Is it the same Corona virus been isolated in this pandemic? How come people in cruise or military ship got infected while at sea for such a long time. I am curious.
Ships are not as isolated as you may think. In the case of the Roosevelt it docked in Danang, Vietnam between the 5th and 8th of March and during that time some crew took shore leave. Some crew also spent a night in a hotel, during which time there were tourists who, unknown to them, already had the infection. Another route for infection was the regular provision and mail drops that take place via aircraft - so not as isolated as you may think. As for cruise ships - I think you can expect to see the bottom fall out of that busines pretty soon, because they have been notorious for years for people acquiring infections of one sort or another. A similar thing happens with conferances and major exhibitions.
Love it,started to consume your courses too. Im gonna consume it all,Im bit by the bug,luckily I have some pharmacology training so microchemistry to microbiology glides into eachother nicely,and its an asset these days :)
I'd have a naive question - probably it's because I simply don't know well to even say anything...😅 When mildly suffering patients would lose their sense of smell - how has it been made clear that their brains/nerves have not been affected? I'd naively assume that it might be they just don't show symptoms either on that part, maybe due to a very slow progression there or what so ever. 😅
Due to its size, the virus enters through the nose, eyes or mouth. Infection is noticed first on the head, where it affects the sense of smell or taste before it travels down to the lungs. The virus then affects other organs like liver or kidneys. Therefore, some people first complain of their loss of sense or smell. This usually happens during the first onset of infection on the first week. It doesn't affect the brain unless the infection is major and the nerves affected would be the ones related to the smell of taste which would be taken care of while on the first step of treatment.
Don't expand on how you specifically get a T cell response in addition to an antibody response and how one would know that, or anything! The discussion functionally doesn't make much sense at all. I still have no idea how to know if any particular vaccine is safe and effective.
@@simonxag I'd go with "don't put it in the lungs"! People who pick it up through food/drink contamination and experience it only as a food bug (with viral replication occurring in the gut, far away from the respiratory system) seem to have no problems, at least, we don't have body bags full of people who die of gut infections
This may be odd to post on a public forum. But I have been instructed to do so, despite heavily imposing... I am sorry, Vincent. Within a fortnight, you will be forgotten.
It's good to hear your podcast from SPAIN. I am a telecommunications engineer but since covid I am becoming a virus enthusiast. Thank you!
👍Thank you for these informative and very interesting discussions! I'm amazed at how much helpful information I learn from each one.
Highly brilliant and informative interview! Thank you!!!
Thank you for keeping us updated. I enjoy all your podcasts.
Is it the same Corona virus been isolated in this pandemic? How come people in cruise or military ship got infected while at sea for such a long time. I am curious.
Ships are not as isolated as you may think. In the case of the Roosevelt it docked in Danang, Vietnam between the 5th and 8th of March and during that time some crew took shore leave. Some crew also spent a night in a hotel, during which time there were tourists who, unknown to them, already had the infection. Another route for infection was the regular provision and mail drops that take place via aircraft - so not as isolated as you may think.
As for cruise ships - I think you can expect to see the bottom fall out of that busines pretty soon, because they have been notorious for years for people acquiring infections of one sort or another. A similar thing happens with conferances and major exhibitions.
Love the podcast. It's like Car Talk for viruses.
Any comment please on the work of
Gershom Zajicek MD?
When can vaccines be try tracked, trials definitively published. We need more answers than blind rumors...this is frustrating..
John Tram listen around 1:05 they talk about the current vaccine trials.
You are doing such an amazing job! Thank you so much.
Very informative. Thank you
Love it,started to consume your courses too.
Im gonna consume it all,Im bit by the bug,luckily I have some pharmacology training so microchemistry to microbiology glides into eachother nicely,and its an asset these days :)
@@ccmkoho Its utterly fascinating also I think the world need more polymaths,
we can help different disciplines integrate better.
I'd have a naive question - probably it's because I simply don't know well to even say anything...😅
When mildly suffering patients would lose their sense of smell - how has it been made clear that their brains/nerves have not been affected?
I'd naively assume that it might be they just don't show symptoms either on that part, maybe due to a very slow progression there or what so ever. 😅
Due to its size, the virus enters through the nose, eyes or mouth. Infection is noticed first on the head, where it affects the sense of smell or taste before it travels down to the lungs. The virus then affects other organs like liver or kidneys. Therefore, some people first complain of their loss of sense or smell. This usually happens during the first onset of infection on the first week. It doesn't affect the brain unless the infection is major and the nerves affected would be the ones related to the smell of taste which would be taken care of while on the first step of treatment.
Kidney failure, blood clots, gastro intestinal problems, heart failure sound a lot worse than a cold with the pneumonia removed!
Has it even been done where phase2 and phase 3 trials are done concurrently? Or even if not, we need a vaccine so badly that this might be considered?
Great as always.
Don't expand on how you specifically get a T cell response in addition to an antibody response and how one would know that, or anything! The discussion functionally doesn't make much sense at all. I still have no idea how to know if any particular vaccine is safe and effective.
27:04 Initial infectious inoculum
1:03:27 Initial infectious inoculum
"Give a low dose and it's almost like inoculating" DING DING DING
He said "vaccinating" - any dose would be inoculation. The trouble in humans would be - how low is low enough? - and how do you go about finding out?
@@simonxag I'd go with "don't put it in the lungs"! People who pick it up through food/drink contamination and experience it only as a food bug (with viral replication occurring in the gut, far away from the respiratory system) seem to have no problems, at least, we don't have body bags full of people who die of gut infections
This may be odd to post on a public forum. But I have been instructed to do so, despite heavily imposing... I am sorry, Vincent. Within a fortnight, you will be forgotten.