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  • - Hello, I'm Dr. Ken Berry, a family physician

  • with almost 20 years of clinical experience.

  • And in this video, let's discuss the coronavirus

  • that I'm sure you've heard about in the news,

  • what you should know about this

  • and what you should do.

  • You've heard about this novel coronavirus

  • on multiple media outlets,

  • and then you've also heard from multiple specialists,

  • virologist, disease control and prevention specialists.

  • And a lot of what they're telling you is worrisome,

  • but they're not really giving you all the practical tips

  • that you need and that you can use to protect yourself

  • and your family.

  • In this video, I'm going to attempt to give you

  • all the information you need to know

  • and then all the steps you need to prepare yourself

  • and your family so that you guys can be protected

  • from this infection, whether it becomes more virulent

  • and more worrisome or whether it peters out and dies.

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  • So first, I'm gonna tell you everything you need to know

  • about this novel coronavirus,

  • and then, at the end of this video,

  • I'm gonna tell you the steps you can take

  • to protect yourself and to protect your family

  • from this infection or any infection.

  • And then, you can share this information

  • with the people you love to protect them as well.

  • This coronavirus that you've been hearing about in the news

  • is a virus.

  • It is an enveloped virus, and that'll become important

  • later in this video.

  • It's a very large RNA virus.

  • There are numerous coronaviruses that we know about

  • and that have been cataloged,

  • but this one is special and we'll talk about that in a bit.

  • Most coronaviruses exist in animals,

  • and there have been multiple coronaviruses

  • that have been documented to spread from animal to human.

  • But most coronaviruses end there.

  • There's very little, if any, spread from human to human.

  • That's what makes this virus different.

  • It started in China in 2019,

  • and in early 2020, it has been confirmed

  • that this virus does spread from human to human.

  • Another thing you need to know about coronaviruses

  • in general is that they can mutate very quickly,

  • and this can make them much more virulent,

  • which is the fear and the worry.

  • It can also make 'em less virulent as well.

  • Only time will tell what's gonna happen

  • with this novel coronavirus.

  • The symptoms of coronaviruses in humans

  • are typically a cold, an upper respiratory infection,

  • a flu-like illness, a bronchitis.

  • They're typically not worrisome or dangerous at all,

  • except to the very young, the very old,

  • and the very sick.

  • As I make this video in early 2020, in January,

  • it's still too early to tell just how virulent

  • this strain of coronavirus is,

  • and that's why I'm making this video

  • so that you can be prepared for the worst

  • as you hope for the best.

  • Now here are some key points about coronavirus

  • that you need to be acutely aware of.

  • This doesn't apply to every virus,

  • but it does apply to many viruses.

  • So first and foremost,

  • the coronavirus can infect a person

  • and that person have absolutely no symptoms

  • and no fever for two to five days.

  • They are contagious during this period

  • and can infect other people,

  • but they have no symptoms and they have no fever.

  • When this coronavirus is spread by coughing or sneezing,

  • the tiny droplets of saliva or mucus

  • can actually transmit this virus

  • up to five to seven feet away.

  • So you don't have to be right up against someone

  • or giving them a hug or a kiss

  • to catch this virus from them.

  • This coronavirus is contained in an envelope,

  • which protects it from the environment.

  • And so if someone coughs or sneezes

  • or touches their eye, nose, or mouth

  • and then touches a surface like a countertop

  • or a door knob or a seat back,

  • the virus can stay there dormant but yet alive

  • for up to five days.

  • This is another thing that makes this particular type

  • of virus very dangerous and very hard to control the spread.

  • Another key fact about this type of virus

  • is that you see people in Asia wearing masks,

  • and that's probably good.

  • That probably does control the spread

  • and protect them a little from infection.

  • But this virus can infect any of your mucus membranes.

  • So that includes your eyes,

  • your nose, your mouth,

  • your genital region, and your anal region.

  • Any of these are susceptible to this coronavirus.

  • It appears that the most dangerous place you can be

  • in an outbreak like this, whether it becomes

  • a pandemic or not, is a closed environment

  • with a closed atmosphere.

  • So a bus, a train, an airplane, a large meeting of people,

  • whether that's a public meeting or whether that's church,

  • clinics and hospitals, all these places

  • where there are lots of people in very close proximity

  • with a closed atmosphere.

  • So you're not outside in a pasture or walking on the street.

  • These environments tend to magnify the danger

  • of a virus like this.

  • Currently, there is no test for this coronavirus.

  • There is no vaccine to prevent it.

  • And there is no medication to treat it.

  • If you do develop this virus

  • and go to a clinic or hospital,

  • all the healthcare provider can do

  • is give you supportive care,

  • and we'll talk about that later in this video.

  • As I said earlier, you can be infected

  • and you can be contagious with this coronavirus

  • for up to five days and have no symptoms

  • or no fever whatsoever.

  • So currently, in airports, they are screening people

  • with thermography, which basically is checking them

  • to see if they have a fever.

  • But you don't have to necessarily have a fever

  • with this virus to be contagious.

  • In healthy teenagers up until about 50 or 60 years of age,

  • this coronavirus is likely to give you symptoms

  • of a severe cold, a severe respiratory infection,

  • even a severe influenza-type infection,

  • but the danger is is in the very young,

  • the very old, and the very sick or people

  • with conditions that suppress

  • or derange their immune system,

  • this can lead to much more serious infections

  • and even death.

  • Both Middle East respiratory syndrome

  • and severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS and MERS,

  • which you may have heard about in the news

  • a few years back, they're both coronaviruses.

  • Now we don't know the virulence of this current

  • novel coronavirus strain, but in those strains,

  • they were virulent enough to spread from human to human,

  • and they were severe enough to kill people,

  • but they weren't virulent enough

  • to become a pandemic that the entire world

  • should be worried about.

  • I don't want you to worry about this virus.

  • I don't want you to panic about this virus.

  • But I do want you to be concerned.

  • I want you to be vigilant,

  • and I want you to be prepared.

  • At the end of this video, I'm gonna give you steps,

  • very easy, simple to implement steps that you can use

  • to protect yourself and your family.

  • Now first, I wanna give you a scenario,

  • an example of how you could become infected,

  • even though you feel like you're doing a lotta things right.

  • So let's say you're in a public place.

  • You maybe went to the store, you went to work,

  • and you come in contact with a person

  • who was infected two days ago.

  • They still have no symptoms, they have no fever.

  • They still feel fine.

  • They sneeze in your presence from dust

  • or from some pollen in the environment,

  • not from the coronavirus infection,

  • and you're standing five feet away from them.

  • You have just become infected

  • because some of the viral particles landed in your eye.

  • Maybe you were even wearing a mask

  • and thought you were protected,

  • but you weren't wearing wraparound protective glasses,

  • and therefore, it got in your eye.

  • You're now infected with the coronavirus.

  • Some of the saliva droplets landed on a door handle,

  • and two days later, someone else touches that door handle

  • to go to the restroom and then they touch their eye,

  • their nose, or their mouth.

  • They're now infected with this coronavirus,

  • even though they haven't been within 100 yards

  • of the infected person.

  • They touched a surface that had the coronavirus on it,

  • and as I said earlier, it'll live on surfaces like that

  • for up to five days.

  • So now you're infected with this novel coronavirus.

  • You get on a bus to head home.

  • Even though you feel great and you have no fever,

  • you infect multiple people on that bus ride home

  • because you coughed a little bit because you were drinking

  • something, you got a little choked.

  • The saliva droplets are spreading all over

  • this closed environment, and people who are not even

  • sitting near you can be infected.

  • And then the next load of people that get on the bus

  • will touch the seat where you were sitting.

  • They will also be infected,

  • even though they've never even met you.

  • Now you finally arrive home, you take off your mask,

  • you're still feeling fine, no fever, no symptoms,

  • and you proceed to infect your entire family,

  • even though you don't even know you have this virus yet.

  • Now that scenario sounds scary, but again,

  • I don't want you to be, I don't want you to panic,

  • I don't want you to be worried.

  • I want you to be concerned and vigilant,

  • and I want you to get prepared in case

  • this does become a very virulent coronavirus

  • that develops into a pandemic.

  • So now let's talk about what you should do

  • to prepare yourself and prepare your family

  • in case this does become a problem.

  • First and foremost is stay home.

  • Stay away from crowded areas.

  • Stay away from people in general.

  • Only stay around your immediate family.

  • This is the ultimate protection,

  • and this is something I feel like the specialists

  • that you're seeing on mainstream media right now,

  • they're just not talking about this.

  • If this does get worse, you need to stay home.

  • Number two, while you're at home, you need to discourage

  • and deny visitors.

  • As long as you keep your door closed

  • and there is no possible way that virus particles

  • riding on saliva or mucus, micro-particles can get

  • to your family, you guys are safe.

  • And so you can sit home and you can order DoorDash

  • and you can order stuff off Amazon

  • and not be compromised, as long as you're using

  • the universal precautions of wearing gloves,

  • wearing a mask, and wearing the wraparound eye goggles

  • any time you go outside your home.

  • Now let's say you have to go to work.

  • You're either your profession is something

  • that is vital to the proper function of society

  • or you just have no choice, you have to go outside

  • and you have to be around other people,

  • what should you do?

  • Number three, you absolutely should wear a mask,

  • but not just any mask will do.

  • You need an N95 or a K2 quality mask.

  • These are considered medical masks.

  • I put a link down in the show notes below

  • to a mask like this, not that you necessarily need

  • to buy that, but I want you to be aware

  • in case the World Health Organization

  • or the Centers for Disease Control do upgrade this

  • to pandemic status, you need to know which kind of mask

  • to wear because some don't really protect you at all.

  • Number four, you need wraparound safety glasses.

  • You see people in Asia wearing the masks,

  • and that's good, but if your eyes aren't protected,

  • your eyes are a mucus membrane and you can contract

  • this coronavirus just from a tiny invisible particle

  • of saliva that contains the virus landing

  • on your conjunctiva, or the surface of your eye.

  • And so wraparound glasses are a necessity

  • if you go in public.

  • Number five is some kind of latex-free

  • medical disposable glove.

  • You can buy these, they're very cheap.

  • You can buy 'em in bulk.

  • I put a link down for the glasses and the gloves down below

  • just in case.

  • But you absolutely should wear gloves

  • when you're in public because even if you're wearing

  • your glasses and your mask and you touch a surface

  • that has the coronavirus on it,

  • you're gonna take that back home on your hands.

  • And remember, it can live on the counter, door knob,

  • toilet seat, whatever for up to five days.

  • And so you definitely need to wear the gloves

  • when you're out in public and then take them off

  • before you go into your home.

  • Number five is to wash your hands very, very often

  • and definitely wash your hands with warm water and soap.

  • If you touch any surface out in public

  • or you come into contact with anyone who sneezes,

  • coughs, or is in any way in close proximity to you,

  • you don't know if they're infected or not.

  • They may be in the prodromal stage

  • that has no symptoms and no fever.

  • And then, also additionally,

  • don't trust antibacterial hand sanitizers.

  • Very often, these will kill bacteria,

  • but they don't kill all bacteria,

  • but many of them don't kill viruses at all.

  • And so you cannot trust them with your safety

  • in case this coronavirus becomes a pandemic.

  • Next is to try as much as is humanly possible

  • to avoid any crowds, any closed-in area,

  • any form of mass transit like planes, trains,

  • cars with if you're not the only occupant,

  • Ubers, anything like that where there's another human

  • with you in a closed space.

  • You can't tell if they're infected or not,

  • and so best to avoid that if at all possible.

  • Finally, you should avoid clinics and hospitals

  • unless you work there and your job is vital

  • to the public safety.

  • Or if you are a patient, you should only go to the clinics

  • and the hospitals if you have a life-threatening illness,

  • infection, or injury.

  • You don't wanna go, and here's why.

  • Say you start to come down with cold or flu-like symptoms.

  • Is it coronavirus or is it not?

  • You don't know because currently, there's no test

  • that can tell the difference.

  • Your doctor has no medicine that they can give you,

  • either in the clinic or the hospital,

  • to protect you or help you get better faster.

  • So what if you came down with just the regular cold virus

  • and then you go to the clinic or hospital

  • thinking it's the coronavirus.

  • You don't have that, but you catch it while you're there.

  • Also, the clinics and hospitals,

  • if this does develop into a pandemic status viral infection,

  • they're gonna be overrun with sick people.

  • And it's probably gonna take hours for you to be seen,

  • and they may not be able to help you anyway.

  • So only go to a healthcare provider is you have

  • a life-threatening injury, illness, or infection

  • that you just cannot treat at home.

  • Hopefully, this outbreak of this novel coronavirus

  • will be contained and will never develop pandemic status,

  • but again, I'm gonna say I don't want you to worry,

  • I don't want you to panic or freak out,

  • but I do want you to be knowledgeable.

  • I want you to be alert and vigilant,

  • and I want you to be prepared just in case

  • the worst happens.

  • Please share the information I've given you in this video

  • with everyone you care about.

  • Only by sharing this information will we possibly

  • be able to prevent this from becoming a pandemic

  • and prevent this from becoming a disaster for humanity.

  • Both the World Health Organization

  • and the Centers for Disease Control are very good

  • at managing these sorts of outbreaks,

  • these kind of infections, and this possible pandemic.

  • Watch their websites for future updates.

  • And this is what they were created for

  • is just this type of thing.

  • Now neither of these organizations is perfect,

  • but they are by far and away the best we've got

  • to combat such a novel coronavirus.

  • Please consider subscribing to this channel

  • for future updates.

  • I'm Dr. Berry, I'll see you next time.

- Hello, I'm Dr. Ken Berry, a family physician

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