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In December 2019 the Chinese authorities notified the world that a virus was spreading through their communities. In the following months it spread to other countries, with cases doubling within days. This virus is the “Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2”, that causes the disease called COVID19, and that everyone simply calls Coronavirus.  What actually happens when it infects a human and what should we all do?  

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The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do

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Comments

Anthony

Guys, THANK YOU! I have no idea how you managed to create yet another informative video in such a ridiculously short amount of time... I'm already spreading this like wildfire to make sure we are all informed! :D

Phillyp Henning

incredible response time and well put together video. Can't thank you guys enough for what you do

L4m3ness

Well done! You deserve to get some sleep now ^_^

Epocalyse

Thank you so much for making this video. You guys are awesome for putting this out in such a short amount of time and with information changing each day. Get some sleep!

med BenAli

Great one just in the right timing

Sohastalitha

Aaaand this is the video that has convinced me to become a patron. Kurzgesagt provide a public service.

maxic

Been waiting for this one! Great work as ever ❤️

Teemu

They've done plenty of those already, just check their video library. 😉

AZbytes

welcome to the cult of Kurzgesagt voice worshippers ... i mean fans

Alex Kaszynski

Awesome! Nicely done in such a short time.

Nick

You all are amazing as usual!

Timm Schneider

Amazing. Will you make a german version as well? I'm a medical professional working in a rural area in Germany and I would like to use it to educate my patient base.

Gaëtan Perrault

They have done previous collaborations with German organizations. They probably have the expertise somewhere but it is likely a large body of work, so they probably need some volunteers to cover these languages.

vorbei

I have to say I was skeptical when you first announced it. Will it be a powerpoint slideshow with infos that are outdated within a week? Well, I was wrong. You couldn't have done it better.

roninuta

Amazing work as always, this will

Richard Hackathorn

Amazing!!! Send YouTube link to all family & friends, along with Twitter & Facebook....now!

Dragmire

Just started pledging to you guys. Your effort you put into your videos, especially this one, is greatly appreciated.

Juicy Pickle

Just started pledging, I've been watching for years and inspired me to go into science, wanna help out however I can

Yigit Kulabas

Congratulations! Awesome as always

Aurel Drejta

This... this i why i became a patreon

Anthony Pardini-Bielecki

Love the video and all the work you do, but I have to say making this video "patron-only" seems in really poor taste. I know each video must take an incredible amount of time and energy and rushing to create one must be doubly-hard, but the idea that only people who pay will get to see this video seems like a mistake to me.

Anouk

This video made me become a patron. Y'all keep up the amazing work, and please, for the love of god, get some sleep

Anthony Pardini-Bielecki

I could be mistaken, but the subject line of the e-mail I received was 'Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell's new patron-only video: "The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do" ' and I've been unable to find it watch it when not signed in and directed there by patreon.

WeebMaster69 .

Great work guys! When it comes to keeping people informed you guys are seriously the best, keep it up!

Magesh

The YouTube video already has 1.8 million views and 255,000 likes.

Kxmode

I'm pretty sure this is the only video on Youtube that mentions coronavirus that won't be banned.

Leak

Uh... they are German, they have their own German channel that's partnered with the online part of german public broadcasting, they have their own German narrator and he asked about making a German version of this very specific (and very important) video, so...

Leak

@Anthony Pardini-Bielecki: that's a thing Patreon has been doing to all videos posted on Patreon recently; it doesn't matter whether the video is really Patreon-only or public...

Leak

Well, it vanished from my YouTube subscriptions page (though the soundtrack and several other coronavirus-related videos stayed) - so make of that what you will... :/

Pineapples

Good thing patreon notified me. The video didn't show up on my subscription feed O.o

job(lasted version)

You did a great job! You make me well informed about the virus. This is very helpful.

Yigit Kulabas

Dear Kurzgesagt family, this will be your most watched video ever. Awesome as always! But here comes a friendly reminder: you forgot to finish the video with your typical tools. People who did not hear kurzgesagt before may not feel what kurzgesagt is, discover your other work - they may think this is a standalone video. It would be good if you add the patreon and pledging part to the end before you open/launch the video to everyone. Good luck! And thanks for the great job!

gaurav khairkar

i'm doing that and if you want to help with the coronavirus computations, run the rosetta@home project. It helped predict how the protein folds and might help further :)

Bart Spiesschaert

Great video as always 😊. But I do want to point out one thing regarding the mention of secondary bacterial infection. Many deaths from flu are caused by secondary bacterial pneumonia  and heart attacks that develop after the flu has weakened someone's resistance. With Covid-19, most deaths are caused by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which causes already-damaged lungs to fill with fluid, and makes breathing difficult. Unlike pneumonia, there is no pharmaceutical treatment for ARDS. 

Simon

great video...very well explained and gives more focussed information in a single video...!

Annika Carlson

It’s very impressive this video was put together in such a short time!

rolf redford

No link to "our world in data" sigh. :) great video

Samuel Klyk

I'm a huge fan of Kurzgesagt and really appreciate the way you present facts - a refreshing experience in a media landscape full of disinformation and BS. Thank you so much - I just became a patron and support your creations <3

Programmable Spacecraft

It's amazing how effective these simple procedures can be at managing the spread of the virus and heartening to see how we're coming together as a global society to combat this threat. Thanks for another great video! Everyone stay safe!

Doogree Records

Excellent job as always! I've got another great one for you: Rank Choice Voting Saves Democracy!

Trevor Thomas

You guys are saving the world one video at a time. Please keep up the good work!

Starman_GG

guys could you tranlate it or put subs in spanish please my parents and grandparents just use whatsapp and they dont now the youtube way to do it , so I can share this great virus to all my family and friends who in the majority does not speak english , Salutes from Bolivia,

Skylar Ktchn

Really great video. I shared it on social media and decided to subscribe on Patreon so that you will keep posting great content.

Starman_GG

thanks for the spanish video guys , you are the best , thanks a lot , dank dank

Haibo Fan

My mom is freaked OUT!

CheesyFox

i want a bird pls