Pandemics

All Videos for Pandemics

The Negative Effects and Benefits of Plant-Based Diets

What are the pros and cons of plant-based eating?



The Human Health Effects of Cultivated Meat: Antibiotic Resistance

Miracle drug antibiotics are being squandered to compensate for the overcrowded, stressful, unhygienic conditions on factory farms.



How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

We need to reform the food system before it’s too late.



The COVID-19 Pandemic May Just Be a Dress Rehearsal

There may be an even deadlier pandemic threat waiting in the wings…of chickens.



How COVID-19 Ends: Vaccination, Mutations, and Herd Immunity

What should we expect in the coming months and years with SARS-CoV-2?



The Best Mask or DIY Face Covering for COVID-19

Twenty different materials put to the test.



What to Do If You Come Down with COVID-19

Can pets like cats and dogs get infected and be infectious?



Hand Washing and Sanitizing to Inactivate COVID-19 Coronavirus

My recipes for DIY hand sanitizer and surface disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2.



How to Avoid COVID-19

How long can the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus survive on surfaces like paper?



Would Zinc Lozenges Help with COVID-19?

Zinc may help slow the replication of other coronaviruses, but what about SARS-CoV-2?



The Immune System and COVID-19 Treatment

Are there immune-boosting foods we should be eating?



Modifiable Risk Factors and Comorbidities for Severe COVID-19 Infection

There are things you can do right now to reduce your risk of falling seriously ill and dying from this disease.



COVID-19 Symptoms vs. the Flu, a Cold, or Allergies

What does the clinical course of COVID-19 look like for both those who survive and those who don’t?



Social Distancing, Lockdowns, and Testing: How to Slow the COVID-19 Pandemic

What can we learn from other countries and the 1918 pandemic to slow COVID-19?



R0 and Incubation Periods: How Other Coronavirus Outbreaks Were Stopped

Why can’t we stop COVID-19 like we stopped SARS and MERS, the other two 21st century coronavirus outbreaks?



The Last Coronavirus Pandemic May Have Been Caused by Livestock

The next coronavirus pandemic may come from pigs not pangolins.



Where Did the COVID-19 Coronavirus Come From?

The role wet markets, wildlife trafficking, and pangolins have played in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2.



The SARS Coronavirus and Wet Markets

The role live animal markets and the trade in exotic animals have played in the emergence of deadly coronavirus outbreaks.



Where Do Deadly Coronaviruses Like MERS-CoV Come From?

In the last 17 years, there have been three new deadly coronavirus epidemics, but where do emerging diseases emerge from?



Pandemics: History and Prevention

How to treat the cause by preventing the emergence of pandemic viruses in the first place (a video I recorded more than a decade ago when I was Public Health Director at the HSUS in Washington DC).