Flu Virus 101 | National Geographic

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @NatGeo
    @NatGeo  6 лет назад +204

    The flu is a highly contagious respiratory illness that shows up year after year. Which fact about the flu virus intrigued you the most?

    • @thecringeysavagegirl6640
      @thecringeysavagegirl6640 5 лет назад +2

      Oh, hi

    • @blountman747
      @blountman747 4 года назад +6

      I want to hear about how the body counteracts and attacks the flu and defeats it but none of that was in the video

    • @kumu2613
      @kumu2613 4 года назад +9

      It is ultimately our immune system that is responsible for death of the host. A very strong immune system flooding the tissues with mucous, and severe coughing to get rid of it and very high fever - all detrimental to a person and leave room for secondary infections like viral and bacterial pneumonia. Too big of a fight leaves the immune system paralyzed and opportunistic infections also can happen.....Basically, it is not the virus that kills us, but an over reactive immune system, just like for auto immune disorders and allergies. What will happen with a mild immune response? Virus comes, multiplies fast and would they automatically enter into an equilibrium? Then, leave the body slowly?

    • @cringe6277
      @cringe6277 4 года назад +1

      May i use some part of your video to my content ?

    • @colourinmyrainbow
      @colourinmyrainbow 4 года назад +1

      the information about the Spanish flu was most interesting!

  • @chefdeprestigellc8855
    @chefdeprestigellc8855 6 лет назад +119

    I truly enjoyed how this video displays information that would otherwise be quite boring in a textbook or dry spoken seminar. National Geographic gets it.

    • @erickevin8819
      @erickevin8819 6 лет назад +5

      Steven Matthew Lucas the illustration makes it easier to understand

    • @vernoneatwell5449
      @vernoneatwell5449 5 лет назад +1

      I still don't understand how people die from the flu because I had the flu many times before and I didn't die
      Probably my Lord and saviour is saying that I am not dying just yet, I still got a life to live

    • @masterrblx3475
      @masterrblx3475 4 года назад

      people die from flu if they have the weak immune system or the virus mutates while inside the body, but the most common cause is the vaccine, it is a bioweapon made by the government to give people the flu virus and kll them, the shot klls million kid eac day. pleae never get the flue vaccine, it is the killer of kid.

    • @wildzone31
      @wildzone31 4 года назад +1

      Sure

    • @isaacmorales8392
      @isaacmorales8392 3 года назад +1

      @@masterrblx3475 I did and I’m alive so... I think ur wrong

  • @sharoncurtis5820
    @sharoncurtis5820 2 года назад +138

    I had the flu when I was in my late 20's. The flu is no joke. I always thought it was like a and head cold or chest cold. NONE OF THE ABOVE. Terrible horrible body aches and a fever that made me hallucinate. Great video BTW. These are facts. Science is key.

    • @ferretweasel6895
      @ferretweasel6895 2 года назад +9

      i have it rn, and if i hallucinate i might just end it all myself

    • @ferretweasel6895
      @ferretweasel6895 2 года назад +6

      @Vanny_arts official no i survived lol

    • @charlesg7926
      @charlesg7926 2 года назад +1

      @@ferretweasel6895 Lolol

    • @wearelivinginthematrix5367
      @wearelivinginthematrix5367 Год назад

      How long did it last?

    • @DrSirSteve
      @DrSirSteve Год назад +2

      ​@@wearelivinginthematrix5367
      It typically lasts about a week. I have had it several times, and my body tends to fight it off a lot faster now.

  • @ExcellentLeoSilinda
    @ExcellentLeoSilinda 6 лет назад +796

    I'm a biotechnology student, and I promise to find a cure within the next ten years

    • @MangelBanselmo
      @MangelBanselmo 6 лет назад +84

      Excellent Leo Silinda good luck fam. Let us know

    • @thescavenger5003
      @thescavenger5003 6 лет назад +65

      as the virus is continuously changing, it's impossible to have a general cure at the moment. Maybe in 50 or 100 years there will be some technology for it

    • @upscaleavenue
      @upscaleavenue 6 лет назад +20

      Good luck to you! Viruses are fascinating, beautiful creatures.

    • @gameoverflow8666
      @gameoverflow8666 5 лет назад +10

      @@thescavenger5003 50-100? crispr is already here, I'll give it 2-3.

    • @adambrecker2600
      @adambrecker2600 5 лет назад +21

      You can't every year the flu changes like how our bodies change everyday. 1 day the flu will have a specific gene then tomorrow it will look totally different because it multiplied and because the flu changes every year you can't have the same cure every year that will cure the flu 15 or 30 years from now. There's the H1N1 Influenza virus and then next year it might be something different

  • @tonyitsmysecondaccount1238
    @tonyitsmysecondaccount1238 5 лет назад +304

    I hate ppl who cough or sneeze without covering mouth with arm

    • @justineelaran6959
      @justineelaran6959 5 лет назад +4

      Yes i too also experienced that a lot of times

    • @vernoneatwell5449
      @vernoneatwell5449 5 лет назад +12

      I do that and I am very sorry. Please don't attack me

    • @RaymondLo84
      @RaymondLo84 5 лет назад +5

      they should wear a mask

    • @oldmanbusta4921
      @oldmanbusta4921 4 года назад +1

      r/trashypeople

    • @desbear06
      @desbear06 4 года назад +2

      That is one of my biggest pet peeves

  • @MayiraMcPherson
    @MayiraMcPherson 2 года назад +26

    My sons and I have type a flu right now, it’s rough, I can’t wait to feel better. As a type 1 diabetic, it’s been a challenge for me. My boys are getting better though, thank God.

    • @amandakimbo2101
      @amandakimbo2101 2 года назад

      Just took my type 1 diabetic brother into the hospital today cause of the flu. I’ve also got it and I’m miserable omg

    • @iSmokeMyOppz
      @iSmokeMyOppz Год назад +1

      @fallenofftop7181stop telling people what to do and worry about yourself :)

    • @TerriazeCAPCUTeditor
      @TerriazeCAPCUTeditor Год назад +1

      @Fallen OffTop you need meat to survive.

    • @TerriazeCAPCUTeditor
      @TerriazeCAPCUTeditor Год назад +2

      @Fallen OffTop a healthy diet contains meat. As meat us rich in protein. Without it we would be pretty unhealthy

    • @tomato-v8x
      @tomato-v8x Год назад

      @Fallen OffTop That's certainly one way to suicide. You say stop eating meat and sugar (also known as carbohydrates). Little do you know that every plant contains carbohydrates, so essentially you're saying stop eating meat and vegetables.

  • @YuriDokiDoki
    @YuriDokiDoki 6 лет назад +48

    Great-grandpa survived Spanish flu
    Grandma survived Asian influenza
    Dad survived Hong Kong influenza
    I survived Swine flu

    • @AchmadBadra
      @AchmadBadra 4 года назад +3

      Your kids survived wuhan corona virus flu

    • @detectiveamevirus8
      @detectiveamevirus8 4 года назад +1

      @@AchmadBadra well yes but

    • @CoronaVirus-kd9gv
      @CoronaVirus-kd9gv 4 года назад

      wow. u are a war beaten warrior family...

    • @shanes4075
      @shanes4075 4 года назад +2

      Son Survives the coronavirus

    • @shure46
      @shure46 4 года назад +1

      That's because the experts have revised the numbers and all those people are now listed as "dying from covid-19"

  • @quayuh2209
    @quayuh2209 4 года назад +73

    RUclips starts reccomending this type of videos to me after the coronavirus outbreak starts....

  • @artfervorpaintings
    @artfervorpaintings 4 года назад +36

    Sleep, rest, then eat healthy foods are best ways to defeat viruses. Sleep is the best thing to do as it boosts the immune system and enables cells to be strong to fight the infected cells, according to doctors and scientists.

  • @KylieCooFlo
    @KylieCooFlo 4 года назад +137

    When you are chilling in your bed with the flu watching this

  • @eduardo0796
    @eduardo0796 3 года назад +6

    And at the time of posting this comment, it is late 2021 and we're in the middle of a pandemic that doesn't seem to end.

  • @lunamorris2091
    @lunamorris2091 Год назад +4

    Great video! Some key points were highlighted that I hadn't heard anyone else discuss. Thank you!

  • @dragonore2009
    @dragonore2009 2 года назад +10

    I've never had the flu. Years later I discovered I have the HLA-B27 allele which apparently provides a protective response to influenza. Perhaps that's why I've never gotten it.

  • @iqrasaeed2089
    @iqrasaeed2089 4 года назад +8

    Love your videos! Your videos are full of so much information my teacher didn't even tell us about! Thanks keep it up National geographic!!

  • @ghislainemaxwellofficial6083
    @ghislainemaxwellofficial6083 6 лет назад +22

    Very educational video!

  • @deeb3272
    @deeb3272 4 года назад +129

    Flu Virus: I am contagious and kills.
    nCov2019: hold my corona.

    • @sean1419
      @sean1419 4 года назад +6

      Memes are our last hope.

    • @raka8445
      @raka8445 4 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @Mike-bt3ki
      @Mike-bt3ki 4 года назад +7

      Actually the nCov2019 is less lethal than the Flu

    • @deeb3272
      @deeb3272 4 года назад +1

      @@Mike-bt3ki lets see

    • @onlylonly888
      @onlylonly888 4 года назад +2

      Michael Zhang flu have a mortality rate of 0.05%, the wuhan virus on the other hand, have a death rate of 2%-3%

  • @manghudart1329
    @manghudart1329 3 года назад +7

    Thank you for the short but very informative video!!!!

  • @advancedbeing5407
    @advancedbeing5407 4 года назад +32

    One time I was at my cousin's house.She sneezed and it got in my eye.3 hours later I was throwing up xD

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel 6 лет назад +17

    The flu from birds can travel to pigs, and then to the people who eat the pigs.
    We live in the very fun times for the viruses.
    Let's hope the vaccines do help us !

    • @shure46
      @shure46 4 года назад

      Or , stop eating pigs like the Bible said .... God designed some animals NOT to be eaten and He told us which ones they are .... PS , I have NEVER EVER had a flu shot vaccine , and I never get a serious case of the flu .... I haven't had a serious flu in 20 years , and even then it was just "rest in bed eat chicken soup for 3 days" ..... My body has built up it's own immunity over the years

    • @AmicusAdastra
      @AmicusAdastra 2 года назад +2

      Spoiler alert: it dosn't

  • @danielson371
    @danielson371 4 года назад +44

    It’s 2020 and we’re all here cause of corona.

  • @sauceboss4788
    @sauceboss4788 2 года назад +6

    I had the flu a little while back and it was miserable I had a sore throat and I hallucinated every time I closed my eyes and I couldn’t breath out of my nose

  • @hannahprice2789
    @hannahprice2789 Год назад +7

    Who else is watching this while they have the flu?

  • @flowerlittle1017
    @flowerlittle1017 2 года назад +9

    I had a flu a year before corona. I was bed ridden for 7 weeks. My ears an nose were blocked, throat n muscles on fire. Seven miserable weeks, i was so ill and unhappy. I couldnt taste or smell. Just getting up to go toilet would cripple and exhaust me. Anyhoo... this is the story of my life every year sometimes 2 or 3 times p.a.

    • @slim4hunnid842
      @slim4hunnid842 Год назад

      I'm feeling awful 😖 😱 like that now

    • @peacemaker4200
      @peacemaker4200 Год назад

      Prevent that from happening again. Introduce black seed oil to your system and start with half a teaspoon. And then start doing the Islamic dry fasting, from dusk till down two days a week.

    • @Philitron128
      @Philitron128 6 месяцев назад

      Do you get your scheduled vaccines? You should be getting a flu vaccine every year. Also, you may have some sort of immune issue. If possible, please go and see a doctor about that.

  • @nick0vtime
    @nick0vtime 6 лет назад +84

    My wife just sneezed 4 times and this pops up in my suggested videos..

    • @Verschlimmbesserung
      @Verschlimmbesserung 5 лет назад +4

      Sounds like your phone is eavesdropping on you...

    • @FBI_agent_4859
      @FBI_agent_4859 4 года назад +3

      thats a rip my guy we just saw through ur front camera

    • @ronch550
      @ronch550 4 года назад +1

      Google is watching.

    • @cs77smith67
      @cs77smith67 4 года назад

      Nick 0vtime tell her to sneezed into her bra, that what my girls do.

    • @Music4EverKanekavi
      @Music4EverKanekavi 4 года назад

      Nick 0vtime get that life insurance policy alrwady

  • @akiradem69
    @akiradem69 2 года назад +3

    Where can I find the full documentaries of these? Is it available in Disney+?

  • @cibeleanjos3051
    @cibeleanjos3051 7 месяцев назад +1

    I'm nurse student and am study it in college

  • @SurajSharmaFourKnob
    @SurajSharmaFourKnob 4 года назад +7

    I'm sitting here coughing, and this pops up on my list.

  • @jackleo4435
    @jackleo4435 6 лет назад +7

    My dad gave us, 4 children, 0 vaccines and the 2 that survived are doing great!!!!

  • @nazakamggxd3261
    @nazakamggxd3261 4 года назад +2

    It was in my recommend list , I don't know why?

  • @markusmeyer6391
    @markusmeyer6391 Год назад +3

    I have the flu now, and it's soo much worse than when I had COVID

  • @bonjourmerci1192
    @bonjourmerci1192 4 года назад

    Thank

  • @bkannegundla1
    @bkannegundla1 4 года назад +3

    Wow amazing how this video foreshadowed that we are due for another pandemic which we are experiencing now in 2020!!!

  • @maxxwarrior2741
    @maxxwarrior2741 4 года назад +14

    Coronavirus:I am about to end the flus career

  • @MrCheddahcheese
    @MrCheddahcheese 6 лет назад +24

    I must add that since I stopped taking the voluntary flu shot, I have stopped getting sick from the Flu. Every year I took it previously, I would end up becoming sick. I'm not an anti-vaccine person by any means, I just know, I seem healthier without this shot in particular.

    • @victoriarandazzo2462
      @victoriarandazzo2462 6 лет назад +1

      Flu shots in America has heavy metals in it.

    • @babecat2000
      @babecat2000 6 лет назад +6

      Victoria Randazzo no they doesn't

    • @victoriarandazzo2462
      @victoriarandazzo2462 6 лет назад

      babecat2000 LOL whatever

    • @sombrerodog9699
      @sombrerodog9699 6 лет назад +11

      Victoria Randazzo our blood contains natural irons

    • @MrCheddahcheese
      @MrCheddahcheese 6 лет назад +1

      You do realize people have Iron deficiencies right? It's quite common. I know Canada isn't as corrupt as the states so do what you want but don't make your kids fall under your mistakes and misguide them. Especially when your healthcare isn't free. Too expensive to let them get sick because your lack of awareness/misjudgement.

  • @20_chitreshmourya58
    @20_chitreshmourya58 4 года назад +22

    Who is here after hearing the news of corona virus

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад +1

      What does that have anything to do with this?

  • @azimjon_pro
    @azimjon_pro Год назад

    May I use your cutted videos in my videos?

  • @borisbeloudus2691
    @borisbeloudus2691 4 года назад +8

    Seeing this makes me wonder how we should deal with the coronavirus

  • @musicalcity101
    @musicalcity101 4 года назад +2

    Can you make the video of corona virus

  • @omaryda
    @omaryda 4 года назад

    Oh no!

  • @tevintimo3693
    @tevintimo3693 3 года назад

    Watching this in 2021...

  • @supermariologanfan6546
    @supermariologanfan6546 4 года назад +2

    Flu Virus: *Exists*
    COVID-19: Yes, but actually no

  • @zippersocks
    @zippersocks Год назад +6

    I’m watching this while I have Flu A. So it’s my immune system making my lungs feel “staby-staby”? Influenza has landed me in the hospital before. Be safe, guys.

    • @jen_jv
      @jen_jv Год назад

      Omg!! Ik I'm a little late to reply but i feel staby-staby too!!

    • @Elizabeth-so6zp
      @Elizabeth-so6zp 10 месяцев назад

      Got same staby staby feeling. I have/had Influenza A H3, stayed at the hospital for three days with oxigen, got me to almost pneumonia. I am better after 3 weeks of nightmare. But the cough and phlegm is still there.

  • @civilserviceexamhub9515
    @civilserviceexamhub9515 5 лет назад

    Please do episode in hindi also

  • @MageZathara
    @MageZathara Год назад +2

    Decided to watch this first day fever free from blasted flu 😂💪

  • @odysseyfire
    @odysseyfire 4 года назад +5

    NG: the threat of another influenza pandemic remains !!
    ME: who knew we would witness the threat culminating into reality so soon

  • @KCarver
    @KCarver 6 лет назад

    Great video, thanks.

  • @BellPaula-m7m
    @BellPaula-m7m 2 месяца назад

    Kayleigh Throughway

  • @iaturmasichannel9207
    @iaturmasichannel9207 4 года назад

    Nice

  • @HalifahAriyati
    @HalifahAriyati 8 месяцев назад

    Hi

  • @katherinakittyy
    @katherinakittyy 2 года назад

    I feel so bad

  • @ivamorris1605
    @ivamorris1605 Год назад +1

    I end up with the virus 🦠 Christmas Eve 2022 and recovering slowly. Very scary and affecting my mental health worse then Covid my type is A

    • @Elizabeth-so6zp
      @Elizabeth-so6zp 10 месяцев назад

      I got Influenza A by the 23rd of December 2023 haha, we're 6thbof January and I'm still getting through it.

  • @VacuumandFirealarm
    @VacuumandFirealarm 3 года назад +2

    I always wash my hands

  • @Rokinso
    @Rokinso 6 лет назад +3

    Why I can't add a translation for this video?
    Error text: "The video you requested isn't enabled for community contribution".
    I want to add a Russian translation (I'm a native Russian speaker).

  • @StevenUnknow-w2l
    @StevenUnknow-w2l Месяц назад

    Upton Roads

  • @ivamorris1605
    @ivamorris1605 Год назад

    I’m having this virus it’s horrific

  • @EastIndianCatholic
    @EastIndianCatholic 4 года назад

    Can I use this video putage for my have own official song for background video?

  • @SeddikChannel
    @SeddikChannel 3 года назад

    Knowledge is our best line of defence

  • @dewaldsteyn1306
    @dewaldsteyn1306 4 года назад +1

    I gets it every year! And i am 12 years old and as a baby i contracted a lung disease! And the swine flu break out in 2009! U-oh😨😥

  • @Fazbear19837
    @Fazbear19837 3 года назад

    You should wear a mask

  • @camilionee1126
    @camilionee1126 5 лет назад +3

    *I wonder if viruses do National Geographic on us.*

    • @VariousTopics581
      @VariousTopics581 4 года назад

      You're right. After thorough research on humans and vaccines, that is how they mutate :p

  • @oshaemurray
    @oshaemurray 9 месяцев назад

    The flu got me, and I need to know what is going inside of me. 2 days before my bday, and I'm trying to knock this out.

  • @noahlauzon
    @noahlauzon 2 месяца назад

    My friend once got a flu but I don’t know what it is

  • @MalachiAlva-h4i
    @MalachiAlva-h4i 2 месяца назад

    Susana Drives

  • @MissHeathen
    @MissHeathen 3 года назад

    Imagine downvoting this video? Why?

  • @MarkKenny-j6e
    @MarkKenny-j6e 2 месяца назад

    Kamren Plaza

  • @FaradayJenny-q9s
    @FaradayJenny-q9s Месяц назад

    Veronica Estates

  • @yoru3960
    @yoru3960 4 года назад +1

    Covid-19:hello there

  • @BradlyAntonelli-d3t
    @BradlyAntonelli-d3t 2 месяца назад

    Schowalter Springs

  • @BronteBelinda-r8y
    @BronteBelinda-r8y 2 месяца назад

    Willow Prairie

  • @YuutCvfh-u3q
    @YuutCvfh-u3q 2 месяца назад

    Jacobson Hollow

  • @ZachariasChapman-v4g
    @ZachariasChapman-v4g Месяц назад

    Elenor Forges

  • @kesharkhadkapunwar2029
    @kesharkhadkapunwar2029 6 лет назад

    Thanks for the information contained!
    Hail! Nepal !!!

  • @EvaNoah-l6q
    @EvaNoah-l6q Месяц назад

    Yolanda Wells

  • @DavyAbel-m1v
    @DavyAbel-m1v Месяц назад

    Judy Pine

  • @WalterLee-h3x
    @WalterLee-h3x Месяц назад

    Henderson Lake

  • @NEMISES1701
    @NEMISES1701 3 года назад +1

    meanwhile in 2021..

  • @GiaKafer-f3c
    @GiaKafer-f3c 2 месяца назад

    Darrion Parkway

  • @CaesarElaine
    @CaesarElaine 2 месяца назад

    725 Thompson Hills

  • @abulphoenix7712
    @abulphoenix7712 6 лет назад

    So help full😍😍👏👏

  • @MuhammadTariq-mv6if
    @MuhammadTariq-mv6if 4 года назад

    Now like 0:02

  • @MuhammadTariq-mv6if
    @MuhammadTariq-mv6if 4 года назад

    I like 0:01

  • @AbrahamFinn-q7w
    @AbrahamFinn-q7w 2 месяца назад

    Brigitte Fall

  • @yoshithebruhreindeer
    @yoshithebruhreindeer 3 года назад

    Did i saw penn station amtrak?

  • @JosephinePickett-c5f
    @JosephinePickett-c5f Месяц назад

    Esther Hills

  • @LancelotFlora-e5u
    @LancelotFlora-e5u 2 месяца назад

    Eric Rue

  • @EdnaSteward-w5e
    @EdnaSteward-w5e 2 месяца назад

    Goyette Shore

  • @PhilipClark-y8w
    @PhilipClark-y8w 2 месяца назад

    Cartwright Circles

  • @oliviathai
    @oliviathai 4 года назад +1

    Fun social activity! During the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, pause at 0:11, turn your phone sideways, and anyone in the room, “What is this?”

  • @DavidMiller-v6c
    @DavidMiller-v6c Месяц назад

    Graham Radial

  • @OwenGrant-q2z
    @OwenGrant-q2z 2 месяца назад

    Reilly Corners

  • @KimMontgomery-c1v
    @KimMontgomery-c1v Месяц назад

    Taylor Landing

  • @incognito7605
    @incognito7605 4 года назад +3

    I cant tell you the last time i had a cold or flu, it was like years ago but my friend who is a VEGAN and goes to the gym and eats healthy food gets sick like once a month, i eat brisket breakfast lunch and dinner with some gin and i never get sick am i lucky or a superhuman?

    • @worldaffairstamil
      @worldaffairstamil 4 года назад +1

      It depends on the immunity level, genetics, lifestyle, environment, nutrients etc..

    • @Sue_Nyambura.ndichu
      @Sue_Nyambura.ndichu Год назад

      Your friend might be doing all that but they are having stress. Stress really lowers one's immunity. As much as You're taking care of yourself physically, mentally one needs not to be overstressed

  • @FernandoDeremer-p6g
    @FernandoDeremer-p6g 2 месяца назад

    Ernest Divide

  • @KarenPerez-x6f
    @KarenPerez-x6f Месяц назад

    MacGyver Mountains

  • @AnetteToole-e4h
    @AnetteToole-e4h 2 месяца назад

    Lonnie Well

  • @MireyaDewitt-r6e
    @MireyaDewitt-r6e Месяц назад

    Imelda Village

  • @LowellFairbanks-z4d
    @LowellFairbanks-z4d 2 месяца назад

    Lauren Way

  • @Christina-kw6jp
    @Christina-kw6jp 4 года назад +7

    i'm here because of the newest Corona virus

  • @AmicusAdastra
    @AmicusAdastra 2 года назад

    I'm wtching this video as my body is dealing with flu

  • @thumblesscovers7829
    @thumblesscovers7829 6 лет назад +1

    I have influenza virus