I’m living in Jordan and the government response right from the beginning has been excellent. We’re staying at home and we receive government messages by phone to inform us of the latest information. Jordan is doing a great job considering we are a small country.
if this can be useful for someone , i live in veneto nord italia. our doctor and politician in this day have started to follow the s korean and china model.we are producing our own test and in the past days we have already made more test than south korea. in the next day and week they plan to test 13.000 person each day to isolate the asintomatics.Here everything has started with two cases in a little village of 3000.all 3000 have been tested and 66 have been found positive asintomatics .to stop all this isolation of asintomatics is foudamental. hope this can be useful for someone .sorry for my english.a great thank to this great man for all the work he is doing in giving precise honest and useful information
Wish you all good, and get though this quickly! Some suggestion from china: 1. be care of infection between family mumbers; 2.doctors/nursors shoud be extraordinarily carefully, they are in very high risk; 3.for each case, seek backward and try to find in detail how he/she is infected and gather info and find the most frequency ones and share it to public, this needs many people, can try volunteers.
Thank you Dr. Campbell and to all the health staff, the doctors, nurses and paramedics that save lives everyday. Thank you for putting yourself in the position you are to help vulnerable people ❤ We also bought a lot. I have been standing in the kitchen for hours, cooking various vegetable soups. I bring the soups to my old neighbors so that they don't have to go to the shops themselves... You can also use the situation positively and do something good for your loved ones...
So deciding to mass buy food and cook soup is your way of justifying buying more food than you need ? Clearly the authorities should have said .. don't mass buy food , unless you want to cook lots of soup for old people ?
Dr.Campbell, you are the epitome of true benevolence. If people were more like you, this world would be a better place. God bless you doc! You've been a consistent voice of hope and reason throughout the entirety of this event. You've kept me sane. Thank you.
My father is 65 years old with diabetes and heart problems and previous oncological situation. I told my dad to stay home but he said that the Swedish government does not allow you to do so unless you have a sick leave document from a doctor. I wish I was a doctor by now to help him stay home. I am crying inside while I try to pass my last medical exams. Please people don't be selfish think about the eldery because we need them too and they are loved by many. ♥
That is so not true! I live in Sweden and the government says that you should stay at home as soon as you have any kind of symtoms. The government pay the sick leave and there is no need get a sick leave document after a week (which is customary in normal situations) because of the pandemic. The elderly and people in risk groups (like your father) are advised to stay at home and avoid social contact. So either your father has misunderstood this or is misinformed.
I am delighted with the reaction of my country Malta. The government are so well prepared. Port is closed to public, airport has been slowly shutting for weeks. Schools closed, mass gatherings banned and tourism closed down. We have been locking ourselves down for weeks etc. We have 38 cases from Italy, all quarantined. Hospital prepared on both islands. Let's hope our PM gets a medal for his proactive work.
Dan Colombo we have one public hospital with 100 prepared beds with ventilators. Cancer hospital has also been prepared. On Gozo the hospital is prepared with 20 beds. Ok not much but we are two small islands. Islands are beautifully quiet.
Which is why I am utmost grateful I found your channel early at the beginning of this year. It has helped so much to calm my own nerves and act in good time so I don't put old people near me in bad risk.
Gambia West Africa has first cases thanks to whoever flew with it there on Monday. It is spreading across Africa like a bush fire and mostly thanks to selfish people travelling. If you’re worried in our first world countries, spare a prayer for Africa 🙌🏽🙏🇬🇲🌍❤️
Please talk about Sweden in a future update. I think we are still to a large extent waiting to react instead of being proactive and our health system doesn't seem prepared. Sweden and Belarus are the only countries in Europe that have not closed it's schools and Sweden reportedly had a total of 574 intensive care places with respirator in 2018.
You are absolutely right, we are reacting and to me it seems that money is far more important than lives. Needless to say things will change once this is over, it's now time to make sure we will never be caught off guard again. This went from "all is under control" to "we are not prepared" way too fast. Just hope as many of us as possible will be there when the time to "rebuild" comes. Stay safe ❤👍
Sverige har visat fullkomlig inkompetens från dag ett. Alla med IQ över 70 kunde ju lägga ihop att det skulle bli så här när kina var tvungen att stänga ner landet och vi inte ens testade folk som flög hit från kina och Italien. Nästan kriminell vårdslöshet om jag ska vara ärlig och så snackar det om att det är ojämställt att vissa kan jobba hemifrån och andra inte... Hoppas de får sparken alla ihop i ledningen när dammet har lagt sig.
The low number of death in germany are quite easy to explain in my opinion. No Test -> no death. I'm living in a town with about 100.000 people and they tried drive through testing for several hours last week only allowing people to be tested with an advance notification from a doctor. They stopped after 40 tests, complaing doctors were abusing this service sending people for tests without doing enough diagnosis work on their own. There were numbers released last week when cases doubled from 15 to 30 and that's still the official number. When i was in town today it felt like a holiday season, people were in street cafes and restaurants relaxing from their toilet paper shopping sprees. We might have no masks here in germany, but i guess we can use all the toilet paper floating around for some great mummy style protective suits.
No Test -> no death --> That is a wrong conclusion. Actually, it should be the other way around. Because death doesn't care how many tests are performed. It is more likely that testing in Germany was very early and targeted, so the number of unknown cases is currently not as high as in other countries. This means that mortality in Germany corresponds more to actual mortality. The global estimates are 0.5-1%, in Germany it is currently 0.2+%. That will adjust accordingly. Another not so important point could be that in Germany the ICUs are not yet so overloaded and the patients can be ventilated for longer. Of course, test capacities in Germany should be greatly increased in order to isolate the infected and minimize the spread.
The assistant director of RKI, Dr. Schaade said, they don't even have data on hospitalization and severity distribution because they only collect data on testing as is required by law. Consequence is there is only data on severity where individual cases got reported from nursing homes, not from hospitals. German numbers of deaths is from nursing homes only.
Dr. John Campbell - I'm really glad that the measures taken in Italy has started to work and reduce the R0. But what concernes me is: What will happen when people begins to be social and go to work again? Would we expect the R0 to increase again and start a new wave of infections? Could you please talk about this in your next video :)
If relax slowly and maintain vigilance, there need be no 'second wave'. One measure China is taking to help with this is widespread temperature checks. One will be checked by non-contact temp. checks many times a day - for example, before boarding a bus. If have a fever, taken to have the virus test which takes just hours.
Once the numbers are down, we need to continue mass testing to identify cases and isolate individuals. Secondly, as we move into Spring, the warmer weather should reduce the ability of the virus to remain outside the body and thus reduce transmission rates; this is a matter that has not been much discussed and which seems not to be well understood by scientists - we'll see soon if it makes a difference.
He never mention El Salvador acted proactive and closed its borders a week ago and with 0 cases. And the president said lives are more important than economy.
@@DavidJohnson-dp4vv the other countries didn't acted like they did and no one is allowed to go through the border. The ones that came in on air are in quarantine in the airport. They are sleeping their and the military doesn't allow any to escape.
Well, many people still live in denial that it's no different from a seasonal flu. Not sure if any amount of scientific evidence is going to change this attitude.
80% of the carriers are asymptomatic. Go watch this first about antivirals, then watch the beginning of the video. Get informed: ANTI-VIRAL INFO More info on zinc and chloroquine / hydroxychloroquine= plaquenil incl. French article on apparent success. However sample size only n=24, and not peer reviewed. Then again, this is what they believe the South Koreans are using. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AToF8O5T86s.htmlm02s
@Barn Owl I literally couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that! Did you see the short interviews with people on the beach? I don't understand it. How can you think this is just a regular flu, when the world is literally closing down? They're basically saying that every world leader and the top scientists and medical experts in the world are wrong!?! I despair..
Thank you for your comments about Jordan. I am a US-trained Pulmonary & Critical Care physician practicing in Jordan. I have been following you ,with other experts, over the last several weeks and your opinion helped shape part of my approach to this. We have been proactive in trying to initiate these measures early partly with the help of everyone around the world, such as yourself brainstorming this together. Indeed it is a small world. Thank you for your great work and keep it up. Nader K. Hijazi, MD, FCCP
Lol same. Its amazing the difference good information makes. I'm also walking around with a proper sundstrom face mask. Its a little "resident evil" for most people but I think they're crazy not be doing the same.
Unfortunately my daughter & Sister in law have developed a cough and fever & we've had to go into isolation for 14 days, were in Dudley in the UK, luckily I've been watching your channel since the start of the Covid-19 infection in China and prepared well ahead of time and stocked up weeks ago, were all set to hunker down and ride things out.
Take your fever every 4 hours and keep a symptom journal. It will help you see how your illness is progressing. And if anybody does start having bad shortness of breath you can hand it to your doctor. It will help you and them. Hugs. Good for you in getting prepared.
Prayers to you and thank you for buying way ahead of time. All the naysayers can cry and blame after laughing and calling crazy those that lovingly warned them.
I just want to thank you again for your daily updates. Your getting a lot of really good information out and I truly believe you have helped save a lot of lives.
I'm currently in Jordan and I'm impressed by the precautions taken, even a week before the lockdown schools, universities and Mosques have been closed and we have been studying online Around 4000 returning from all over the world Jordanians are getting quarantined in hotels under military supervision to ensure maximum order It looks promising so far
I have self quarantined past 8 days. Now I work from home. What surprises me is that people still want to go out in public and drink. Sad world we live in.
We are self quarantining other than my husband's job (furniture factory-no way to work from home) and necessary trips (food shopping-we have around a months supply).
The public health page from the province I live in is *STILL* saying: "You do not need to be tested for COVID-19 if in the past 14 days you have not travelled outside Canada or have not had contact with someone diagnosed as having COVID-19" If we aren't testing people who haven't travelled then how are we supposed to know if we were exposed and need testing?!? My coworker has self-isolated because his wife and child became suddenly terribly sick, but since the health authority won't test them my coworker can't get tested, and now our entire shop is unsure if we've been exposed! We work with the public daily as we are an essential service. This is *dangerous and harmful*
We’re over 700 cases in Canada now. The US/Canadian border has been closed to nonessential travel in either direction. The government says it is our civic duty, and they fully expect us to maintain a 2 meter distance from anyone we don’t live with at all times. Grocery stores are only letting in small numbers of people at a time with lines of people 2 meters apart outside.
We’re in British Columbia and our doctor said the same. My daughter has a high fever and cough and we phoned to inquire about Covid testing and it was immediately dismissed as the flu. The figures being release are misleading and irresponsible. Canada is doomed.
Thanks for your work Mr Campbell, Yesterday my new granddaughter was born and at the hospital they only allowed one person in the "building" with my daughter. Choice had to be the Dad or her Mom etc, thought I just share that info to expecatent parents to check and talk about it before the big day. What a changed world we live in keep up the good work.
I feel confinement, atleast for sometime, might be a good thing for humanity right now. This might be Nature's way of telling us it is high time we self reflected and found our humane selves. We are all becoming self possessed social creatures in all spheres, be it politics, public and private sectors, media, our own lives. We had stopped thinking about our fellow humans around the world.
J Creole lovely thought and something to strive for ..but I’m afraid humans wont learn...Chinese videos out now blaming America for virus thats productive..they are pissed because Trump calling it the Chinese virus... tit for tat..rocky mountain fever started in Rocky Mountains...West Nile Virus started in West Nile.. this virus started in Wuhan China.. ridiculous saw the most ridiculous Chinese video blaming Trump calling him racist for saying wuhan virus..as long as leaders like this not much hope for humanity
Good day Dr. Campbell. I am an RN in Southern California (USA), as well as a hazardous material specialist, and have following this virus when I read it had an RO score of 4.01-- sometime mid to late January of this year. I have, and continue to have, grave concerns over our massive homeless population in this region. That is a potential, if not likely, wildfire of epic viral spread that vastly increases the healthcare workers risk factor as well as, of course, the general public. Godspeed to you and to my colleagues throughout the world.
Give it about three months, your homeless population should go down by at least 1/4, maybe by 1/3. Bulldozer and backhoe operators can get work digging mass graves. It will smell worse than the homeless camps. Isn't life wonderful in the big city(s)?
@agonal Art It’s funny how Gavin all the sudden cares about his homeless population. Dr Carlson was there in early Jan trying to come up with a plan including FEMA camps. Anyway, good luck to you. I am an RN in NY but not near NYC where they are going to have the same problem. Two sides of the same coin.
New permanent homes 6 feet under. Rip. Sad but hard to fix those problems. Have to move all of them to tropical island and supply food only. No drugs- booze etc. A kind of quarantine ?
I've been following the virus outbreak since January and stocked up on goods early February (in reasonable quantities). Family and colleagues thought I was going mad.
I lived in south Florida and went thru two hurricanes in six weeks back in 2004. After three day there was no food. Power was out and the gangs began to loot. Much of the violent crime was kept out of the media but in the US the population has so much fire power that there could easily be an all out war if conditions change and become like Italy. America still has Cowboys that will shoot first then ask questions. Use time to secure a place in heaven. It wont be long now
Same here, I have a friend in Taiwan who had connections in China and he was sending information regarding the real situation on the ground there. I told my friends here in Canada that they should prepare for a pandemic and that laughed at me. I didn't do anything crazy but we have plenty of food to last us a few months and I filled up some cans of gas and made sure our cars are filled up. We have not left our house since Thursday of last week. It was hard on the kids at first but they now understand and we have been making crafts and playing in the back yard. I've also been getting work from my wife's "To do list" done so that's been nice. We have a park across the street and there are neighbors and their children playing together as I write this. Canada is at the bottom of the curve right now, unfortunately it won't be until reality hits hard in the next few days that these people will wake up or be forced to wake up with police imposing fines on public gathering. We have some harsh weather here and have had some situations in the past like SARS. Since I started a family I took note of what happened during the major ice storm in Quebec and other issues such as the major power outage in the early 2000's. Lessons learned were to kept a reasonable stash of cash hidden, have a generator on hand, especially if it's the middle of winter and get fresh fuel if there is an impending storm. Being in Canada and an avid lover of the outdoors I have plenty of places we can go that are the middle of nowhere with plenty of fish, wild game and no people around. Years of back country camping has equipped us with all the gear we would need to be comfortable in some of the most remote parts of the north where we would be lucky to see another person for months. I hope the world learns from this but history has a habit of repeating itself. What shocked me was learning about the Spanish flu in University. People look at the horrible death toll during WWI and yet they don't know that a flu took out more people than a world war! Stay safe and fingers crossed this thing doesn't mutate into something even worse.
@@antonioarroyas7662 I envy you. My heaven would be a log cabin, in the middle of nowhere, where I could hunt, fish, grow veg and be totally self sustained. But living in the UK the only "wilderness" we have is already owned by someone rich. Hope you ride out this insanity and you and your family stay safe
What a piece of work is man, How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, In form and moving how express and admirable, In action how like an Angel, In apprehension how like a god
Ah, don’t pay any mind to the haters. A positive outlook is what I have. I’m a Christian and illnesses like this are spoken of in the Bible. If it’s my time to go well that’s okay. But, for now I’m locked down and only minimally going out to the market.
I x-rayed a number of suspected COVID patients here in the UK last night on isolation wards, and I have concerns regarding the recommended personal protective equipment PPE. Case studies show that COVID 19 could be spreading via aerosol rather than just droplet spread yet we are having to go into small rooms with patients with a surgical mask which do not seal around our faces. There were eye shields at least, but I fear we're going to run out of these things. Word to the government, do whatever it takes to get us decent PPE else there won't be enough healthy health care workers to look after patients. There probably wont anyway though through 10 years of cuts.
See if you can get goggles or face shields from local hardware store etc before they are sold out. The doctors here in China were going through huge amounts of PPE per day and ended up running out fairly quickly before all the factories went onto 24/7 shifts making masks, coveralls etc. I believe Decathlon gathered all their ski masks and similar from stores around China to be given to hospital staff in Wuhan.
@DIY Astro That is quite shocking to hear. - To be honest I would quit on the spot if I was not provided with adequate protection. - Dusk Mask respirators with p3 filters are still available on amazon / ebay. - I suggest you buy your own protection and wear it regardless of the policy of your employer. If they fire you then , you know you made the right choice. Search Ebay for "JSP Force 8 Mask Half Respirator Ready Fitted with Press To Check P3 Filters"
@@decadent. Thanks, I ordered some masks from Amazon the other day. Masks are single use so they will still only last maybe half a 12 hour shift. The government protocol of surgical masks until the patients results come back positive shows that we must have a real shortage of N95/P3 masks :(
Incorrect, there is no virus that you can catch from others, it is the effects of 5G that is making people become ill & die. Staying home or away from people will not protect anyone, being in good health already will.
@@MrHotstepper89 Self Isolation is NOT working because you can't hide from 5G millimeter waves, all people that are un healthy already are the ones that will first become ill & even die. You're expressing an opinion of lies you've been fooled with. Governments, WHO, CDC know whats truly going on, 5G !!!!!
What a good decent man, it's sad that it took this kind of tragedy to make him so well known.But the continuous genuineness of this man ought to make him the next Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
@@jeannecouvillion-lash1356 I'm hoping you're not actually suggesting both those news organisations are pro-China. They are the complete opposite. Epoch is run by Falun Gong cultists who don't believe in modeen medicine and vaccines. And SCMP is from Hong Kong, extremely pro-HK protestors. Their representation of China is quite negative.
In Sweden My co-worker got laughed at when he told the hospital how we work and meet many customers and he has become really I'll and they won't even test him. They even said to him right in the face like this: well did someone cough in your face/mouth? And then he said no. Then the staff from the hospital said well there to go you don't have covid-19... And that is people that are supposed to be our medical staff, they don't even know how contagious it is etc, it's a joke over here... They are pumping out "propaganda" ( in my opinion ) that it's not that bad... And I'm starting to get somewhat mad and really disappointed on how the swedish government is trying to solve this...
@@Rebelgoose dude I know, and no I don't listen to them, I just wanted people to know how they go by over here... One could at least hope that the staff working with the disease could be educated with new statistics and information whenever there is new info released. But nope, they don't have a clue almost...
Three of my friends one came back from Bali works for aged care asked to be tested and was denied. Australia is not testing hardly at all. They are trying to save the economy over saving people.
Yep exactly .. My daughters work in Perth has closed the doors and everyone working from home.. they tested 1 floor from home Monday and the following floor on Tuesday. I am relieved as she usually trains into the city. Lavan should be praised they have been all over this from the start .. Shane our government wasn’t 😔
Australia actually has 565 cases. A lot of people that I know have syptoms in the Northern Territory but there's still only apparently 1 case in the NT. I say it's running rampant but they aren't testing anyone
I agree with you! My boyfriend came down with all of the symptoms, and then I got sick too - same symptoms. We sought advice and were told to continue about our normal lives. We’re not stupid and aren’t about to risk other people’s lives so have voluntarily isolated ourselves. We haven’t been tested as we ‘do not meet the criteria’. I don’t think we have it, but are acting as if we have. The lives of others are more important than keeping the ‘economy’ going. Grr. So frustrating. ScoMo can get in the bin.
kyle grant Since you seem to know so much about me, I’m surprised you didn’t discern that I actually run my own business and have been working from home for 11 years. Good job random asshole on the internet. Your mother would be proud. 🙄
Coппor J Exactly. As much as people are panicking over every cough and sneeze at the moment, I have no delusions that many people, myself included, may not simply have a cold or the flu. Testing will ultimately save lives, along with people using common sense and courtesy; two things that many people unfortunately lack.
kyle grant Believe what you will. While you’re scrambling in uncertain times to the point where you need to insult strangers online to get off, I won’t have killed anyone when it comes to 2021. Go compensate for your lack of manhood elsewhere.
Same in the southern USA they are not testing people they claim where i live has 0 cases but at my job (I work in a nursing home) we have at least one resident that has it. The state is covering up cases and it doesn't make sense why
We all need to talk about the labour shortage that farmers are experiencing in Canada. Planting in North America is expected to start WITHIN WEEKS and the farmers DO NOT have the help to do it! We are reliant on foreign labour. Any delays will be catastrophic. I know of some produce farmers that will not be planting this year unless they get some help immediately. This is very likely to result in food shortages. Plant a vegetable garden if you have the space. This is going to get much much worse before it gets better
This is the result of "Canadian" farms hiring tens of thousands of foreign workers from Mexico and Guatemala instead of Canadians in order to boost profits. I as a Canadian farmer have no sympathy whatsoever for these "Canadian" farming operations. Hopefully, this outbreak serves as a wake up call for Canadians (and others) the need for local production of essential goods (i.e. food, medicines, etc.).
@@LAZYFARMER333 Produce farmers in small communities cannot hire enough seasonal local workers; everybody else around has a year round job. Lots of farmers need to hire through labour services to be able to operate. These farmers have been trying for decades to hire locally but it's gotten worse and not any better. Seasonal migrant workers come back every year and there is a relationship that has grown between farmers and returning workers. Workers who often don't have employment in their home country. www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5500269
Here in Kansas we don't use migrant labor as we do NOT grow table crops. We raise, corn, wheat, milo (cattle feed), soybeans, sunflower seeds, NONE of which require manual labor. It's all done by big ag equipment. So I have no idea what sorts of crops you're talking about, but field crops do NOT require migrant labor.
@@guydaley I'm talking about fruits and vegetables for human consumption. Like: apples, cherries, peaches, plums, pears, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwis, asparagus, tomatoes, peppers, chillies, cucumbers, watermelons, squashes, pumpkins, cabbages cauliflowers, broccoli, green onions, celery, lettuce, kale to name a few. They are all grown in fields and can not be planted or harvested by machinery. Furthermore because these items are for human consumption, health and safety measures are very strict and only certified workers are allowed to work within these fields to be able to ship to big grocery stores and packaging plants. I don't personally know dairy and meat farmers but I have heard through the network that they are also experiencing the same shortage.
@@AllergicToMakeBelieve I know, lol. I was trying to say "The who???", because they have not been there to warn the world when we needed them most. Sorry, bad attempt a levity. :)
Thank you for your continued updates. As a RU-vid creator myself I appreciate all the research, scripting and production involved to bring these to us.
I would take Chinese stats with more than a pinch of salt. Remember we are talking about the country that arrested the doctors at the beginning of this and tried to cover the whole business up. They don't just all of a sudden become the good guys here.
Paul C it’s flabbergasting hearing people quote numbers from the Chinese Communist Party as if they can be trusted at all. I think it’s completely out of control in China and that’s why they just kicked all American journalists out of mainland China, fearing an exposé
The truth is we really don't know. I don't think the government can really hide something like what is happening in Iran but 13cases in a country of 1 billion inhabitants doesn't make sense either
Hi John, I know we're a small country but would like your opinion on Ireland's handling of the crisis and numbers (74 new confirmed cases as of yesterday; 366 Total). March 11th: 43 cases (+9) March 12th: 70 cases (+27) March 13th: 90 cases (+20) March 14th: 129 cases (+39) March 15th: 169 cases (+40) March 16th: 223 cases (+54) March 17th: 292 cases (+69) March 18th: 366 cases (+74) Thanks!
Yeah I think so too. Many are also not used to actively having to take part in anything... We usually just send off money for others to fix the problems
Exactly haslo. Or its the "its happening far away on the other side of the World, who cares" type of attitude that us U.S. Folks have. I feel that we are in for a nasty surprise🧬
My family doctor had to cancel all of his appointments for the last few days due to having to go into isolation. His office hasn't canceled our Friday appointment yet. They are waiting for clarification on his situation. I now feel the virus has arrived where I live in rural Manitoba Canada.
Thank you, Dr. Campbell, for your non-biased and informative updates. I come to your channel first before listening to any of the mainstream media noise. I'm sure that I'm not the only person. Stay safe and keep up the great work! Love from the US.
French Doctor is reporting treatment of 24 patients using Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin is effective in reducing effects of COVID-19 infected patients. Looking at how this was also done in South Korea and their numbers of deaths is so much lower, you have to wonder if this protocol is going to be taken up more broadly?
Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine DiPhosphate work but all the pharma warehouses are out here in the U.S. So a few people know the secret. Most MDs don't have a clue so getting an Rx would be difficult.
Thank you for the work you're doing, bringing calm and rationality. On the funeral bit in Italy: it's not just that, unfortunately. Folks end up in the hospital, and die there alone, because you are not allowed to visit them. So, you move from talking with your relatives, to have them buried without any chance to cope with the loss. It's hard to imagine something like that happening.
And the medical stuff are already severely traumatized. Channel 4 (UK)news has a short clip from inside an Italian hospital. Posted a couple of days ago. I can't get the link while I'm writing this, but if you go on their YT page it's easy to find. It's grim. However, the messages from Italians on social media are imploring others to learn from them. I sincerely hope we do. My heart breaks for Italy right now. Sadly, I expect to see the story repeated across more countries. I very much hope I'm wrong.
@@gmun2248 Indeed. I'm an expat, living in Berlin, but my parents live in the middle of the red area (Brescia). I look around here, and I see people ignoring what's happening to other countries, just because there are only few cases. It's so incredibly frustrating.
The reason for the spread is travelling. The reason why many African countries have not been affected so far is because of less travelling within the region compared to Europe. All the cases in Africa are traced back to Europe and the larger percentage (so far more than 95) is European nationals. None from China. The latest case today is a report from Djibouti ministry of health. It's that of a Spanish national who travelled into the country on the 14th of March. Its is selfish, to say the least. All people from affected countries should stay at home so as to reduce spread to unaffected areas.
I'm sure there are many cases if infected Chinese nationals in Africa, but they tend to live in isolated compounds and have no contact with the locals. And I'd be surprised if many an African dictatorship just shot anyone suspected of being infected rather than report them to the WHO.
I hope the good Dr is still making videos and that he is not prohibited to do so. Dr you are a life line in this turmoil times. Thank you very much for all the information.
Surgeons and nurses performing surgery wear disposable face masks. The purpose of face masks is thought to be two-fold: to prevent the passage of germs from the surgeon's nose and mouth into the patient's wound and to protect the surgeon's face from sprays and splashes from the patient. I have done a vast amount of research and listened to fair amount of expert’s talking about whether wearing a mask can protect you from catching the coronavirus and the answer is not very clear at all but the one thing that seems clear is that it can help with the spread of the virus as if a person sneezes it would stop most of the droplets from spreading and like many I tend to have droplets spit out even when I speak. So surely if everyone person was to wear a mask would it not make a difference even the smallest amount would be helpful to take some pressure off the NHS. Mr. Mehmet
What about asymptomatic and pre symptomatic spread? Those spreading the virus with no symptoms? If they aren't coughing or sneezing then how is it spreading it? Its airborne! Just Breathing spreads the virus
Tony Morpheous no in the US they tell us masks don’t protect us at all because we are too f*cking stupid to pu them on right and to not throw them out once they get wet.
You're right but there just isn't enough to go around and they get soggy from your breath. Why we can't turn some factories into making them is beyond me
I’d be interested to hear your comments on the lack of testing in Japan. Around 12000 total tests compared with 10000 per day in South Korea. And the Japanese claims of less than 1000 infected. Many people believe the Japanese Govt is avoiding testing to keep the numbers down to protect their huge investment in the 2020 olympics.
Here’s my theory and you can look it up as I’m not hundred percent sure...I believe they are letting it spread so their older/elderly population thins. I know it sounds horrible to do but just do a few searches on their country issues.
@@kotavu6004 Yes the Government is looking for ways to solve the population aging, pension and social/health insurance deficit etc..in Japan. If this virus would hit the young hard like in 1918-19, the army would have locked up the streets by now
@@gmun2248 Horseshit. Poor old people living forever is a huge problem for Japan economically. From my observation the age of the taxi drivers has increased dramatically. Suspect the younger people realize its a risky job and have taken other options, and they've called in the older second rung drivers.
Dear Dr. John Campbell, it is you who should be the Chief Medical Officer of Europe (let alone the U.K.) with immediate effect. Thank you for providing so much information in such everyday terms. Eoin.
Dear Dr. John: I'm your'e average joe in Canada. How long will this last, given the measurements taken by my government and the current spread trends, do you think all this craziness will realistically last? Also do you think this has a chance of making the rounds of the world and being any sort of seasonal trending virus, possibly from vitamin d rates reducing pneumonia (increasing with the average sunlight intake as far as i've heard). I know that was long but i'd really appreciate a response and would like to thank you for all your wonderful work and positive energy as we all deal with this pandemic. PS anybody that would also like to hear the answer to this plz like this so he can see it easier... thanks everybody & stay strong!
BBM: Johns Hopkins in USA reports Pandemics tend to naturally burn out in each region in 3 to 4 months because virus ceases to find new hosts. However, others report that the social distancing that flattens the curve of infection rates also slows down the conclusion. If people delay spread, more people survive; medical resources manage better; but the total number of infections stays about the same. In USA, we were told last week that the pandemic in North America would be over by about July (May to July depending on when infections reached an area). We were told to expect the peak firc3 weeks in June (when food trucking might be interrupted). Now we are told it might go on until there is a vaccine (12 to 18 months). I rather expect that setting of expectations might be political--so that by October USA politicians can claim some remarkable victory. Perhaps that is cynical. You will notice the number of fatalities will start going down and continue going down, alerting you peak has passed.
Branch 4. I’m a English and despise politicians and everything they do and mostly not do. Buffoon Boris is a case in point. BUT, our politics are SO different from yours in USA. Apart from both being equally boring, it’s incredible yours lasts SO long that you start canvassing for the next president when your president is only 2 yrs into his 4 year term! SOOO Boring! But THE main difference is, that ours are NOT run by and on money, to finance even the electioning. It’s incredible to us that you need to be a millionaire to run for being president...or have millionaire friends backing you. I know we have millionaires here who contribute to each parties funds. But never that the Prime Minister has to be a millionaire to even get in. I suppose Trumpet had something about him to make himself a millionaire, but his whole attitude, the way he speaks, his appalling use of Twitter, his humongous mistakes he writes and has to correct, and his big pouty face. To me he is as much a buffoon as Boris is. Still, doesn’t alter the fact that they’re all out only for themselves.
all I can say Is you Will ve relembered always. i Will always follow you. I would have loved to have youvas a teacher. all my love AND gratitud AND blessings
My sister lives in Austria. She states that the factories in Northern Italy import thousands of laborers from the country of flu origin. When they returned from January Holiday, they brought the virus with them. It spread through the population. Northern Italy is also home to a huge ski industry. She says 100,000 people a week come in from throughout Europe . They stay a week, skiing and hanging out in the bars. Then they return home with the virus. That is how it traveled so fast.
If they brought back type L then that's why Italy is being so hard hit. Type S which was the later mutation isn't as bad as type L. Type L was supposed to have been contained in China if we can trust what the Chinese are telling us.
LETS BE HONEST HERE.. THIS VIRUS WAS CREATED ..MANUFACTORED.. PERIOD.. WHO IS THAT NAIVE NOT TO KNOW THIS ? JUDGEMENT COMES TO ALL EVILDOERS.. NO SUCH VIRUS UNTLESS IS MADE..
I wanted to message you Dr Campbell and say a massive thank you for the very balanced, informative and non dramatised uploads you have been doing around covid-19...thank you...Darren.
UK national/resident here. My mate in the navy has been sent home and apparently they're preparing for a "big announcement" on Friday. Obviously this is pure speculation, but the rumours are full lockdown. I'd encourage it, personally.
Conspiracy crazy neighbor said China has been wiped out & burned to the ground to be repopulated at later date. This guy comes up with all kinds of crap.
In the Dominican Republic the goverment decreed state of emergency: ×Schools and universities to shut, until April 13, 2020. Classes will be online at home. ×Any public gathering is prohibited, including concerts and political meetings. ×Economic activities to be suspended, except esencial businesses, particularly drugstores, grocery stores, supermarkets and gas stations. ×Maritime, ground and air borders to be closed. Airports to be closed from thursday, so tourists and foreigners can leave the country until tomorrow at midnight.
I hope for the best there. As dr.campbell said countries with low levels of medical infrastructure will be in trouble...and look at how europe which has a first world infrastructure got hit hard. Tell your parents and grandparents to stay inside. Keep washing hands and stay safe.
I work as a stationary engineer in New York state at the far end from New York city. We have few cases unlike New York city. People here seem to be taking social distancing seriously. My building that I maintain is an office building and 95% of my tenants are currently working from home. So I feel reasonably safe working in an essentially empty building. Besides the virus, there is great fear about food as people have panic bought supplies and wiped out the stores. Fortunately I've been watching this channel since January and made preparations ahead of time. The fear of a full lockdown is gripping the populace. We just today closed our border with Canada and I am very grateful for that as I do not believe they are doing nearly as much as the U.S.. they're numbers seems way too low especially as the disease was present in toronto many weeks ago. I just wish that a 2 to 3 week quarantine would go into effect immediately to in my mind get this over with. I feel that we would at least know who is sick and they can stay home and get treated and the rest of us can cautiously move forward. Thank you Dr. Campbell for your coverage of this outbreak!
There are STILL people who are saying "its just the Flu". I'm not the brightest light blub in the bunch... BUT.. Even I know IT'S NOT THE FLU! Some people are only gonna take it seriously (Tennessee/Carlionas) IF they get sick or someone they love gets sick. Some people haven't learned a darn thing from China.... Its actually sad.
Here in Santa Clara county,whatever measures the county took should have been taken at least three weeks ago...now we are experiencing exponential growth and the testing is literally ridiculously low
Not in Pa.!!!! Still have gatherings going on that call in thousands of people at one time!! An local restraunts wont close their doors!!! An people are still going. Nothing is being done to stop it even though its an order!! Im so pissed!!
It's starting to me that even in this video, he says "there's been discussion of antivirals in the US but I don't know what they are." ANTI-VIRAL INFO More info on zinc and chloroquine / hydroxychloroquine= plaquenil incl. French article on apparent success. However sample size n=24, and not peer reviewed. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AToF8O5T86s.htmlm02s It should be at the top of his priority list.
@@iloveamerica1966 THINK ALL THAT IS NO SECRET AROUND THE WORLD!! Japan also used another antiviral that works well. Problem is, is that China and India are holding on to their treatment medications. OBAMA UNFORTUNATELY outsourced our pharmaceutical suppliers to China and the 2 before him did their part in outsourcing to China. Why? Nice kickback? Why have 90% of USA drug making outsourced to China? Kickbacks
@@notsogreen Nice try to spin it. Aren't you ashamed with your war on on the truth? I don't get how people like you can sleep at night knowing what you're causing with your bs...
I m leaving in Germany, exactly in Berlin..the people feel they are on vacation without schools and work in the office...the parks and streets are full!.. parents with children and quite a lot of people gathering around..i think the government is not doing enough to avoid the increase of number of case of Covid-19 ..but also the community seems to be not aware of the power we have to avoid the increase of contagious avoiding gathering..
efedra laci I’m not sure about London but in Farnham, Surrey things are definitely slowing down. Stupidly the government made a “Corona Virus Update” TV program which was so vague and contradictory, it’s no doubt confused the general public even more.
efedra laci lol, same picture last week here in Italy. You guys are catching up, we only have 8-10 days ahead. Europe is doomed, westerners are the real plague.
I also do live in Berlin, Germany. I have the same impressions. It really scares me how they walk in groups, sitting in parks, chilling in street cafés and restaurants and so on. They go shopping in heavily crowded supermarkets. Shaking hands and hugging each other.
Hello, I'm a retired fire captain with extensive emergency response experience with something for folks to consider regarding everyone's future - First, retailers need to work with government to ensure that all employees are tested and provided with personal protection equipment, these supplies do not need to be in the hands of the public. Second, establish a system for scheduled shopping e.g. alphabetically by last name determines when it's our turn to get supplies. This stops panic buying and hoarding. Once people see it works it will relief much anxiety and fear. Third, communities and all local governing bodies and their employees need to be tested ahead of the public and given the same protective equipment so that they can mobilize their resources and carry out the tasks necessary to ensure everyones safety during the lock down. Fourth, neighbourhoods need to unite and identify those who are in most need of help. Give up prejudices and past differences in favour of tolerance and compassion. Fifth, and this is the stark reality, there are not enough ventilators to save everyone and there won't be a vaccine until 2021. As a fire captain I had to face the decision of performing a high risk rescue based on my assessment of whether or not this was a savable life. Italian doctors have already spoken of this extremely challenging decision and the deep emotions it creates but for the good of all it needs to be made. Finally, life has become more meaningful whether we want it or not. Here is western Canada we have enjoyed a robust lifestyle full of choices but that doesn't exist anymore and it's not returning anytime soon. Expect delivery times of our food supplies to be slower and don't expect to get our favourite ice cream or candy bar. We are all one tribe now dependent on one another's good faith. Follow the instructions of our governments and medical/science personnel. Ride it out with integrity and embrace the idea we're creating a safer future for our children.
Here's a few recommendations. Hope this helps (some of this info from this channel's videos): If you're planning on staying inside, keep yourself warm, even if you're not sick; it makes it harder for the virus to live in your body, and if you get a fever you need to keep it as long as possible. Bringing it down will make it spread quicker. So hot showers, food and water bottles are important. Also, it's been said tablets like ibuprofen aren't recommended, as they lower fever. Vitamin D tablets/supplements. I found out I had a deficiency in January, and got them for 3 months. Especially if you're not outside/there's not enough heat/sunlight in your country or area atm. Breathing exercises. Even if you're relatively young/ healthy and have no underlying conditions (e.g. I'm 22) these are so important. It'll strengthen your lungs, improve your breathing, and lower your anxiety and stress. For every day since January, I had a horrible pressure in my chest (not from this illness) and last night I could barely breathe. Today I've woken for the 1st time with hardly any pain and I can breathe deeper. Keep yourself/your home clean. Sanitize anything if it's been outside/touched by others, even if they're not ill. However, don't try to be super immaculate; everyday germs are still needed/around your body, and trying to completely remove them will make your immune system vunerable. Get as much sleep as you can. I made myself panic for the last 3 nights after seeing the number of deaths, and I was scared to sleep. No sleep will lower your immune system and stress you out. Also sleeping on your stomach/front may help, rather than your back. Keep in touch with people, even if you can't visit them. It'll make you feel so much better and still have a laugh with them. If you do have symptoms but they suddenly go, don't think they've disappeared. If you're able to stay in for a long time, use it as a precaution. I've heard some had very minor symptoms, and then it came on really fast. Make sure you eat/drink water regularly, even if you feel ill. If you have this you're going to need energy to help fight the disease, and going without will make it harder.
Thank you! We have been watching and listening to you since you started updating us about Covid-19. Your calm and fact based reporting has been very educational and informative. Your work is very appreciated!
That's the hardest part! Missing out on The funeral or Memorial! When that's the Most Important Part of the Grieving Process. Saying Goodbye. My friends memorial is this Sat. March 21st. /2020 I won't be going. The risk is too high for me. Thank you Dr. Campbell for your Video's! I Trust your information!
I'm sorry for you both, maybe some kind of online memorial, via Skype? Where you could all share memories of your loved ones. I know it's nothing like saying goodbye at a funeral, but it might help a bit x
Thank you Dr. Campbell. I’ve been following you since you started making your report about COVID19. I’ve learned so much. You’re presentation is unbiased, informative, and very transparent. I shared your video with my son. He’s been watching you ever since. Please stay safe and thank you again!
@paul leeming I never thought I would say this but Death seems less and less scary each day that life becomes more scary. Imagine how people in War had felt.
I think this is an important precaution for some people as well. The news can be overewhelming just for the amount of information and constant coverage. Everyone should take a break every now and then to get rest and find a bit of distraction, so when we are ready to come back we are able to process information with more level-headedness and clarity. I hope you are doing better steph. Keep taking care of yourself. 🤗
We just had our first case 2 days ago in Greenland! And one more today! We have lockdown now - schools are closed, restaurants and stores (except food) no flights out of the capital where we have Covid19 patients to protect other towns/settlements
I am glad you singled out Sweden. I have been following and covering how Sweden been handling this thing on my vlog since February in my broken English. Please keep your videos coming, your videos are a been relief for us living in Sweden, since our officials just belittle and talk this thing down. Thanks for your excellent job on this channel.
Quick question - how can countries follow the WHO guidelines to test everyone when we don’t have enough tests because there’s a global shortage? Are governments like Australia lying or are the WHO asking us to do the impossible?
The WHO recommendations are to test as much as possible not to test everyone. Containment testing would still have to be prioritized over surveillance testing, the whole point is that there must be sufficient surveillance testing. As to world shortage of tests, each country independently developed genetic tests when China published the genome map well in advance of distributing patient samples hence they could not develop the traditional antibody tests but could develop genetic tests based on gene editing techniques such as CRISPR and PCR. Some countries such as Canada had some provincial health systems develop their own presumptive tests, a move that American states are going towards now that their attempts to distribute tests have basically failed. WHO selected the German test as the standard they will distribute to where needed however the US refused these tests as they are not FDA approved. You can't really say there's a global shortage of tests because everyone has different tests and are even testing for different markers in the genome. Now, there is a shortage of the reagents and a shortage of the swabs as they all seem to be manufactured in China, Italy and Spain.
My train today in Japan was the same. Everyone crammed in the carriages. Over 1000 people at the station at any time heading to work. Very unsettling. In Japan you need to have 4 days of fever, and contact from other countries to get tested. But they are turning away people with fevers as they are really strict with who can get tested.
I enjoyed waking up to your updates on the situation at hand. Not hmseeing one I can only hope all is well with you and yours. Cheers Dr. and continue to take care.
The best jokes come from the truth. During the Meiji era in Japan many thought cholera was caused by demons, and put amulets in their houses to stop it. Only after people dropped like flies surrounded by puke and diarrhea they realized something was slightly off.
Just started seeing the first changes to funeral services in my area of England, requesting close relatives only to attend burials, and disinfecting equipment used at graveside.
Thankyou for your incredible information John. I live in Australia and lve told my brother luke who lives in Tasmania to watch your informative website louise
@Cloud Nine , I was particularly impressed that summer when Swedish police gave out wristbands to Swedish women that said 'Don't molest me' on them. I mean, the genius of them. Bet they worked a treat at dissuading Abdul and Hasan.
My government is scaring the living shit out of me right now. They are completely incompetent and have no reserves at all, already low on everything. Plus lack of strong government regulations and guidance in these times. We are in the shit here and it's going to be bad, really, really fucking bad.
@@johanrg70 Much love from Canada, I hope the people of Sweden won't get hammered by this as hard as things look. Here in Canada we are already behind the curve but many measures have been put in place that should help. I'm not sure if you are into camping, fishing or hunting but I know both our countries have vast wilderness. If you are concerned with what you are seeing around you make preparations to get the hell out of any populated place and setup camp in the vast wilderness.
