China Opens - why I think they will control COVID中国和西方应对新冠的不同态度
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- PLEASE READ THESE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PAPERS ABOUT COVID INSTEAD OF FROM BBC:
1. COVID reduces gray matter in brain : europepmc.org/...
2. COVID affects brain stem nuclei : www.biorxiv.or...
3. COVID affecting T-cells : www.biorxiv.or...
4. COVID related cognitive impairment: www.medrxiv.or...
5. Cognitive issues : journals.plos....
6. May cause brain damage and blood clotting: www.verywellhe...
7. High rates of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: openres.ersjou...
8. Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation: www.cell.com/c...
9. Higher risk of Alzheimers, Parkinsons and strokes: www.eurekalert...
Still don't believe me? Do check the description for a list of some research regarding long COVID...
I'll add more over time - if you know of any other studies then please send a link below this and I'll add it!
The world needs to see more of these genuine videos of China; rather than those gloomy propaganda about China from the media in the West.
A picture speaks a thousand words. A video shows a trillion truths.
Good job!
But in reality, the anti China channels get millions of views. They flock together there because that's what they want to hear.
I hope that the BBC should use your video to educate people in the UK and let them treat the Covid seriously and remind them how important it is to wear a face mask in the public places. I am crying inside as no one listens and thought that you were a joke if you told them to wear a mask 😭
Hahaha i bet they don't know who i am yet as they haven't written any articles about me like Barrett etc, maybe when I have more subscribers..lol 😂
Let’s hope that they are less politics more about science!
From my perspective,the best thing China has done in the past 2 years is that the country has successfully helped ordinary people to form a habit of protecting themselves effectively in the epidemic.Although China has completely opened up,people still wear masks on the street and it really helps them to prevent themselves from getting infected.People definitely fear the disease,but they have positive attitude,effective medicine and good ways to protect themselves in daily life.I think they can soon go through hard time.
Very wise comment, thanks Kevin!
Thank you for this video. A few other important articles I recommend that show the effects you talk about in even mild COVID patients are: 1) "Cardiovascular disease and mortality sequelae of COVID-19 in the UK Biobank", 2) "Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection", " 3) "Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection"
Everything that China is experiencing now has been experienced by the rest of us. Here in Australia people appear to have learned to live with it, in the beginning everyone wore masks and kept a few steps away from others in a queue, but as time passed there was less masks, less social distancing and now masks are few and sadly no one seems to care.
yeah people in western societies wont wear masks if they don't have to, but i think people will wear them in china regardless now..
@@livinlavidaluke yes I find it a selfish attitude and that's why I tell them "I wear it for everyone, to help stop the spread of viruses"
@@JohnnysCafe_ wearing of masks in public is common in east Asia such as Japan. They wear masks because they don’t want others to catch whatever ailments they’re having.
@@livinlavidalukeNah. The majority of people stopped wearing them over time
Here in the U.K. stopped posting COVID figures and pretend that it has gone away! 🤷🏻♀️
wow ... really liked that video. So informative and you made it easy to understand and told me a lot I did not realize about Covid. Your PHD background is showing.
cheers for that Mark!
China did the best in fighting the pandemic. All other countries owe alot to China. Chinese people made alot sacrifices for the world. Thank you Chinese people 👏👏
Africa did it in a better holistic manner than China. Let's not forget the anal swabs that did not work
If I wasn't in my 50's I'd move to China in a heartbeat regardless of average standard of living.i believe it's quite simply a better country. A Westerner.
Woah, didn't know you're a PHD student epidemiologist. And you cite actual scientific literature. Respect dude.
You're so right!!! We need to read published peer-reviewed paper. Recent studies show the coronavirus can be everywhere in the body for quite a long time, and that many peope have long-covid systems. It's important to wear masks.
Happy holiday! Enjoy your time with your family.
I am in UK mate. All my family members here from 2 year old to elderly have been infected in the past few months despite having done doses of vaccination. UK gov and NHS now do not want us to report the infection unless you insist on doing it. Most hospitals are full which is not unusual for UK in winter times. Therefore the official UK covid figure is a joke as well. But covid restriction against Chinese visitors is a good political tool if any country wants to make use of it.. Sorry I know your topic is China not UK. A good piece though, very informative 👍
i'm very sorry to hear, hope your family are all okay. it's very tough indeed in the UK and the government's response to the healthcare is a bit of a joke, hoping it gets better soon.
political correctness is damaging the society and nation as a whole. that’s why people like andrew tate is considered as “hero”.
Thanks for the sharing Luke, very informative!
my pleasure!
it recently just dawned on me that, even if after COVID disappears, proper facemasks will become a standard equipment for me in public places, especially when it's crowded. Everytime I catch a flu, it's guaranteed that I can write off a few days of my life, let alone that nasty cough lingering for weeks. The cost/benefit analysis makes sense, for me. Also I see it as a civic responsibility to stop the spreading and evolving of diseases.
cost benefit analysis is very clever way of thinking about it - I absolutely agree with you
I don't think COVID is going to disappear.
Wearing of surgical masks in public is very common in east Asia such as Japan and Taiwan for decades. They wear it so as to prevent others from catching whatever ailments they’re having.
I wear masks too but it may be in vain. People in Shanghai have been wearing masks but it's estimated still around 50% of the city got infected within 4/5 weeks (including myself). I've seen medical people argue that research says masks are useless against Covid and there doesn't seem to be any evidence at the moment to say they do any good (at least surgical masks seem to be not much good) as it's an airborne virus with virus particles that are way way smaller than the holes in surgical masks. I'm still wearing one but I recognize that there's a good chance it's pointless. They also have negative effects like hindering young children's language development as young children use facial expressions to pick up language which can't be seen when wearing a mask. Like I said, I still wear one but I definitely think they shouldn't be used in schools at least for younger children
@@solas1183 you brought up another crucial point, a few factors come to mind:
(1) the type and quality of masks, how people wear them, the duration one is in high risk areas. And the contagious level of the variants.
(2) it's a matter of reduction and *not* 100% elimination even for a perfectly sealed mask against the face (as oppose to being in a space suit)
(3) a mask can serve to protect the wearer if it's the type with an electrostatic layer such as a medical mask (if the virus is in the air) and can at least serve to protect the others (if the wearer has covid).
(4) People contracting it when they don't expect to such as when they are within their own homes when they are not wearing their masks. Contaminated air can come in from hallways, stair cases, and possibly other ventilations if shared with other apartments.
(5) life is full of decisions about making trade offs and in this case involving also probablities.
On (1), the protection of say a medical mask is based on that one layer of electrostatic filter, and not so much how tight the 'holes' in the fibre are. Even for the N95 masks, the best type you can find, the ones I'm wearing now, as the name implies, only filters 95% of the pathogens. So that means if I stay in a crowded place for a *long time* and with the virus in the air, with a highly contagious virus with a high R value, it's almost a certainty that I'll get it. On top of that a huge problem as the eyes can literally see is that often people are very casual handling their masks. There are tons of gaps between the edges of the mask and wearer's face such as that area around the nose bridge. (I make sure I fit the contour as best I can and then tape in a couple of areas to improve the seal and prevent the mask from sliding around) They take their masks off and put them on repeatly without proper hand hygenie and handling of the masks and touching their face in the process etc. Cross contamination. And if the mask is of low quality or fake (which there can be a lot of these out there), the result is obvious.
On (3), if the goal is only to protect others, say if I know I have covid, then wearing any masks even the cloth ones should help, as it reduces the amount of droplets to come out or aerosol to form.
As far as pros vs cons, it's hard to quantify precisely, as you mentioned it hinders development on one hand vs help protecting the children and preventing the spread of covid. It involves how one weighs things (how serious the consequences can be), and what probabilities they assign to these events. Technologies such as remote learning through zoom etc can help address this dilemma though.
After 3 years, i'm surprised to see there are still debates on masks. There are definitely technical studies of what a good mask can do as far as protecting the wearer goes. I guess the catch here is - it also depends on a lot of other things as far as not contracting the COVID goes.
Given China's crowded urban environments with that population and density and family structure (grand parents mangle with their grand kids), plus the aforementioned factors in (1), *I'm not at all surprised that the 'masks wearing' (as a loosely defined term in this context) has not been that effective* against the current variants, with an R value close to 20?! BUT, it does not mean it's useless, an easy leap of logic. Which can also be improved further by addressing those factors mentioned in (1)
By the way, a by product of observing this infection explosion in hind sight kind of justifies the very strict policies by the government up to recently. i.e., Imagine what it'd be like had they opened up earlier when the virus was even just a tad deadlier.
Wow, such detailed information. Great!
thanks a lot
Thank you Luke. Very informative video. I am sharing it to my FB. Not going back to China again??? 😢
I’ll be back in a couple weeks😁
@@livinlavidaluke Phew, I thought you have said bye bye to China! Looking forward to more videos from you!
Very succinct and informative. I was listening to epidemiologist Ben Cowling (Hong Kong U) interviewed on the latest SCMP podcast & found his analysis of Omicron in China very logical and clear. Much of what you are saying parallels Cowling's view. Do you have any academic contact with him? If and when you are returning to China, it would be interesting if you make a stop in Hong Kong and go see him. Perhaps there are research opportunities.
Never heard of him lol! I’ll look him up, thanks :)
Thanks for the information, very useful. Glad you are able to return to the UK. Hope you are right about the Cambridge cure.
thank you Luke for the video. Great information
Hope they won't sell this medicine patent to the big pharma that will charge loads of money where ordinary people cannot afford it
Very informative video! Hope COVID can end soon.
Awesome! Small technical suggestion, perhaps background music could be slightly softer, so the volume doesn't compete with your message.
Apart from that, the tunes fit the video well!
woops sorry! Thanks for the feedback
Great video, easy to understand for all interested. Re Cambridge, they did try this drug on human tissue and it does work. And as you said, the next is human trials. The point of this drug is COVID spike protein enters a cell via the ACE2 receptor and if that receptor is closed, the COVID virus cannot enter the cell regardless of the type of COVID you've been infected with. This 'off patent' drug is used to treat liver disease and has already been approved for general use and is available and inexpensive. The idea here, is to get approval to 'repurpose' for use with COVID.
"The research, published today in Nature, showed that an existing drug used to treat a type of liver disease is able to ‘lock’ the doorway by which SARS-CoV-2 enters our cells, a receptor on the cell surface known as ACE2. Because this drug targets the host cells and not the virus, it should protect against future new variants of the virus as well as other coronaviruses that might emerge.
If confirmed in larger clinical trials, this could provide a vital drug for protecting those individuals for whom vaccines are ineffective or inaccessible as well as individuals at increased risk of infection." (St Cathrine College, Cambridge)
www.caths.cam.ac.uk/prevent-COVID
Watch the video in the middle of the article.
Big pharma won't like this because it is off patent (generic) and doesn't require changing treatments because of a mutating COVID. If proven effective, one would think the booster shots now given for different COVID variants could end.
Further, more studies are showing that vaccines efficacies are under question, ie how relative vs actual efficacies are defined and measured. Probably more to come in the future, but for us lay people, it looks like we have been hoodwinked to believe vaccines are super effective against adverse effects when realty may be far from the impression the public gets from the word 'efficacy.'
There are also media reports that talk about a 'universal' flu (influenza) vaccine. One wonders if it follows a similar treatment path???
thanks!! yeah really exciting, seems it could work... but with statistics you can't know for sure unless you account for all factors with a trial
Wouldn't blocking the ACE2 receptor over the long term lead to hypertension and a jump in deaths due to strokes? If everybody could take this for two weeks, I could see the virus being exterminated. Imagine we maintain the surveilance and everybody in an outbreak region cooperates.
But our experience with the antivaxers convince me that the antivaxers would not help. To avoid getting covid, we'd need to take this for months and years.
@@danielch6662 Here's what the NIH and Mayo Clinic says about this drug:
"n multiple clinical trials in a variety of conditions, ursodiol has not been found to cause increases in serum enzyme elevations, worsening of underlying liver disease or clinically apparent liver injury. Nevertheless, there have been rare reports of clinical decompensation in patients with advanced liver disease and cirrhosis started on ursodiol, but the reason for such reactions is not known. In at least one instance, there was recurrence of jaundice on restarting ursodiol. Thus, ursodiol has beneficial effects on several forms of liver disease and has not been convincingly linked to cases of clinically apparent acute liver injury in patients without cirrhosis. There is some concern that ursodiol may be harmful in patients with advanced liver disease (Childs class B and C) and such patients probably should not receive ursodiol." (ncbi)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548309/#:~:text=Ursodiol%20was%20approved%20for%20dissolution,liver%20disease%20of%20cystic%20fibrosis.
"Side Effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
Bladder pain
bloody or cloudy urine
difficult, burning, or painful urination
dizziness
fast heartbeat
frequent urge to urinate
indigestion
lower back or side pain
severe nausea
skin rash or itching over the entire body
stomach pain
vomiting
weakness
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Black, tarry stools
chest pain
chills or fever
cough
pinpoint red spots on the skin
severe or continuing stomach pain
sore throat or swollen glands
sores, ulcers, or white spots on the lips or in the mouth
unusual bleeding or bruising
unusual tiredness or weakness
Incidence not known
Clay-colored stools
dark urine
difficulty with swallowing
headache
hives or welts
hoarseness
large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs
loss of appetite
nausea
redness of the skin
slow or irregular breathing
tightness in the chest
unpleasant breath odor
yellow eyes or skin
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
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body aches or pain
congestion
constipation
general feeling of discomfort or illness
heartburn
loss of voice
muscle aches
muscle or bone pain
pain, swelling, or redness in the joints
runny nose
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Worsening psoriasis
Incidence not known
Acid or sour stomach
belching bloating or swelling of face, arms, hands, lower legs, or feet
difficulty with moving
rapid weight gain
stomach discomfort or upset
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unusual weight gain or loss" (Mayo Clinic)
www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/ursodiol-oral-route/side-effects/drg-20066618?p=1
@@danielch6662 Yeah interesting point. But i can see some countries making it mandatory to take it though
Keep safe and good luck!
Thanks again for the video and the Chinese translation, which gets important information out there to the many people who only know what the news media say about COVID. At 4:11 in the video, your Chinese translation is missing critical words. In English, you say "Whereas in the UK and other countries, what you find is people have COVID, they don't care. They'll go to work." However, in Chinese, the translation misses the "Whereas in the UK and other countries" part. I think that may lead people to think you're talking about the condition in China, which is not the case. Is it possible to please update the Chinese translation?
Luke, mighty good video. When will you be back to Shanghai for your Phd study ?
2 weeks :)
Good video. Factual. Yes, do not get 'facts' from CNN or BBC and the likes. BTW, enjoy your holidays back in the UK.
thanks a lot :)
非常感謝你的提醒！
You are right Luke 💯, "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE" so all of us should wear a mask to prevent from Covid. Thanks for your great information videos. Stay safe, healthy! Do your best and good luck. 🙏🏻👍🏻😍
I learn a lot from you about the covid scenario.
Very informative, thanks!
i can not join in you but i viewed all your videos to support.
thanks a lot
Thanks for sharing the truth
Now it’s catch-up …people in the uk have had it like 3-4 times
great video! I agree other country can do some sample test on incoming passengers constantly to monitor the virus variance changing (there is already close monitoring system in WHO). but testing every one from China not other country is just a double standard political way. other testing all or not testing all unless there is science data proves there is really a need to re-store border control.
Great video👍👌👏 & informative too.
Thanks again peter !
1. have a wonderful at home. 2. let us pray that this virus will completely disappear soon and there will be a better tomorrow. love from canada.
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Little translation error: Oral Vaccine is called 吸入式疫苗 by Chinese! Really helpful Luke! I just got Covid as so many of my Chinese friend. I'm fine now. It did feel like a full-on battle in my brain and heart.
Thanks a lot, i didnt know!!! Glad you’re ok now , take care
Happy lunar new year 🎊 🎉🔥💥☄️
Wow, thanks for all the info and suggestions, I’ve a much clearer picture of Covid after watching this video. BTW, will you be going back to China? I hope you will.😊
Yep, in 2 weeks time :)
@@livinlavidaluke smashing 👍🏻
zBB1.5 has been circulating in the west for the past months? Why isn't.this reported in the west?
i live in France and i can guarantee you that covid is still EVERYWHERE since 2 years and especially since last novembre. myself, my son, my collegues, ... we catched it all. we also got people who had negative tests but who had exactly the same symptoms (losing taste and smell capabilities).
for chinese people this situation might be frightening but tell them that, in the west, we live like that since 2 years now !! ....
maybe the virus entered china from outside , so , it's strange to force chinese people to take a test while the virus is still everywhere , here, in the western countries.
maybe it is political. they want to make china responsible if the pandemic continues this year...
anyways... please take care of yourself... and also, please could you tell us what are the medicines and drugs used in China for covid patients. do they also use ivermectin, antibiotics such as azythromicin, paxlovid, clofoctol, artemisia, chloroquin ? i know they use ibuprophen, maybe also plants based drugs such as qingwen or ganmaoling, what else ?
Very sorry to hear, it really is a mess around the world now. And not many people take plant based medicine now because there were some news that is causes severe side effects in the liver. So the major medicines taken are Ibuprofen and Azvudine (not paracetamol). Paxlovid is popular, however it is not covered by people's insurances here. And also the demand exceeds supply, so it seems sold out everywhere, people struggle to buy it as some people buy lots.
@@livinlavidaluke When you say "it's not covered by insurance here", you mean you're back in China? I thought that you were in England at the moment (or are you talking about England?). Thank you very much for your answer. And take care of yourself.
@@punimarudogaman sorry i mean it's not covered by insurance in China for everyone (I guess because of the high price). I'm in UK now yeah but will return to China for the new year
@@livinlavidaluke Ok. Take care of yourself, thank you so much for the quality of your videos and best wishes for 2023 🙏✨
Thanks and you!
You said it's absurd people with covid go to work in the UK but earlier in the video you said people can do the same in China because there aren't any restrictions? Or did I misunderstand
Yeah Its also crazy they let it happen in china too 😂but i mean almost all people will self isolate if they have covid in china now, whereas in the UK, not many will, i know many people who go to work still
I didn't know rats can't get covid... 😅
Perhaps we need to examine them (and other covid-free mammals) more & see what we can learn from them, heh? 😂
haha it's because the virus cannot recognise their version of the ACE-2 protein and cannot enter the cells in the body! So that's exactly what the drug is doing, making the virus not detect ours by turning it off :)
Yes!
Why no other country can stop covid19 for a few years and waited untill the much less deadly varian become rampant just like what China did???
Uxa supplied data of their bioweapon research to Cambridge??
Those crematoriums are busy.
I hold you used the inactivated vaccine, not the mrna
Why?
Informative vid 👍👍
Cheers mate
damn if you do and damn if you don't...
Have not seen your video for a while. Thought you have left China.
Since Covid only lasts 10 days in the body, can everyone please get it and be over with it in 2 weeks
Background bass too loud 🥺
sorry!
Proof that someone's education level can far exceed their intelligence.
Could you explain?
交大有生化系？
有的
你是真的中国通，知道政府怎么想的怎么操作的，也知道人民的反应，总体上来说现在形势不算太坏
Are you still wearing a mask and getting booster vaccinations?
Mask yes, vaccine no because im not eligble
我现在担心二次感染
Truth hurts for some 😆
This guy is epidemiologist ???!!! Listening to him, I would doubt it seriously.
Whys that😂
ад снова видеть вас
Hell? 😂
Very disappointing you haven't mentioned the fact that Chinese covid vaccines are not mRNA which is having such dire consequences in adverse reactions. Disappointing you haven't mentioned the fact that the current strain of covid is far less lethal than the original strain.
For those wishing to understand the scientific facts and differences between mRNA and the traditional approach to vaccines I would highly recommend Dr John Campbell discussion with Australian virologist a week or so ago.on CZcams
However I think you are doing extremely good work on highlighting the facts about religious freedom in China
Well, I mentioned that it is a weaker strain, but still the main point of the video was to discuss the dangers of long covid.
In terms of the vaccine, I always think it's best not to scaremonger talking about negatives, which causes all these anti-vaxxers to further spread their own agendas. Of course, as you said, mRNA is more effective, however cardiovascular effects are more common and severe, so it goes both ways.
All the best, thanks for your comment.
@@livinlavidaluke I didn't say ,'mRNA is more effective' for the simple reason I don't know whether it is.or not, and I haven't got an agenda other than to listen to Professors on this subject and adverse reactions to mRNA are a known fact and likely to get worse. I am 78, had real influenza when I was 40, never took the winter vaccine and haven't taken any covid ones either. As many others are also recommending I exercise by walking every day, only eat real food, not take away crap or ultra processed foods. imo obesity is the real pandemic, and data shows it's a common phenomena of morbidities, which are common factor in deaths from covid. Pharma has a long history of lying and fraudulent claims. Their profits come from unhealthy people.
As of Jan 10, the WHO reports 10,649,521 infections in China with 33,144 deaths. Lets compare to Australia with 11,047,174 infections and 15,937 deaths. So China has had less infections than Australia but has double the deaths. Why the disparity? Is this an indication of the efficacy (or lack thereof) of Chinese vaccines or is this an indicator of the sub-standard medical care in China? Or is it something else?
Well i think covid cases are impossible to know exactly in China since nobody reports testing anymore. It could be argued its more cases than that figure, but its difficult to say. And yeah MRNA vaccines are more effective, so i got my Pfizer shot as soon as i arrived here
I really doubt any of the figures you use. How did you get the figure? Nobody knows it by this time. Besides, how can you compare such figures with completely different variants and different populations with different conditions? If you are a country with a lot of elderly, you will face a different situation than a country with a very young population? The same can be said for very rich countries with excellent medical facilities and those poorer countries with fewer medical facilities. So teh best is to read such analysis from a research paper, not from media or social media.
@@Jane-ch9yb I pulled the data from the WHO website.
@@Jane-ch9yb well said
@@livinlavidaluke I had Pfizer (2 shots) then two months later got COVID. That was in the days of Delta. The symptoms (dizziness, diarrhoea) lasted less than 48 hours. I haven't had a problem since.
Good luck 😂
Talking rubbish
mate i'm just telling you science and facts in the video
Why BBC is so evilly reporting any issue about China? but some individual English media is different from BBC.
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