Why Is COVID-19 So Hard to Track?

Since its debut, the novel coronavirus has spread around the world. But its success may be due to its stealthy nature. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more SICK | http://bit.ly/SICKplaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com As the novel coronavirus continues to sweep across the globe, we are learning more and more about the virus with each passing day. And as new data has radically altered the scope of COVID-19, we at Seeker wanted to take this chance to cut through all the misinformation and take a closer look at what exactly COVID-19 is, how it attacks our bodies, and how its stealthy nature has completely shut down our world. So we sat down with both Dr. Timothy Brewer, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at UCLA, and Dr. Larry Lutwick, a professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Sciences, to find out what makes this novel coronavirus so hard to track and control. Here’s what we know so far about what the novel coronavirus does to your body. Once the virus enters the respiratory tract through the nose, mouth, or eyes, it attaches itself to the surface of a cell likely via a receptor called ACE2. The virus then fuses with the cell’s membrane, and releases its RNA. The infected cell then begins to make copies of the virus that will continue their invasion throughout the body. But when it comes time for the immune system to fight back, it’s a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to the human body's response, find out more in this episode of SICK. #covid19 #coronavirus #humanbody #respiratory #virus #sick #seeker #science Read More: Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf "The overall goal of the Joint Mission was to rapidly inform national (China) and international planning on next steps in the response to the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus d