WHY YOU CAN’T SEE THE CORONAVIRUS UNDER A MICROSCOPE | Electron Microscopy Explained by a Teenager

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  • @MicrobialLuke
    @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Correction:
    Please see this website www.winknews.com/2020/04/10/where-did-the-red-and-gray-coronavirus-image-come-from-and-why-does-it-look-like-that/
    The image I say is from an electron microscope is more like a reconstruction based from electron microscope images. Check out the link above for more information.

  • @norelation3
    @norelation3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    So this is why you’re late to school

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Luke Norris pretty much 🙂

  • @footlongdon1986
    @footlongdon1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really great video. You have a new fan here for sure.
    The way that I've understood light, is that particle photons as you have described them, do not equal wavelength. the units that you mentioned, are the wavelengths of visible light. what you are calling photons, are really just the distance from one photon to the next as they are travelling along like ants in a row.
    The actual size of an individual photon is a few orders of magnitude smaller, far smaller than what we can measure, sometimes called a point particle. if the ants starts changing their following distance, the wavelength gets "redder" and "bluer". They can, however, get ever so slightly bigger and smaller based on their energy level.
    So in my interpretation of photons, the size of the volleyball is wrong, it's more like shooting the bear with BB's, and the 400nm to 600nm is just how rapidly you can pull the trigger and still see the trail of BB's.
    The reason that you can't see the bear, is because you need to pull the trigger even more rapidly, so that the distance between BB's is smaller than the bears length, or they end up mostly missing the bear.
    An electron microscope is just a Gatling gun that technically fires even bigger rounds, because electrons are even larger than the un-measurably small point like photons.

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Donovan Hale Thank you so much for clearing that up for me! That makes a lot of sense.

    • @footlongdon1986
      @footlongdon1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MicrobialLuke Still a really well put together and informative video. I wanted to try to use a metaphor as to why the BB's miss the bear if the wavelength is longer than the bear is. But after now reading your replies to MAGA TRON, I can see that you understand the wave-particle duality of elementary particles, and while they are actually all just disturbances in the various fields, you're absolutely right to talk about them as particles in this situation.
      What I've been fascinated with, is where the photons actually come from in the first place. Electrons in orbit around an atom's nucleus, can spontaneously leap into a tighter obit, when they do, a photon is emitted outward. When another atom later absorbs the photon, it's own electron(s) leap outward to further orbits. These orbits are the energy levels that can alter the "BB" size slightly. I want say that the photons live inside the electrons, but I'm really at the very edge of my understanding now.
      Sorry for such long comments, I just enjoy learning about this stuff. Thanks for highlighting my comment, that's a first for me. I wish you all the best for your channel, and hope all your vids are as good as this one.

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Donovan Hale Thank you! I enjoy long comments actually! They usually give me more information to think about! I enjoy your kind words as well!

    • @derp8575
      @derp8575 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MicrobialLuke Pseudoscience! Germ theory is credible to evolution. Sadly we have a civilization who prefers feeling good over facts. They will literally tell you that men can become women.

  • @elizabethberkes3142
    @elizabethberkes3142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    GREAT JOB with your explanation. I'm glad your teddy bear is ok after the bombardment!!

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elizabeth Berkes Thank you! The teddy bear says thank you also.

  • @Rootbeeroverseer
    @Rootbeeroverseer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dude, you treat this channel like you have subscribers in the millions! That's awesome! I'm sure you're on your way.

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow! Thank you so much for watching and for commenting such kind words!

  • @unknownsender6852
    @unknownsender6852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:14 'An artificially colored image can be 'reconstructed'.....CARTOONS

  • @gwmadrigal
    @gwmadrigal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice. I learned something new today. Thank you

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to help! Thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @jorgehamtamayo3474
    @jorgehamtamayo3474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really cool!!! The explanation with the bears and the balls was awesome!!! Great job!!!

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you liked it!! Thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @sandipkumar828
    @sandipkumar828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    waiting for a person to upload a video who has actually seen any virus through the electron microscope.

    • @rhm3408
      @rhm3408 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those people don't waste their valuable time trying to convince virus deniers of something that has been continually proven scientifically - even it such a video were uploaded, you people would say it is fake or 3D animated, you can't win - believe what you like, but leave us alone! ;)

  • @luxuryglow
    @luxuryglow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome Dr Luke!!
    Thank You!
    Will you be the future “Surgeon General” ?
    All the best!

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      luxuryglow Thank you! I will be if I am asked. 😄

  • @sofia_pcg2758
    @sofia_pcg2758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I´m from Spain, I really liked to hear this information. Great explanation!

  • @BTTG
    @BTTG 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. Although I didn't get the teddy bear analogy.

  • @EPSTomcat11
    @EPSTomcat11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good stuff man! Keep it up.

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      EPSTomcat11 Thank you so much! I will!

  • @NaniParlapalli
    @NaniParlapalli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've beeeen wondering for the past few months as to why no real photograph of corona virus, why only 3D graphics. 🦠
    I knew its soooooper tiny, but still with all the technological advancements.
    Thanks for making this video, now I can sleep better! 💤

  • @iloveeeme
    @iloveeeme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    U deserve more subscriberrrrrr good job

  • @dawncawthra3519
    @dawncawthra3519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely said, however you may be interested in Royal Rife's universal microscope.

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll look it up!

    • @dawncawthra3519
      @dawncawthra3519 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's also a Virologist/biologist out of germany named Stefan Lanka. His work is really fascinating. First rule of science is to question everything 😉
      A lot of his published works have been translated into English.

  • @pankajkumarpal1183
    @pankajkumarpal1183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teddy bear example is just beautiful..... I thought the same way..... But instead of teady bear i used bigger ball in my examples........thanks...

  • @sneakypress
    @sneakypress หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good video presentation .
    But at about 4:00 minutes you mention the “ size “ of an electron .
    If you are referring to the diameter of and electron , this value is way to large , as 0.1 nanometers is about the size of an atom ; and electrons are contained within atoms .
    In fact , after a little research , it is obvious that the diameter of an electron has not yet been determined ( accurately or otherwise ) .

  • @svilenkonac2084
    @svilenkonac2084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you can't see something how do you know they exist? Religion is base on the same ground.

  • @gappy10123
    @gappy10123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you you explained this well

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful! Consider checking out my new video!

  • @rajatsen9509
    @rajatsen9509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So why not just view corona samples under an electron microscope instead of an RT PCR test to detect patients? Asking for a friend.

  • @oscmarlangcauon520
    @oscmarlangcauon520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    New subscriber here

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for subbing! Please consider watching my new video!

  • @2UB4WH
    @2UB4WH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank You

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching! Please subscribe!

  • @Tube82ful
    @Tube82ful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clearly explained.tq

  • @patrickp.2964
    @patrickp.2964 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, essentially, we're talking about an organism that's smaller than visible light but larger than an atom; therefore, we shine smaller-than-visible-light photons at it to create a reflection that we translate into visible light, so we can "see" it?! My question, then, is how do we differentiate between the reflection and the medium, through which, the reflection travels (air, vacuum, water, etc.)? In other words, it sounds like looking for a grain of sand through clouds; how do we ensure a photon travels through the cloud, unperturbed, for a clear, accurate reflection…especially if portions of the organism are composed of the same atoms/molecules as the cloud (i.e., water)?

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent question! Most electron microscopes are high vacuum instruments which helps insure the electrons can travel to the specimen. Furthermore, most specimens are coated with gold or something conducive so they can be made visible. Thank you for commenting!

  • @dennisnashville7114
    @dennisnashville7114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job... thank you. 🔬

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re welcome! Thank you for viewing!

  • @denirn8725
    @denirn8725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good going Microbial Luke! Now, I’d love to understand, why the CoVid-19 tests assays are so complex?! Why can’t labs simply stain biological samples of the mucus membranes & view CoVid-19 under an election microscope? Why do they need to use PCR studies which require multiple steps & even then the sensitivity is not 100% accurate? Still, it’s fantastic to see a young inquiring & clearly brilliant mind so interested in the STEM fields. Excellent

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Deni RN
      Thank you so much for your kind comment. I hope you subscribe! (You can be my 200th subscriber!)
      As for your question:
      First off, I am not an expert in any way (so I can be completely wrong), but if I were to make an educated guess based on my experience with PCR work at school it would have to do with density of the virus (this is probably improper wording). If someone were to use your method it would be difficult to see COVID-19 even if infected due to the methods of electron microscopy. Electron microscopes are not as simple to use as light microscopes and require immense amounts of preparation. For example, sometimes scientists must coat specimens with gold or other conductive metals before viewing. I don’t even know for sure if it is possible to just take a sample of an infected person and place it in an electron microscope. Check out this website that shows some methods I just now learned of: www.microscopemaster.com/viruses-under-the-microscope.html
      On the other hand, PCR replicates even a very small amount of a specific gene so that the gene can be tested. This method is quite accurate since someone can have say 2 copies of the coronavirus gene present but PCR replicates it to an amount that can be tested. As for your question of accuracy, I am not sure, but I probably has to do with PCR being the best method even if not 100% accurate (nothing is 100% in science).
      Please let me know if you have anymore information because I am learning as well! Thank you for engaging with my video!

    • @denirn8725
      @denirn8725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Microbial Luke -You bet I’ll subscribe! And, I’m reading as much of the scientific literature as I can get my hands on. I’m a teaching Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care Medicine, who loved & voraciously studied Biochem & Microbiology. I’ve seen the fields grow exponentially over the past 25 years, but we’re still driving blind understanding viral disease. We’ll need smart kids like you to pursue these fields of medical science into the future.
      I believe, within your life time, diseases which still baffle, especially autoimmune disorders affecting both young & old, will be understood & defeated.
      If I read of newer CoVid-19 detection literature, I’ll be sure to hook you up.
      Good Stuff Luke! You’re a good Teacher, and THAT, along with knowledge is a beautiful thing.

  • @MicrobialLuke
    @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please consider subscribing! bit.ly/3anZFAJ

    • @sebastianstellte5717
      @sebastianstellte5717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Does the wave length of 650 nm of light microscopes mean, a virus can`t be seen or is it to small to recognize structures in the virus?

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sebastian Stellte
      Thank you for leaving a comment! Please subscribe!
      For your question:
      I am not 100% sure. But I believe that you would not even be able to see it at all. I think at around a 500 nm sized specimen, you can still see specimen, but with no detail. So once you are smaller than 500 nm (like viruses), it must be essentially invisible through a light microscope. If you find out I am wrong please let me know, but I am pretty sure the virus is not visible at all. Here is a good website with some more information: www.nanooze.org/worlds-most-powerful-microcope/

  • @jenko701
    @jenko701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You got it .

  • @oluan8734
    @oluan8734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice

  • @susanmcfie9261
    @susanmcfie9261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stay curious Luke

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will! Thank you for commenting!

  • @kristinamooney751
    @kristinamooney751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that poor bear

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kristina Mooney It’s unbearable isn’t it?

    • @catherinekinsella3372
      @catherinekinsella3372 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MicrobialLuke He seemed to bear up very well, keeping a quiet dignity while remaining playful.

  • @DANBSTL24
    @DANBSTL24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video 👍

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thebeatgoeson 19 Thank you!

  • @nerosonic
    @nerosonic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:04 do you live in a freakin mansion?

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nerosonic lol. It’s all about the angle!

  • @nikhillondhe369
    @nikhillondhe369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spoiler,,,because it doesn't exist

  • @davehibbs9111
    @davehibbs9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you can't see it, how do you know it exists???

  • @khlothostonney5760
    @khlothostonney5760 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    whoever is on adderall or any speeders, you probably got it. I am a downer type of a person and this guy SPEEDS UP like its NASCAR in here.
    So, whoever understood this and is on SPEEDERS and can try to take some DOWNERS, please slowly explain to me, thanks!!!

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You didn't! Because it's not there!

  • @thamiabdollahe8688
    @thamiabdollahe8688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Huh you need more than 4000 dollar to get electron microscope

  • @jayte5329
    @jayte5329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ok. virus are small and electron microscope see them so, where is the video of the flying virus?

  • @mkmason2002
    @mkmason2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could a CV be a billionth of a micron? What would it be in microns?

  • @hanrealistic
    @hanrealistic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well.. The electron microscopes would burn the virus. All you have shown was CGI animations. So far I have NOT seen any videos showing viruses under an electron microscope. Is this a coincidence? Any HEROS can show us in some other videos?

    • @sithwolf8017
      @sithwolf8017 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll do you one better. Papers on animal models and pathogenesis. I've yet to see a virus or germ theory denier tty to hand wave away them. But if you really reaaallly want a video showing a virus in action here's one about hiv attacking Th cells. Scientists were able to attach a glowing isotope to the virus and observed it's movements. Here's another with various images of different viruses. Enjoy!
      (th-cam.com/video/jzPKiFToItA/w-d-xo.html)
      (th-cam.com/video/o6ui_sSweG8/w-d-xo.html)
      Hessell, Ann J, and Nancy L Haigwood. “Animal models in HIV-1 protection and therapy.” Current opinion in HIV and AIDS vol. 10,3 (2015): 170-6.
      Jiang, Liming et al. “Tree Shrew as a New Animal Model for the Study of Dengue Virus.” Frontiers in immunology vol. 12 621164. 25 Mar. 2021,
      Bennett, Richard S et al. “Kikwit Ebola Virus Disease Progression in the Rhesus Monkey Animal Model.” Viruses vol. 12,7 753. 14 Jul. 2020
      Rockx, Barry et al. “Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model.” Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 368,6494 (2020): 1012-1015.
      Munster, Vincent J et al. “Respiratory disease in rhesus macaques inoculated with SARS-CoV-2.” Nature vol. 585,7824 (2020): 268-272.
      Park, Jun-Gyu et al. “Animal Models of COVID-19: Transgenic Mouse Model.” Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) vol. 2452 (2022): 259-289.
      Rathnasinghe, Raveen et al. “Comparison of transgenic and adenovirus hACE2 mouse models for SARS-CoV-2 infection.” Emerging microbes & infections vol. 9,1 (2020): 2433-2445.

  • @Defnotforthat
    @Defnotforthat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cough, cough😁

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Olena P 🧐

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MicrobialLuke She has Common cold.

  • @Daddyderon
    @Daddyderon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    BCE is still marking the place in time where Christ entered the timeline.

  • @normski262
    @normski262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    HAHHA Look it up dude electrons as particles do not exist ! They are fields. There is NOT 1 genuine picture of an electron, photoshop B.S.

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see what you mean but electrons can be called particles as they follow wave-particle duality. It pretty much means waves can behave as particles and particles can behave as waves. For this demonstration it is sufficient to refer to them as particles.
      “Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no known components or substructure.”
      I’m addition, you cannot take a photo of an electron. As I explain in my video, you would need to use something smaller than the “thing” you are trying to see in order to collect sufficient data from the reflection of that something. In the case of the coronavirus, electrons are used because they are smaller than a virus. We do not have the capability at this point to see electrons since they are the smallest things we can use at this point in time.
      Thank you for your comment. I do see your point and I do thank you for actually watching the entire video. I hope you subscribe! 🙂

    • @normski262
      @normski262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MicrobialLuke Ok, no point in reinventing the wheel here , this guy does a great job of explaining why you are wrong. ENJOY! th-cam.com/video/5IwgRNS1Frs/w-d-xo.html

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      MAGA TRON I just watched it, that was a very interesting video. I never knew that point of view! I’ve always been taught otherwise. I will add to the description of the video that an electron is considered to be a field and not a particle by many scientists. I hope you can still understand what I meant in the video. I apologize, I don’t mean to misinform.
      Thank you for informing me!

    • @normski262
      @normski262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MicrobialLuke Yep I know, I spent near 9 years at university, taking my degree and post grad research on top, and was spoon fed like everyone else, their screwed way of learning. It's a sausage factory, and often has little to do with truth or reality. My personal tutor told me, I would struggle in my undergrad years but excel in post grad years. And I did! I have a free thinking mind which most of the time they do not like . So yep I get your point!

    • @MicrobialLuke
      @MicrobialLuke  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MAGA TRON That also shows in the political bias colleges now have. They are all so far to one side (you probably know which one) and they teach students to be so. Colleges aren’t very free thinking in that regard. Anyways, thank you for your insight. Have a good night/day.

  • @KTreYT
    @KTreYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    BRU HOW YOU CANT SEE VIRUSES?