How a Virus Conquers the World, Animated

A truly fun animated look at how viruses mutate, jump species, cause pandemics, and what simple things we can all do to help prevent them. Check out more contagion-readiness tips at TakePart.

I’ve researched this myself (meaning “seen some movies”), and I think that as long as we keep Gwyneth Paltrow away from Chinese casinos, we should be fine.

In all seriousness, so-called “animal reservoirs” are a huge danger.  That is where virus (or bacteria) populations are passed animal-to-animal for a long time, mutating slowly and building up a huge number of variants before jumping to humans, where they can wreak havoc. Our factory farms might just be pandemic incubators.

Previously: Let Robert Krulwich tell you the story of how a virus invades your body, along with a fantastic animation. This would normally be scary, but it’s Krulwich, so it’s almost fun.

(↬Brain Pickings)

Source: brainpickings.org

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    oh hot damn, this is my jam. possibly my second favorite thing to rock climbing is infectious diseases. especially...
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    true fact: 99% of viruses fail at conquering the world because FUCKING MADAGASCAR
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