COVID-19

concept · in 14 sources (2020)

Respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus; the first cases were in Wuhan, China.

Sources by year: 2020: 14

Also known as: coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus disease 2019

Threads

Ali promises more video updates on the coronavirus as the situation evolves (2020) — promise, kept, 2020
Ali warns that the UK might run out of intensive care beds if COVID-19 spreads there as it has in Italy (2020) — prediction, unresolved, 2020
Ali says the COVID-19 pandemic might last months or even years once the curve is flattened (2020) — prediction, unresolved, 2020

Also named in the threads: Ali's foundation years as a junior doctor at Addenbrooke's Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital (2018) · Ali promises more study-with-me videos in unusual places if viewers like this one (2019) · Ali's one-year sabbatical from medicine (2020)

Questions

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

United Kingdom (13) · United States (7) · NHS (6) · USMLE (3) · Japan (2) · YouTube (3) · Obstetrics and gynaecology (2) · Cambridge (4) · Ali Abdaal's mother (2) · Notion (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

2020-03-07 · CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) - The Basics — Ali says COVID-19 reached 100,000 cases in 53 days, while SARS took about eight months to infect 800 people and MERS a whole year to infect its first 200. (doubtful: about eight months to infect 800 people) — 00:03:51
- Ali reports that Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, puts overall COVID-19 mortality at probably 1% or less, since confirmed cases undercount those infected. (hedged) — 00:07:16
2020-03-11 (said on 2020-03-10, implied) · CORONAVIRUS vs. The Flu - A Comparison — recommendation: Ali advises anyone who thinks they may have COVID-19, in any country, to contact their local healthcare provider and not to go into hospital, where they would infect other people. — 00:01:56
- Ali says antibiotics do not work against COVID-19 or the seasonal flu, because both are caused by viruses and antibiotics act only on bacteria. — 00:02:26
- The flu has a vaccine but COVID-19 does not yet; Ali reports estimates of at least 12 to 18 months before a COVID-19 vaccine is developed and in circulation. — 00:03:24
2020-03-23 (said on 2020-03-21, implied) · 10 Tips for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - Advice from a Respiratory Physician — Ali tells young people who think they will be fine if they catch COVID-19 that the precautions are not about them but about the wider population. — 00:01:56
- Thomas Pulimood says COVID-19 affects not only the elderly and vulnerable: some 30-year-olds are coming into intensive care with it. — 00:10:03
2020-04-17 · Answering your Questions — Ali is deciding whether to stay in Cambridge and apply to a medical training pathway in the UK, travel the world once the COVID-19 situation is sorted, or move to another country to practise medicine; the last two keep his options more open. — 00:05:20
2020-08-06 · My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections — Ali: Before the coronavirus pandemic Ali planned to travel the world in his year out; now he is not sure that will be possible and needs to find something else to do with his time. (hedged) — 00:02:53
2020-09-01 · Gymshark, Inspirations & Pet Peeves - ONE MILLION Subscribers Q&A — Ali puts his channel's growth from 600,000 to 1 million subscribers down to the coronavirus keeping people at home and the occasional viral hit. (hedged) — 00:08:36
2020-09-09 · How to make money on YouTube in 2021 (and how much I earn) — Ali's YouTube revenue has risen exponentially over the last six months, since the COVID-19 lockdown started. — 00:11:19
2020-12-20 · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life — announcement: Ali will take a further year out of full-time medical training so that he can travel more, hopefully once the coronavirus situation gets better. — 00:19:05
…and 104 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020