Viruses That Were Actually Lab Leaks 

Maybe it'd be a good idea to have such labs a permenant quarantine zone, I.E. people working there live on site and can't leave until after a set quarantine period in isolation to prevent things escaping accidentally, deadly diseases aren't something to pretend everything is fine with...

Why is the animation style for this channel so simple yet satisfying?

I got a staph infection six years ago and after taking antibiotics for six months it never went away, it mutated and actually grew stronger and whenever I took penicillin I got a lot more infection spots all over my body very quickly, ever since I've tried more antibiotics, my staph would begin growing quicker and quicker then would slow down after I stopped taking antibiotics like it was made to get strength from the antibiotics somehow. I have been able to stop that form of staph by using sanitizing body washes, being very clean and popping the cysts and cleaning them for five years straight; the more a viral or bacterial infection has time to mutate the more dangerous they become, so stopping an infection as early as possible before it takes over the immune system is the key to stopping the infections, but with labs studying or even turning microbiology experiments into weapons it can take over very, very, very easily, mutate more then have almost no treatment, which could be the end of humanity at worst. Be careful, remember to wash your hands and do not ignore any symptoms of a illness you have like I did and wait until it's too late. I have a lot of daily symptoms that I ignore and recently I've been diagnosed with a new dangerous infection, but luckily the antibiotics worked and didn't trigger more staph infections. Btw thanks if you read all the way to here, I didn't expect myself to write this much when I began. 😅

I got SARS, twice! I’m an x-ray technologist, working at a downtown trauma hospital. I also have severe Crohn’s disease, and only 5% of my G.I. tract left after 37 surgeries. My immune system is pretty much nonexistent, I nearly died both times, the only reason I’m still alive is because I worked in the hospital, as I got it from several patients that walked in to the emergency room where I was working at the time. The entire staff was quarantined immediately and tested, the treatment began before the symptoms even showed. If it wasn’t for that, I would be dead, but even still, I nearly died, gasping for air, it was one of the worst illnesses I have ever had next to the Crohn’s disease and the intestinal cancer I’ve had four times! As my doctor loves to joke, evil never dies!

“I use to fear the cost of the truth, now I fear the cost of lies” - Valery Legasov

So nuclear weapons are banned but toying with bio weapons isn’t

Great Video! I'm 28 and I always wondered about that single tiny scar on my upper right arm, because where I grew up, in Austria, nobody else in my agegroup had it. It was only later, when I found out that the Smallpox vaccine hadn't been given to children born in 1994 like me, in Austria, but it was still a routine where I was actually born, in Iran. I moved to Austria when I was only 3 months, although my parents had been living in Austria long before I was born and I was a high risk pregancy that my Mum didn't know of when they went to Iran for a family vacation and I had to be born there. Interesting personal anecdote to me, especially since I'm on my way to become a doctor now. :) Keep up the amazing work!!!

What if there was a separate lab for deadly diseases that are not currently a public health concern? We could put this lab in the middle of the ocean, where it can only be accessed by authorized boats (that are themselves designed to minimize contact with other humans) and where it is at least a week's journey from densely-populated land. Then even if someone becomes infected with one of the viruses, everyone's basically quarantined by virtue of the fact that they're at least a week's travel away from wherever they're going.

I binge this channel way too much but they keep uploading so I can’t even stop.

The SARS outbreak was actually 2002. Tony Blair listened to the WHO and shut down transport to China for a couple of year's. In the UK where I am from there were a few cases that made it here. Ironically the lab was in Wuhan.

The Smallpox lab leak was a tragic accident that taught us much about ventilation and containment. Such a tragic story for all concerned.

I hope we soon only need remote controlled robots in these facilities. This way, the doctors can operate the viruses from a safe distance and if a robot needs repairment, it can be placed in a quarantine before.

Infographics show never fails to deliver high quality Videos with a wide range of topics. Thank You. 🙏

Even suggesting COVID-19 could be a lableak is blasphemy for some people. Statistically the change of a lableak is far greater than it originating on a market in a city where also is a virologylab.

Alex, I'll take things that didn't age well for $500

Your animations are great, what programme do you use for your animations?

This channel is all over my RU-vid recommended

You did give me a scare of smallpox while it was somehow leaked. No, it's never cool to be singled out or even ridiculed, nor being lied to. But, you are right about one thing. All it takes was a mistake.

Hey guys. You used to be active on podcast scene, but no more. Hope to see you there again. Keep up the good work. 🙏♥️

I was a security guard at the US Embassy in Moscow and had to deal with incoming mail. One time I got an envelope with three letters and some strange powder. My colleagues suspected it to be Anthrax. Fortunately, it was not. Before I knew I was safe, the scariest thought in my head was calling my mom to say goodbye.

The wuhan lab was cited as failing checks and the French, who helped build the lab, refused to sign off on it as they couldn't verify anything about the building due to chinese obfuscation.

at this point you'd think the UN would cite or ban china from studing bio weapons if they cannot/will not contain them.

Remember when you could be banned for even suggesting COVID-19 could be a lab leak?

Was waiting for this video

Yeah...this probably won't age well

Any government that is caught leaking viruses into the world should be held accountable and those responsible spend life in prison. These labs can be dangerous and need to come to an end

3:57 Thought the lil guy was some sort of sentient taco at first -- I guess it's time for new glasses.

There was a famous fly fisherman named Lefty Kreh. He worked at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in MD. and was exposed to anthrax. He survived, and a strain of anthrax was named LK after him.

I always get terrified by these vids but for some reason I can't stop watching them.

Man you'd think humanity would be SOMEWHAT careful sometimes jeez

Hey infographic you might want to check your info for SARS because the 2004 outbreak was actually SARS COV 1 and that is why now the current coronavirus is SARS COV 2 however the main difference between the two was the actual desiese the virus caused for example the alpha, beta, delta and omicron cause COVID-19 however I couldn't find the name for the desiese the 2004 Coronavirus caused (probably UK censorship TBH) sorry for the huge comment but keep up the good work. Stay safe 😁

i feel bad for that doctor who commited yk what :/ i cant imagine the amount of guilt he had to suffer through

I can’t be the only one who thought Covid right away

I have a question! What if our body stretched out for multiple miles, how long will it take for our brain to make our toes move?

About those inflated suits. Having the tiniest of tears in it isn't an immediate risk. They're being inflated for a reason: pressure. By pumping air into those suits you create a greater air pressure inside of it, so when there's a tear the air would rush out (and more air keeps getting pumped in) blowing away microbes that could otherwise enter the suit. I often use such a trick for my study. Which is working under a bunsen burner. The blue-hot flame actually creates a so-to-speak umbrella of heated air to prevent bacteria, fungi, and such (which are always floating around in the air) falling down onto/into your stuff that needs to remain as sterile/pure (pure is more suitable, as I often need to grow a single strain of bacteria. So anything else found on the plate would render my results useless) as is possible.

At 3:11 Age of smallpox.... Otzi, the Iceman in Italy, had antibodies against smallpox....if memory serves me correctly. That is a little over 5k years....

I simply want to say thank you for making videos about this short but essential part of history with regards to viruses. Plus, i noticed your animations started adding actual photos into it. That's more like it

Remember when this happened with bat tests that one time

In case someone is curious - the scientist who wrote that note after the smallpox outbreak was called Henry Benson, and he was the leader of the microbiology department of Birmingham Medical School, where the leak happened. He killed himself on September 6, 1978 while in quarantine at his home in Cockthorpe Close, Harborne by cutting his throat in the garden shed, dying at Birmingham Accident Hospital a few days later.

The scary part is, that infamous island in the Aral sea where the bioweapons experiments took place ... it's not an island anymore, the Aral Sea long since dried up around the island.

I always wonder if these viruses being studied are a benefit or a curse, I understand that studying them can be immensely beneficial, but for instance with what happened with Covid-19 I am starting to wonder if we shouldn't be playing with things we don't understand.

I was definitely born when Janet Parker died. I was 31, and I remember it. I still have the little scar from my smallpox vaccination on my arm, which I got in the 1950s.

6:33 Little Timmy, what are you making? no no no I said STOP😂

Kinda surprised real pictures were used in this video. This is a good thing! I often want to see something interesting that is talked about, but everything is always animated unfortunately.

Weirdest virus/pandemic i can think of is majority of bunny rabbits becoming 145-202CM tall, having deformed bucked faces and mercilessly killing anyone or any animal they come upon with their newfound better strength. It's also probably airborne, but only too other rabbits, while most other things are carriers

Biological weapons are still VERY much the name of the game even today.

Lol the background music sounds so invigorating.

You should look at Gruinard Island off the north coast of Scotland, deliberately infected with anthrax by the British Government in 1942 and left uninhabitable till 1990 when it was finally decontaminated.

“That were actually lab leaks”...? Whatcha referin’ to there Infographics?

Thank you guys for all the work on the vids

The thing is every lab in the world has probably had more leaks than we will ever know of. But Unfortunately it will happen especially if lab workers work for too long mistakes will be made .

The "Lab Leak" that gave me COWPOX was a Department of Defense Employee - an Army Soldier, who was vaccinated and then sent on pre-deployment leave and he shared it with his mom. Johns Hopkins Hospital has Military Doctors on staff..... who knew!!!!

great job asking the hard questions. i give you thumbs up

How on earth do they make videos so fast? Amazing work 👍🏻👍🏻

*SARS-CoV-2 is probably the most well-known to "escape" a lab.*

4:01 you’d think a lab that deals with such dangerous diseases would be off by itself in a separate building or have separate ductwork with some sort of germ and bacteria scrubber system

I love Infographics. They don’t care what RU-vid tells them. Facts are facts.

the amount they upload is amazing

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

8:10 with Positive pressure suits, (Like the one described here) a small tear would not actually be a problem, this is because the air pressure in the suit is higher than the air pressure outside the suit, so if there was a tear, the air would be forced OUTWARDS, rather than inwards, preventing the virus from entering, and the air valves would kick in and feed enough oxygen to keep the pressure higher until the seal is fixed. only large tears where the pressure could not be maintained would be a problem.

"I'm lost in the supermarket" The Clash/ London Calling. In fact if you play that whole album while watching an entire montage hour long Infographic Show marathon its hilarious.

These videos help me sleep and it’s just about bedtime 👍 thank you for the fortuitous upload

Watching this makes me feel so happy for my life. There have been so much worse pandemics than the one going on right now. And back then, they did not even have the online facilities which meant a complete shut down. In our case? We are blessed!

Remember the original narrator of the infographic show

Plot twist: It wasnt a leak or an accident. Amusing to see people still give the ccp the benefit of a doubt .

Love the vids keep them up

15 seconds in, and I'm completely interested .

This video is really fantastic but also proof humanity is destined to fail.

I would love to see some videos on strange and unusual places like...the place where it rains fish

This channel teaches me so much, this is a channel that I can trust to give me facts

You literally ignored the SARS in Hong Kong, it happend in late 02 to mid 03 and it was literally the precursor to COVID for us

The Area 51 employee playing infection Inc on the wrong computer: Uhhh, Huston We have a problem.

Imagine if COVID actually started as a lab leak...

Go infographicsshow! No sides just info and graphics. Refreshing

I had to look it up. The scientist who wrote the letter sliced his neck open is his garden shead. He died and it's obvious why in his letter. He seemd like a good man who messed up. RIP

What wonderful age we live in when no one reacts to this

I love the videos man!!!!!

The CDC has stated that the worst thing that could ever happen is if Ebola becomes airborne..... then God get us all🤔

I can’t believe people get early access to these diseases. So lucky

i had variola or Smallpox when i was 7 luckly i had good medical treatment and nothing happend the only problem is that my whole body felt like it was on fire and it hurt.

Your channel has been starting out 2022 Based AF!! ❤️❤️❤️ Super excited about this.

Bio lab: exists The one bacteria that escaped: I'm about to end this world whole career

the accident in which they needled themself is just so weird, put the glass into the table and use needle on it is not the hard part of the job.

This is an explanation why a lot of kids stay home and don’t want to go to school

It came from, you know where!

I feel like one is missing cant quite figure it out though.........

I also got smallpox when I was a kid but I managed to survive.

Covid 19 missing from here though when the video was made we knew it was a lab leak lol

We all know what has leaked from the lab I 2019 and where it was 😫

Covid in general

hmmm september 11. That date somewhat sounds familiar *PTSD kicks in*

Thank goodness for those extra gloves

Covid. Covid came from a lab. A Chinese lab.

How do scientists name viruses, bacterias causing diseases?! Just wondering how scientists arrived at their names such as coronavirus, omicron, ebola, anthrax, cholera, etc

A college professor told our class that the scenario outlined at the beginning of Stephen King's book *The Stand* would eventually come true. He's not a nutjob, he's taught at Cal, and he has tenure at a well respected university. I don't think I'd want to live through that.

Bro, I need to grow up, I can’t help but to think of this as an SCP breach 💀🤦

Ah yes, Covid

me ok time to sleep Infographics-posts me- change that thought let's see

Nobody blocks all information about their lab without having something to hide

Watching RU-vid try to hide the truth yet again.