feel better to know if I already had it.
Thanks for these continued updates about the virus. ❤
Lauren S
If you don't mind my asking which states were you traveling in last November?
I'm sorry to hear you had such a sick few weeks but early November the virus wasn't around yet even in China let alone the U.S.
losahdanny Of course it is only anecdotal, but there were many people with COVID-19 symptoms last year in the US. My aunt contracted an unknown illness in December (Chicago) and passed away from pneumonia. COVID-19 testing was just not available last year, it doesn't mean the virus wasn't around. There was a huge jump in flu/pneumonia related deaths in late 2019. Just as there is no proof it was COVID-19, there is no proof that it wasn't either.
See..my husband and I got extremely sick in mid December with the exact same symptoms as covid. We were sick sick for about 1-2 weeks and the cough lasted for about 2 weeks after that. It was the worst cough I’ve ever had. We had headaches, body aches, fevers, and could barely catch our breaths. We are wondering if the coronavirus hasn’t been around for awhile longer than they are saying
losahdanny how do we know that? China has given us not credible information thus far and our military was in wWuhan in October 2019. Possible it was about then. Think about how bad things were in China in December. How long must it have been in the community before it hit that kevel?
In the 10 years i have been working as an emergency physician i have never seen a disease with such diverse symptoms. Last week an old woman presented with nothing but stroke symptoms, no fever, no dyspnoea nothing. Naturally we did an MRI brain and we got only age related changes, no features of hemmorhagic or ischaemic cva. Patient maintained a normal saturation at room temp without supplementary oxygen. We then ordered a battery of tests including chest xrays and blood work. Blood tests only showed increase in TC with lymphocytopenia(our first clue), then chest Xray showed early changes s/o b/l ground glass opacities. HRCT thorax was done and it was confirmed to be b/l ggo which is very much indicative of viral pneumonia. We immediately did the swab test and 24 hrs later report was positive. We were wearing PPEs even though our hospital is not a dedicated covid hospital. The pt was an elderly diabetic and hypertensive pt with history of hip replacement 2 years back, so pt was pretty much sedentary and none of the patient's family members tested positive. It still baffles my mind how this pt got corona and how the only presentation was that of a stroke.
For those interested pt is still in isolation ITU and 5 days have passed she has not developed any fever or respiratory distress.
"Cellular machinery" is not 5g people
Haha people from 15 years from here would hear and say "is that 5g?"
Everytime a new electric upgrade is added to the environment, people drop like flies. Something people forget about the 1918 flu is that that was the first time electric wires were getting run through cities. We are more interconnected with the electricity around is than we think. Not to mention nutrition was a big issue back then than it is now.
@@CraigC55 i wonder why no one complained about 3g or 4g
Hahaha
Wonder if people are going to complain about 8g and 10g
Well explained! I was going to come back hard in response to you saying “ okay now you have lasting immunity” but you explained the more nuanced truth of the matter.
Thanks so much for hearing the whole process out. I wanted to be as clear and succinct as possible!
@@DoctorMike hey doctor Mike,please could you do a video later on about how to keep yourself safe when you are on immunosuppresents and steroids and ease do a video about how to deal with weight gain and other symptoms linked to steroids.
Ps. This can be done when the novel coronovirus has began to go down.
Also, why is it called the Novel Coronovirus?
Now, everytime I think of chicken pox I also think of:
"I had the chicken pox 3 times. I have no immunity to it."
"We don't have the heart to tell him it's herpes."
"It's not herpes if it's everywhere." 😂😂😂
I'm pretty sure that chicken pox is a type of herpes but I may be wrong on that...
@@prison_wallet_thief it is. HHV-3 (Human Herpes Virus) is another name for VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) which causes Chickenpox in children, shingles in adults.
prison wallet thief I don’t know for sure, but I think they may have been quoting a TV show or movie.
You are correct though, Chicken Pox is a type of Herpes virus. That’s why it’s no longer treated like a “childhood rite of passage” and a vaccine as created. The chicken pox virus lies dormant in your nerve cells long after you recover and some unfortunate individuals may eventually develop Shingles, which is so much worse than Chicken Pox.
@@professorshrimp5187 nice name Mr rubber fruit.
@@vanessaf7259 it was a quote from Knocked Up.
This video was about a year ago. I don't personally know of a single person who has been tested for antibodies. Qualitative or quantitative. How do we expect to learn and grow knowledge without administration of the tests to collect data? I know PLENTY of people who have been tested for infection. Know several people who have had COVID-19. But none who have been tested for antibodies. Why not? Is it because they want to force the vaccine as the only way back to normal? Suddenly our immune system is not capable of learning how to repel a virus it's been exposed to?
"We don't know if immunity lasts for days, weeks, or a *lifetime*, but we will *soon*." Uh, that sounds ominous.
WE ALL GONNA DIEEE
When I clicked on this video I didn’t realize the volume was all the way up and got yelled at by Dr mike I have never felt so attacked but it was completely just me being kinda dumb lolllll
😂😂 He is kinda Yelly lololololol. He's very good at explaining what's what tho lol
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Hai Coai bro what
Dr. Mike?.....more like teacher mike🤷🏻♀️
Dr. Mike should be my Dr. 😍
Kimmiepooh 33 ik mine too😆
I pray for everyone's health and safety //
I live in Namibia, a country of 2.5 Million, but with the second lowest population density of any country at a little less than three people per square kilometer. We are undergoing lockdowns similar to New York city, with the whole country’s school shut down or online, non-essential businesses closed and permits are needed for travel between towns and within the capital, as well as all international travel except for cargo and nedical reasons has been halted. We have less than twenty cases. This reaction is understandable since the whole country has 28 ventilators. You would expect a first world country like America to, you know, not act like a developing nation with a currupt, unqualified leader? America doesn’t seem like a first world country right now, but like a third world country with a Gucci Belt.
Well, dang. Not a Gucci belt.
The us is not a first world country, people don't die of diabetes in first world countries.
@@criSOME1 but it won't cause famines in the United States!
You guys know that first, second, and third world countries have nothing to do with help and everything to do with alliances in the Cold War right?😂
Being large or numerous does not change human behavior. it's just more people doing what people do.
Me: knows how the immune system works and how viruses work
Also me: listens intensely to explanation
Freyja Richardson I think there is a difference between knowing something and explaining something. I know calculus but being able to explain it is the hardest part. I’m not sure if this is your case but it is with mine and I enjoy watching videos of people explaining it. It helps me train myself to be more articulate so I can teach it to someone else.
Dr Mike is great! he explains everything clearly, is down to earth, and does not post things he doesn't believe in.
I can always rely on clear concise easy to understand explanations here. Many thanks you truly are appreciated.👍🏼
This video is so fresh it's crispy round the edges
yes.
Good one😂
My 78 year old coworker had all the signs of covid-19 in late February, but at the time was only clinically diagnosed with Bronchitis (which he fully recovered from) and to my knowledge was never tested for covid. I had all the symptoms in early March (likely caught it from him), but never got tested either. At the time everyone still thought coronavirus was a fairytale. I've been wanting to get the antibody test mainly so I can donate plasma but they're just not readily available yet. I live in New York (Long Island), which is one of the main hotspots.
I'm from NY as well and I was very sick in early February with symptoms that are very similar to covid but nobody was testing for that here back then. I want to donate plasma as well so I hope the antibody tests become available soon.
DamianWard96 call around to your blood banks. My area is probably 1/4 size of just half of NYC and they are now screening for confirmed donors. They are also putting unconfirmed on waiting lists. Understandably, right now they just want confirmed cases. But eventually, they will be opening testing for those who were never confirmed but possibly infected for the purpose of plasma donors and other various studies.
@@FueledByKass If anywhere will have it it will definitely be New York 🤞
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Me too! Except I don’t live in NY
Guys who need meds or a test when you have Essential oils
Lol
Jersey drone girl I hope that was meant to be a joke
It probably was
And aura cleanings, praying, going to church, oh and Crystals. Don't forget the crystals!
*doctor mike wants to know your location*
Wow that really opened my mind. How ignorant I was when I said everyone should be tested so that I can go back to my hometown. When we take whole nation in this context it really selfish of me to only asked my college friend and me to be tested so that we are proven free of this diseases and can go back home