In these last few weeks, we’ve been talking about the COVID-19 from many different perspectives. We were first introduced to it, by a quick look at the Coronavirus. Then we learned the instructions you can give to other people in order for them to stay safe. Next we had some food for thought, another good message, a nice song and one more wise message about fear.

The following video is going to teach you a few more important words and combinations of words like: herd immunity, containment, social distance, mild symptons and flatten the curve.

Watch these videos carefully in order to state your opinion about it. Remember, the purpose of these videos is solely to give us language to discuss what we’ve all been going through. There are no ideological or political purposes.

With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity. About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus, and the majority of them won’t even have recognized that they were infected, or they had very, very mild symptoms, especially if they are children. So, it’s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible, and then the elderly people, who should be separated, and the nursing homes should be closed during that time, can come back and meet their children and grandchildren after about 4 weeks when the virus has been exterminated.”

Dr. Knut Wittkowki, is the head of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design at the Rockefeller University in New York City.

The Rockefeller University is a private graduate university in New York City. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education. Rockefeller is the oldest biomedical research institute in the United States.