Why diseases like coronavirus are becoming more likely

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwafCvCeE-w

الملخص

TLDRThe video highlights the connection between environmental destruction and the emergence of infectious diseases, particularly focusing on the coronavirus pandemic. It explains how habitat loss and climate change lead to increased contact between animals and humans, facilitating the spread of viruses. Examples include the origins of Ebola and SARS, and the role of bats in these outbreaks. The video warns that without addressing these environmental issues, there could be more pandemics in the future.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • 🌍 Environmental destruction is linked to the rise of infectious diseases.
  • 🦇 Bats are significant carriers of viruses that can jump to humans.
  • 🌳 Habitat loss drives animals closer to human populations.
  • ⚠️ More cities and deforestation increase pandemic risks.
  • 🦠 The current pandemic underscores the need for environmental protection.
  • 📉 Infectious diseases have been on the rise since the 1950s.
  • 🌐 The current coronavirus may have originated from animals in a wildlife market.
  • 🔄 Each viral jump represents a mutation that enhances survival.
  • 👶 Patient zero in the Ebola outbreak was a child who interacted with bats.
  • 👉 Addressing climate change is crucial to prevent future outbreaks.

الجدول الزمني

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    The novel coronavirus has significantly impacted the world, and environmental destruction is partly to blame. Many deadly diseases originate from viruses that leap from animals to humans, and an example of this is the Ebola virus outbreak in a village in Guinea, where habitat loss due to logging and mining facilitated the jump of a virus from bats to humans. As urban areas expand and ecosystems degrade, the likelihood of such viral transmissions increases, allowing viruses to adapt and thrive in human populations. Historically, diseases have risen since the 1950s, with many linked to animals. The current pandemic reminds us of the urgent need to address environmental destruction to prevent future outbreaks of infectious diseases.

الخريطة الذهنية

فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • What is the main theme of the video?

    The video discusses the connection between environmental destruction and the emergence of infectious diseases.

  • How does habitat loss contribute to disease spread?

    Habitat loss drives animals closer to humans, increasing the likelihood of viruses jumping species.

  • What was identified as patient zero in the Ebola outbreak?

    A child in Melian, Guinea who played under a tree occupied by a bat colony.

  • Can you name some other viruses that have jumped from animals to humans?

    Yes, SARS and MERS are examples of viruses that have jumped species.

  • What factors are increasing the risk of disease transmission?

    Sprawling cities, deforestation, habitat loss, and climate change.

  • What is one of the theories regarding the origin of the new coronavirus?

    One theory suggests it jumped from bats to pangolins to humans in a wildlife market in Wuhan, China.

  • How has the current pandemic served as a warning?

    It highlights the urgent need to address environmental destruction to prevent future outbreaks.

  • What role do bats play in the spread of viruses?

    Bats can carry diseases over large distances and are mammals, making viral transmission easier.

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التمرير التلقائي:
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    in a matter of weeks the novel
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    coronavirus has brought the world to a
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    standstill
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    could environmental destruction be
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    partly to blame many of the world's
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    deadliest diseases start like this with
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    a virus that jumps from an animal to a
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    human when that happens no one's immune
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    diseases can spread very quickly that
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    happened in the village of melian do
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    birthplace of the Ebola virus it's part
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    of the forest region of Guinea an area
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    that's lost around 80% of its habitat to
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    logging and mining around 2013 a bat
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    colony moved into this tree in the
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    village later a child who'd been playing
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    under the tree fell ill and died
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    scientists think he was patient zero in
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    the Ebola outbreak if the forest hadn't
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    been locked the bat colony might not
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    have moved into the village and that
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    epidemic might not have happened
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    sprawling cities habitat loss and
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    climate change are making jumps like
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    these so much more likely as we destroy
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    the animals we go after the viruses and
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    opportunity to survive by seizing on a
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    new environment a new habitat namely us
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    and any virus that does that and then
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    adapts further to be able to move from
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    one human to another has won the
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    Sweepstakes infectious diseases have
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    been on the rise since the 1950s and a
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    portion of those are coming from animals
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    the 2003 SARS virus likely jumped from
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    bats to civet cats to humans the later
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    respiratory virus MERS bats to camels to
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    humans the origins of this new corona
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    virus aren't entirely clear but one
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    theory is that it jumped from bats to
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    pangolins to humans at a wildlife market
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    in Wuhan China so why do so many of
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    these viruses start with
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    like us bats are mammals making that
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    viral jump a little easier and they can
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    fly carrying diseases over large areas
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    normally bats live in a forest far away
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    from humans
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    meaning even if a bat got sick with a
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    virus that could hop species it probably
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    wouldn't get close enough to a person to
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    infect them but that's changing as
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    cities grow people are living closer to
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    bats habitats in deforestation and
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    climate change are pushing bats into
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    cities and then there are places like
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    meat markets where lots of live animals
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    are packed together all these factors
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    add up to more animal contact and more
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    disease this current coronavirus
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    pandemic is a rude awakening unless we
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    find a way to stop destroying the
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    environment will likely have more
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    diseases like kovat 19 or worse in the
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    future
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    hey there so we made this video based on
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    a story that our co-worker Shannon Osaka
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    wrote a lot of our writers are talking
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    about the relationship between climate
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    change in the coronavirus if that's
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    interesting to you check out the
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    description there's a lot of links to
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    awesome stories a newsletter I think
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    you'll like what you see
الوسوم
  • coronavirus
  • environmental destruction
  • disease spread
  • habitat loss
  • bats
  • pandemic
  • climate change
  • Ebola
  • SARS
  • wildlife markets