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00:00The new virus, the self-killing virus of the human body.
00:04Viruses are dangerous.
00:06They are very fast to enter our immune system
00:09and to find ways to kill as many people as possible.
00:15Viruses and humans are always ready
00:17if a new virus is born in the case of an epidemic.
00:21This is very alarming because of the potential of the epidemic.
00:24In addition to nuclear weapons,
00:27there is also the threat of mass destruction
00:30that could equal what a virulent strain could do.
00:46According to Dr. John Epstein,
00:49the work of the health care sector
00:51is the first step of the battle between people and new viruses.
00:55We are seeing more emerging diseases
00:58in the last decade than in the last 80-90 years.
01:07This is a time when we have to see the whole world as a single place.
01:11It could be the ocean as well,
01:13but today we are more connected than ever with each other.
01:25Since 2005, John has taken four times a year on the plane
01:28to cross the Padma river
01:30and to go to an area that is at the center of a new disease,
01:33the uncontrollable flu.
01:39I'm on my way to Faridpur, a few hours away from Dagestan,
01:42to study a new virus called the MIPA virus.
01:45It is very dangerous for people
01:47and has shown a high number of infections,
01:49up to 70% of cases.
01:53This number of infections is similar to Ebola.
01:56In 2001, when the MIPA virus spread among people,
01:59its virulence spread quickly
02:01and the number of infections increased.
02:06These are because the symptoms of MIPA
02:08start as many other infections with a high temperature.
02:12But 28 hours later,
02:14the victims go into a coma and die of starvation.
02:1870% of MIPA victims die of starvation.
02:23But why and how?
02:25This is really the mystery
02:27that veterinarian John Epstein has solved in this area.
02:36His role is to study the virus
02:38that he has transmitted to people
02:40and these are the NATO scientists.
02:44The bats are the most diverse species in the world.
02:47We have more than 1,000 different species.
02:53The NATO bats are the main transmitters of the new viruses
02:57that infect people, but no one knows why.
03:01The bats that we are looking for,
03:03the ones that carry the MIPA virus,
03:05are the bats that have fruits.
03:07They are the largest floating species in the world.
03:10If you project the bats into this tube,
03:12you can get the MIPA virus.
03:14The bats are the neutral part of the virus
03:17and do not break from it.
03:19The risk arises when the virus passes
03:21to an unimmunized species.
03:24In Bangladesh, 70% of MIPA victims have died.
03:35John is part of a large group
03:37of scientists and specialists
03:39in the area that deals with this mysterious virus.
03:44Today, he is accompanied by some colleagues
03:46to go to a remote village
03:48from a virus-borne epidemic.
03:52The name of this village is Gwala Kipur.
03:55This is the village where the MIPA infection
03:58happened in 2004.
04:01Emily Gurley works as a researcher
04:03at the National Institute of Public Health
04:06She talks to people and finds out
04:08how dangerous it is, how risky it is,
04:10how to prevent it, and how to prevent it.
04:14The situation is scary and quite emotional.
04:19Emily remembers when she first came
04:21to the same street to fight the epidemic
04:23four years ago.
04:25We were met by a large group of people
04:27who were walking and carrying a body
04:29wrapped in a white dress.
04:31It didn't bode well.
04:33People were afraid.
04:35The disease was spread by other people
04:37and also by their families.
04:39No one could predict when it would spread.
04:45The first green light was when they found
04:47that the first person infected
04:49was a man from Arizona.
04:51He was then admitted to the Superdisease
04:53of the disease.
04:56Dr. Jahangar Hussaini
04:58is a member of my group today.
05:01All the patients and the patients
05:03came at that time.
05:05They took care of them very closely
05:07and they got infected.
05:11These patients are under the care of doctors
05:13while their relatives know
05:15and infect the largest part of the family.
05:1720 of the people they visit
05:19infect a later group.
05:23This is Gulapi.
05:25We met her four years ago
05:27during the outbreak.
05:29She was infected with the disease
05:31but survived.
05:33The rest of the family knows.
05:36My husband died.
05:38My mother-in-law died
05:40and my eldest son died.
05:42He died.
05:45The whole family didn't believe
05:47that a person could die.
05:49Only me and my son were alive.
06:00This is my husband.
06:03Sitting in the village
06:05and hearing people
06:06sharing their emotions,
06:08I really understand the effect
06:10of this disease.
06:13Johnny knows how virulent
06:15this disease is.
06:17He got it very quickly in the community.
06:19But this was not the first epidemic
06:21in Nipa.
06:23The disease spread a few years ago
06:251,600 km away in Malaysia.
06:27The Nipa virus was first discovered
06:29in Malaysia in 1998.
06:31But there, the disease spread quickly.
06:33It spread quickly
06:35and quickly.
06:45It spread very quickly.
06:47People began to realize
06:49that they could get infected
06:51by taking drugs.
06:57At the same time,
06:59the residents of the area
07:01began to get infected.
07:03From the spring,
07:05up to 300 residents
07:07got infected
07:09by smoking and cocaine.
07:11Many of them were in a coma
07:13and were ready to die
07:15with the disease.
07:17The disease came
07:19when scientists discovered
07:21a large part of the population
07:23who were infected
07:25with the disease.
07:29The Malaysian government
07:31took a dramatic decision.
07:35It ordered the killing
07:37of one million people.
07:39A decision that did not affect
07:41the economic circle,
07:43but gave results.
07:45Little by little,
07:47the mystery was solved.
07:49The question raised in Malaysia
07:51was why did the Nipa virus spread?
07:53Johnny's specialties
07:55are the ability to transmit
07:57the virus to people's heads.
08:01He went to Malaysia
08:03in 2003 as a member
08:05of the Miexis-Royce group
08:07in a natural foundation
08:09where he studied the link
08:11between infected worms
08:13and their treatments.
08:15The reason Nipa virus emerged
08:17was because there were large
08:19worm farms in the jungle
08:21so this was one of the
08:23unique species of fruit trees.
08:25They were tree pieces of fruit
08:27that were contaminated
08:29with the Nipa virus,
08:31and this is the result.
08:33These Nipa fruit trees
08:35had been around for centuries,
08:37but in the last decade
08:39the spread of the disease
08:41had spread to small farms
08:43such as the big ones.
08:45Malaysia was the main supplier
08:47of worms.
08:49This is one of the numbers.
08:51The more the ability of the worm
08:53to transmit the virus
08:55from its natural host
08:57to its new host,
08:59the more it will spread
09:01and create the ability
09:03to transmit the virus
09:05to people's heads.
09:07Viral projectors
09:09calculate the situation
09:11when the virus is transmitted
09:13from one person
09:15to another,
09:17but unfortunately
09:19this did not happen in Malaysia
09:21while in the epidemic
09:23of 2004 in Bangladesh
09:25the situation changed.
09:31Nipa started to spread
09:33from one person to another.
09:35The question was how?
09:41The expert of viruses
09:43Dr. John Epstein
09:45found a very dangerous virus
09:47called Nipa
09:49which is transmitted
09:51to people's heads.
09:53In Malaysia, Nipa
09:55spreads from people's heads
09:57to worms
09:59which then infect
10:01the virus of people
10:03who work with worms.
10:05But in Bangladesh
10:07there is no worm farm.
10:09Here, Nipa spreads
10:11from one person to another
10:13and this is something alarming
10:15because it has the potential
10:17to spread.
10:19When the virus is effective
10:21and can be transmitted
10:23to other people,
10:25there is a risk
10:27that it spreads
10:29in the wider area
10:31and outside of Bangladesh.
10:33The spread of Nipa
10:35to develop rapidly
10:37makes these viruses
10:39very dangerous
10:41Viruses are very dangerous
10:43to find ways to
10:45destroy our immune system
10:47and to infect as many people as possible.
10:53Viruses are the most parasitic
10:55parasites in the human body.
10:57They can't kill us
10:59so they have to infect us
11:01or another human being.
11:03Dr. C.J. Peters
11:05studies their strategy.
11:07They are trying to find
11:09ways to survive.
11:31It takes over the cell's machinery
11:33and makes more and more of itself
11:35so you get hundreds or even thousands
11:37of viruses.
11:39And they have an advantage
11:41over us.
11:43We have to wait for 30 years
11:45to pass the genetic material
11:47of our children
11:49and to develop genetically.
11:51Viruses do this
11:53from a few minutes
11:55to a few hours.
11:57Multiple genes
11:59create within a day
12:01and they have the ability
12:03to change the genetic DNA
12:05Viruses don't stop
12:07because when HIV
12:09comes in the 1980s
12:11it can change and develop
12:13with tremendous success
12:15all over the world.
12:17HIV is the blood type
12:19of a virus that is constantly
12:21infecting people
12:23and everyone is doing their best
12:25to get rid of it.
12:27We don't do anything
12:29to change the situation.
12:31We just ignore it.
12:33This is what we learn
12:35from the studies
12:37taken by HIV.
12:39HIV was once
12:41a monoclonal virus.
12:43Now,
12:45tens of millions of years later
12:4714,000 people are infected
12:49every day.
12:51But when Nipah
12:53or another new virus
12:55does its best
12:57to leave the current state
12:59and enter the world's scene
13:03In Bangladesh,
13:05John Epstein
13:07went to Cape Town
13:09to test a new vaccine
13:11for the Nipah virus.
13:13It's 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
13:15We're going to work here
13:17and we're going to have
13:19the new vaccine on the road back there.
13:21We can't tell the difference
13:23between the vaccine
13:25infected with Nipah
13:27and the normal vaccine.
13:29We have gloves,
13:31and we're going to test it.
13:33If any of us are infected
13:35with the virus,
13:37it could potentially be fatal.
13:39Two of John's assistants,
13:41Pete and Goffa,
13:43are testing the vaccine.
13:45Before we go to John,
13:47they're testing the vaccine
13:49to see if it's effective.
13:51All right, let's go.
13:53These vaccines
13:55fluctuate in the fifth layer,
13:57so they have to go very high up.
14:01All right, ready.
14:03The biggest challenge
14:05is getting a vaccine with an active virus.
14:07Up to now,
14:09hundreds of vaccines
14:11have found the virus,
14:13but not the virus itself.
14:15Now we're on the right track.
14:19A few hours later,
14:21we see the first wave of the vaccine.
14:23Hey, hey, good.
14:25OK, OK.
14:27Stop, stop, stop.
14:29The second wave of the vaccine
14:31is coming.
14:33It's coming.
14:35It's coming.
14:37It's coming.
14:39It's coming.
14:41It's coming.
14:43It's coming.
14:45It's coming.
14:47It's coming.
14:49It's coming.
14:51It's coming.
14:53It's coming.
14:55It's coming.
14:57It's coming.
15:01This is a young male
15:03weighing 600 grams.
15:07He's not getting the vaccine
15:09that's more secure.
15:11We have to watch him carefully.
15:15OK, stop.
15:17It's coming out.
15:19One, two, three.
15:21Well done.
15:23Good.
15:25Let's try again.
15:27Let's start over.
15:43OK, let's give it to Lucas.
15:45Great.
15:47And let's give it to Lucas.
15:49Let's give it to Lucas.
15:51Great.
15:53And let's give it to Lucas.
15:55OK, good.
16:03Sun's out.
16:05I think we're done for tonight.
16:07Let's go to bed.
16:21He's here in Bangladesh.
16:23Why is he here?
16:51Nipah virus is excreted
16:53in the urine and the saliva.
16:55So, the virus is excreted
16:57in the urine and the saliva.
16:59So, the virus is excreted
17:01in the urine and the saliva.
17:03So, the virus is excreted
17:05in the urine and the saliva.
17:07So, the virus is excreted
17:09in the urine and the saliva.
17:11So, the virus is excreted
17:13in the urine and the saliva.
17:15So, the virus is excreted
17:17in the urine and the saliva.
17:19So, the virus is excreted
17:21in the urine and the saliva.
17:23So, the virus is excreted
17:25in the urine and the saliva.
17:27So, the virus is excreted
17:29in the urine and the saliva.
17:31So, the virus is excreted
17:33in the urine and the saliva.
17:35So, the virus is excreted
17:37in the urine and the saliva.
17:39So, the virus is excreted
17:41in the urine and the saliva.
17:43So, the virus is excreted
17:45in the urine and the saliva.
17:47So, the virus is excreted
17:49in the urine and the saliva.
17:51So, the virus is excreted
17:53in the urine and the saliva.
17:55So, the virus is excreted
17:57in the urine and the saliva.
17:59So, the virus is excreted
18:01in the urine and the saliva.
18:03So, the virus is excreted
18:05in the urine and the saliva.
18:07So, the virus is excreted
18:09in the urine and the saliva.
18:11So, the virus is excreted
18:13in the urine and the saliva.
18:15This is something that's
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19:35This is something that's
19:37going on in nature.
19:39This is something that's
19:41transmitted by the respiratory
19:43route.
20:09Coming to a hotel in Hong Kong,
20:11we still have no idea how,
20:13but somehow it could be
20:15caused by other people.
20:17Very soon, you have a globalized outbreak.
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22:31It went down from those animals to human beings.
22:35Now it's the beginning of the seasonal depression.
22:37The human condition is fair.
22:45Now Johnny wants to find a way to contain the virus
22:47against these depressions.
22:49This way he can collaborations
22:51with the human body
22:53and see how the difference
22:55from the hysteric virus
22:57to the transgenic one.
23:01but this time he is in a hospital.
23:08The last thing Johnny needs to do is to get rid of the rabies.
23:11Everyone will laugh at him because they don't even know that one of them is currently infected.
23:16He can only develop this in New York.
23:22What's the last one?
23:24After years of studying Nipah, Johnny still has a lot of questions.
23:28How is Nipah virus transmitted by humans?
23:31We have to understand these connections.
23:33How do people who bring them into direct contact or interact with these bats?
23:40The human aspect of the virus must also work in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka,
23:45here in this health center.
23:50While Johnny is finishing his work in the field,
23:53he discusses the developments with Dr. Stephen Nubin
23:56and his group of friends, scientists and other Nipah experts.
24:03One of the new ways of work is the recruitment of zone anthropologists
24:06in the field to do detective work.
24:10We are in a hurry, but we are trying to understand the cultural aspects.
24:16Nazmouni and Rebecca have been invited for their months
24:19because they are trying to understand all aspects of their activity
24:22that can be related to the nature of bats.
24:26One of the most important facts is that bats help people to be in the safe zone.
24:33Almost all epidemics are related to bats.
24:44So we started to work more in the field of bats.
24:49Like many other citizens,
24:50bats also spend a lot of money by collecting palm leaves.
24:55People collecting these leaves are placed on the ground in the field.
24:58They see the smell of the leaves,
25:00they pick up the leaves on the ground,
25:02then they go to the field, pick up the leaves and people eat them fresh.
25:06The palm leaves are collected for the bats of Nazmouni and Rebecca.
25:11They had taken the bats, so the palm leaves.
25:15Even the bats of Nazmouni like to eat the palm leaves.
25:18So they come to this field and they eat directly from the palm leaves.
25:22This is an opportunity for the bats to contaminate the plants with saliva or other kinds of viruses.
25:27And then, unknowingly, they can eat the leaves together with a heavy dose of Nipah virus.
25:33If this was true, then the spread of Nipah would have been more widespread and unknown,
25:38when the palm leaves spread.
25:41After all the epidemics were checked, the spread was confirmed.
25:44But until then, it was all a theory.
25:47How can it be true?
25:58This mysterious disease is known.
26:00Palm leaves are believed to have been the cause of the spread of the Nipah virus.
26:05But how?
26:09They needed concrete evidence.
26:12These papers could be evidence.
26:16At the end of 2007, Dr. Selaudini began to take photos with infrared rays in areas full of palm leaves.
26:25I'm a big fan of camera photos.
26:27How many images did you get?
26:29More than 50,000.
26:31The entire group of images is filmed when a visual detector does not work.
26:36These photos show the palm leaves that have been picked up by the palm trees.
26:41Yes.
26:42There are many such photos.
26:45We have heard stories about palm leaves that have been picked up by the palm trees.
26:50But this version is disputed.
26:52These are real photos.
26:54Images that show the ways of preventing the spread of the Nipah virus.
27:01Look at these leaves.
27:02These leaves continue to grow for more than a minute.
27:08If this palm leaf was Nipah, then what would happen?
27:13This was just a small part of the big tree.
27:15But there is still a lot to see.
27:21I'm curious.
27:26This house is located here, in the hospital of Badipur, where the patients of Nipah were treated.
27:33In this culture, the main concerns for patients of Nipah are the unknown members of the family,
27:38because every moment a father, a mother or a child could have been exposed.
27:47The virus spreads through the body, or the lungs, and other areas infected with the virus.
27:52At the same time, the symptoms may begin, and a few days later, the disease.
28:03In the end, John's team will send samples to the laboratory in the United States.
28:07Only then will they understand that one of them may have the disease,
28:11a rare species of the Nipah virus.
28:20But Nipah is not the only virus that affects infected patients in the area.
28:27Dr. Steve Luby, John Epstein's colleague, is a Nipah patient.
28:33But Dr. Luby is afraid that Bangladesh is infected with another virus,
28:37a variant of the flu, which has a higher potential than the Nipah virus.
28:46We are very concerned about this virus, because about 50% of people who are infected have died.
28:54This virus can spread here.
28:56This virus is H5N1, the flu virus,
29:00which was created as a result of the seasonal flu virus mutation.
29:05This is mainly because it is a virus that does not spread today,
29:09but causes a lot of pain, and from time to time, to people.
29:17But it is expected that this virus can continue to be modified to be more effective for people.
29:22Today, there are a lot of birds in the market.
29:25Dr. Luby is still the point of reference for the Centers for Disease Control in the United States.
29:30He has detected the flu of birds one after the other.
29:38He knows that the risk here is very high.
29:42He knows that the risk here is very high.
29:46He knows that the risk here is very high.
29:49He knows that the risk here is very high.
29:52120 million people live in the country with the highest population in the world.
29:57What is the best version we can have?
30:00The fact that this virus can pass the threshold of 10-12 years can kill 500,000 people.
30:08Between 2004-2005, H5N1 epidemics began to spread in the market of Asia and abroad,
30:16and began to kill people as well.
30:19This is the highest and most dangerous epidemic.
30:23Before the end of the year, the media said that if you catch a cold,
30:28it will be very painful.
30:32Over the years, the epidemics have been easier,
30:36and H5N1 has not yet been able to pass the threshold of people.
30:40The big pandemic has not happened yet, but we continue to be in danger.
30:44There may come a time when this virus will cause a devastating pandemic.
30:50The cases of infectious diseases from the Spanish flu continue to rise.
30:54The H5N1 virus, which affects many poor victims,
30:59but perhaps it will spread further to Europe, where it has spread to Scotland.
31:05What concerns me the most is that we may have a chance to be sure,
31:10because the big pandemic has not happened yet.
31:15The Bangladeshi government and Dr. Lubit's office
31:18monitor the market of donations and supply farms.
31:24For those who care more, Dr. Lubin is the culture of the country
31:28that embraces workers in the labor market.
31:31Workers and workers live in environments far from each other.
31:34The more they make contact, the easier it is for the virus to pass
31:38from the hands of people until the throat.
31:41It changes all the time.
31:42There may come a time when this infectious virus will become a human virus.
31:49In the case of the Spanish flu and this virus, there is a clear precedent.
31:54I think what concerns me the most is the human history.
31:58Five days ago, up to 100 million victims of the 1918 flu
32:02occurred at a time when the population was three times as large as it is now.
32:06And that is at a time when the population densities were a third of what they are now.
32:12The dates of the 1918 flu begin when a cold flu
32:17causes a change and begins to open in the airways.
32:20It infects people faster.
32:22But how is it possible that a virus causes the flu from the throat?
32:30When it comes to deadly viruses, the government and scientists are alarmed
32:34because they remember the 1918 epidemic.
32:38They imagine the chaos that can occur
32:40if a different version of the Spanish flu virus
32:44kills 10 million people around the world,
32:47as it did in 1918.
32:52The 1918 flu was a plague
32:55that came during the last year of the First World War.
33:00In the last decade, more and more Americans were infected
33:03by the flu than by the war during the Second World War.
33:06It is thought that before the flu,
33:09this flu killed 50 to 100 million people.
33:15In Philadelphia, only during those months,
33:18there were 10,000 victims.
33:20In other cities and cities of the United States,
33:22there was no possibility of archival evidence.
33:24It was an extremely dangerous epidemic.
33:31Microbiologist Terence Dumpy
33:32is one of the few people in the world
33:35who was personally infected with the 1918 flu virus.
33:38Four years earlier,
33:40he investigated the origin of this deadly virus.
33:43We can work with this pandemic virus,
33:46which is known to be highly infectious
33:48and, perhaps, highly effective.
33:50We are trying to understand
33:52how these pandemic viruses work.
33:54The discovery of the virus
33:56begins with samples found in old American archives.
34:03Then, in 1995,
34:05the victims of the 1918 flu
34:08were diagnosed with alcoholism.
34:11The traces of the body
34:13also show the wounds.
34:18Little by little,
34:20the genetic code of the virus was developed,
34:22reproduced, and the virus was reproduced again.
34:25When the epidemic of this virus
34:27of 1918 was discovered,
34:29it was found in a hospital.
34:31After that,
34:33it was legally out of the country.
34:35Everything went well,
34:37while the virus was still active.
34:40Most of the scientists
34:42had opened the box
34:44or had found a cure.
34:46We all think
34:48that we can benefit from the discovery of this virus
34:50and try to understand
34:52why it was out of the country.
34:54Then, we can move forward
34:56to vaccines against epidemic viruses
34:58At that time,
35:00scientists had not yet discovered
35:02the origin of the 1918 flu
35:05and H5 in humans,
35:07the two viruses
35:09that pass from one species to another.
35:13In 1918,
35:15this virus was completely killed,
35:17killing more than 50 million people
35:19in 25 years.
35:23The study of the 1918 flu
35:25revealed that it lasted
35:27from 20 to 26 years.
35:29It lasted longer.
35:31The virus exposed their immune system
35:33against them,
35:35making them victims of a disease,
35:37cytokines.
35:39One of the outcomes
35:41of the 1918 virus
35:43was hyperactivity
35:45of the immune responses
35:47in the lungs.
35:49Every virus releases a cytokine,
35:51a drug that is required
35:53by the body's immune system.
35:55In 1918,
35:57this requirement was met
35:59with continuous activity.
36:02When the viruses die,
36:04the cytokines die
36:06in the muscles.
36:10Among the most alarming discoveries
36:12of the time
36:14was the fact that the H5 in humans
36:16was very similar
36:18to the 1918 virus.
36:20Only the H5 in humans
36:22did not change
36:24In order for these avian viruses
36:26to spread,
36:28we need to start infecting
36:30the so-called
36:32lock and key mechanism.
36:54Dr. Steve Looby,
36:56a scientist,
36:58tells us very carefully
37:00about the H5 in humans.
37:02If this virus could go
37:04from one person to another
37:06like other kinds of viruses,
37:08it would be as bad
37:10as it was in 1918.
37:12It would be even worse
37:14than it occurred in 1918.
37:16It would be worse
37:18because the population of the world
37:20is three times smaller,
37:21the population of the world
37:23is three times poorer.
37:25What would happen
37:27if a virus from Cyprus
37:29could spread?
37:32One of the best
37:34possible things
37:36that could happen
37:38to viruses
37:40or other infections
37:42is these great things
37:44we call airplanes.
37:46We are all on the move,
37:48our economy is on the move,
37:49our lives are very long.
37:51So,
37:53it might seem obscure today
37:55but here we are in the backyard tomorrow
37:57and it might seem obscure.
37:59Imagine a big city
38:01reacting when this
38:03massive outbreak
38:05begins.
38:08This simulation
38:10is a test of what could happen.
38:12With the rise of panic,
38:14women are forced to change their clothes.
38:16Hospitals are forced to ensure
38:18that the number of infected people
38:20is increasing.
38:24This is a serious situation.
38:26We are dealing with a possible outbreak
38:28that could kill hundreds of patients.
38:42In this simulation,
38:43the hope is that we will be able
38:45to identify a bioterrorist
38:47and then kill him.
38:49But other cases have shown
38:51that what a virus can do
38:53to a whole country
38:55and the situation
38:57is very dangerous.
38:59If a pandemic situation
39:01like the flu or SARS
39:03can be a very similar situation
39:05here,
39:07it might even be worse.
39:08A secret report
39:10by the British government
39:12reveals that the epidemic
39:14is the main cause
39:16of the list of counter-terrorist
39:18attacks,
39:20higher than terrorist attacks.
39:22If we don't develop
39:24a better way
39:26to prevent what is going to happen,
39:28we are in a very bad situation.
39:30Peter Dezacu,
39:32a worker in John Epstein's
39:34warehouse,
39:36has a request.
39:38What is the cause
39:40of these dangerous epidemics?
39:42We see Bangladesh
39:44as the most dangerous area.
39:46This is the most
39:48densely populated area
39:50on the planet
39:52and there are even wild
39:54species,
39:56this is really a recipe
39:58for an epidemic.
40:00Knowing the combination
40:02that can cause the spread
40:04of people's diseases,
40:06we have the opportunity
40:08to go to these dangerous areas
40:10and prevent this disease.
40:12If you know what causes
40:14these epidemics,
40:16you can predict the tendency
40:18to spread and change
40:20the health of people.
40:22For example,
40:24in Bangladesh,
40:26the connection between
40:28the Nipah virus,
40:30the Natus Vincens,
40:32and the mosquitoes
40:34that live near Palmas
40:35is not only related
40:37to human health,
40:39but also to the health
40:41of wild animals,
40:43as well as the environment.
40:45In this way,
40:47scientists can look
40:49at these areas
40:51and understand
40:53how they are related.
40:55This is a serious virus
40:57that threatens us.
40:58And this is why
41:00Johnny continues
41:02to ask scientists
41:04for all possible solutions,
41:06but no virus
41:08can kill the Nipah virus.
41:10He will tell you
41:12in this short video
41:14why he decided
41:16to make these new viruses.
41:19Even influenza,
41:21SARS, Ebola,
41:23if it's not a Nipah virus,
41:25it will be something else.
41:26Something that could be
41:28worse than the Nipah virus.
41:30Something that could be
41:32worse than it is today.
41:34But in Bangladesh,
41:36the vigilance is rising.
41:38Let's see if we can test
41:40this virus that can show
41:42the signs of infection
41:44from the mosquito flu.
41:46All over the world,
41:48the cases of the last flu
41:50and SARS have increased
41:52only by a day.
41:53It's time to test
41:55what a new,
41:57dangerous virus can do.
42:02Only thermonuclear weapons
42:04do not have the mass destruction
42:06that can be caused
42:08by an epidemic flu
42:10or any other virus.
42:15It has to go on forever.
42:17When?
42:19After a year,
42:21five years,
42:23six years.
42:25And this flu continues.
42:27While our army
42:29is viral,
42:31it grows and develops.
42:33I think we should see
42:35the results of this
42:37evolutionary flu
42:39and we should think
42:41that we are better than them.
42:43We should be more advanced.
42:45Let's do well
42:47to be more advanced.