Big questions:

 What do you know about COVID-19?

 Do you know basic prevention rules?
 What are the symptoms of this illness?

Green for timings.

Part 00:00 – 00:58

Vocabulary

1. COVID-19 - is a new name for a new disease, coined as an abbreviated

form of coronavirus disease 2019.
2. Coronavirus - is the broader name for the family of viruses that
includes COVID-19.
3. Social distancing - the avoidance of close contact with other people
during the outbreak of a contagious disease.
4. Exaggeration - overstatement of the truth.
5. Disease - illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection
or a failure of health rather than by an accident.
00:00 These last few months it’s been impossible to escape news and updates
about (1)__________, also known as the Novel Coronavirus. While it’s
incredibly important to stay informed, maintain (2)__________
_________, and wash your hands, there’s also been plenty of fear
mongering, exaggeration, (3)______________, and sensationalism
around the disease.

Today, we’re going to discuss what it’s actually like to have the disease in
terms of cold, hard facts – no spin or editorialising. All the information in
this video is current as of March 21st, (4)______, and because this is a
situation developing extremely quickly, we also encourage independent
research.

All the information we’re presenting in this video comes directly from the
US Center for Disease Control, the UK National Health Service, and the
World (5)_______ Organization, as well as official scientific studies. We
recommend also using these reliable sources if you wish to stay informed.

COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, meaning it attacks the lungs and airways.

If you’ve caught COVID-19, it’ll be as a result of contact with another
00:58 infected
individual.

Part 00:58 – 02:02

Vocabulary

1. Infection - an infection is a disease caused by germs or bacteria.

2. Symptom - a symptom of an illness is something wrong with your
body or mind that is a sign of the illness.
3. Asymptomatic - if someone with a disease is asymptomatic, it
means that they do not show any symptoms of the disease.
4. Health complication - is a medical problem that occurs as a result
of another illness or disease.
5. Hygiene - the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings
clean, especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases.

For your first week to two weeks of (1)________, you may not display any
symptoms whatsoever, which is why exercising caution is so extremely
(2)________ during this period of time.

Some people will actually remain asymptomatic - meaning they display no

actual symptoms - throughout the course of their infection. Two studies –
one published in the journal Emerging Infectious (3)________, and
another that was a collaboration between Kyoto, Oxford, and Georgia State
 University – settled on the possibility that around (4)_________ of
people suffering from COVID-19 will remain completely asymptomatic.

If you happen to fall within this category, you’re at the least risk of
developing the more severe form of the disease or undergoing serious
(5)______ __________. However, it’s worth noting that being
asymptomatic actually puts you at far greater risk of infecting others
through a lack of caution.

This is why, even if you think you’re not infected, it’s positively vital to
maintain (6)______ ________ and social distancing.

Interestingly, the majority of asymptomatic cases appear to be in children,

with 90% of the cases of paediatric Coronavirus in China being
asymptomatic to mild.
Part 02:02 – 03:01

Vocabulary

1. Flu - an illness which is similar to a bad cold but more serious.

2. Fever - any of various diseases, such as yellow fever or scarlet fever,
characterized by a high temperature.
3. Cough - is an illness in which you cough often and your chest or
throat hurts.
4. Incubation period - the period between infection and the
appearance of signs of a disease.
5. Recover - when you recover from an illness or an injury, you become
well again.

02:02 While the grand majority of people who contract COVID-19 will display
symptoms, a large chunk of those people will only experience a mild cold or
flu-like virus.

According to data sets from China, around 80.9% of their cases were mild.
If you are lucky enough to fall into this category – and statistically, you’re
likely to be relatively young and healthy, with little to no chronic underlying
health conditions – you’re most likely to experience fever and a severe
cough.
It definitely won’t feel good, but you won’t be under any serious threat of
death from what you’re experiencing.

In a lot of cases, the disease tends to run its course within a three-week
period – from an incubation period that tends to last from five days to two
weeks, and symptoms that present for around five to seven days before the
sufferer begins to recover.
 Once again, if you find yourself in this position, the generally accepted
advice is to contact and inform your doctor (if possible), remain isolated,
maintain good hygiene, eat and stay hydrated, and treat issues like pain
symptomatically with safe, over-the-counter medication.

Part 03:01 – 04:01

Vocabulary

1. Outbreak - something unpleasant, such as violence or a disease, it

suddenly starts to happen.
2. Sufferer - a person who is affected by the illness or condition.
3. Respiratory disease – a type of illness that affects the lungs and
other parts of the respiratory system.
4. Diabetes - a medical condition in which someone has too much
sugar in their blood.
5. Cancer - a serious disease in which cells in a person's body increase
rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths.
6. Cardiac - relating to the heart.

03:01 According to data gathered from the Chinese ________, that appears to
have remained consistent for the world at large, around 13.8% of the cases
appear to present severe ______ ________ for the sufferer. These
sufferers are likely to be older than ______, and suffer from underlying
health conditions like severe respiratory issues, diabetes, high blood
pressure, cancer, and cardiac illnesses.

However, it’s important to note that there are always outliers – young
people and people without underlying health issues can occasionally
experience severe symptoms, so don’t use your _____ and health as an
excuse to throw caution to the wind.

Initially, people who experience a more severe case of COVID-19 will run
the gamut of standard symptoms – high fever, _________, shortness of
breath, chest pains, breathing difficulties, and in some cases even
headaches and digestive issues.

However, the ____ __________ between mild and severe cases is that
severe cases are more likely to develop into a more serious infection of the
lungs. Most commonly, people are at risk of developing pneumonia.
Pneumonia is a dangerous form of bacterial lung-tissue _____________.

Part 04:01 – 05:05

 Vocabulary

1. Bronchus (plural bronchi) - any of the major air passageways of the

lungs.
2. Lungs - the two organs inside your chest which you use for
breathing.
3. Inflame – to produce a painful redness or swelling of a part of your
body that results from an infection, injury, or illness.
4. Pneumonia - a serious disease which affects your lungs and makes
it difficult for you to breathe.
5. Heartbeat - the regular movement of your heart as it pumps blood
around your body.
6. Remain hydrated – drink water regularly.

04:01 The tiny air sacs in the primary bronchi, which are the _______ that
connect the lungs to your trachea, become inflamed through infection and
swell, causing severe breathing difficulties in __________.

If you’ve been suffering from COVID-19 and the symptoms actually appear
to worsen after five to _______ days of experiencing them, watch out for
the tell-tale signs of pneumonia. These include rapid heartbeat, sweating
and shivering, loss of appetite, ______ ______, fatigue, joint pain, and in
some severe cases coughing up blood in one’s phlegm.

If you believe you have pneumonia, do not hesitate to contact a healthcare

professional and get yourself to a hospital immediately. ___________ is a
severe and life-threatening ailment, and must be treated as quickly as
possible to ensure best results.

To avoid developing pneumonia from a case of COVID-19, same rules

apply:

 Prevention is more effective than treatment.

 Maintain social distance and good hygiene.
 Eat well.
 Remain ___________.
 And take extra precautions if you know yourself to be in one of the
high-risk groups.

Finally, according to the _________ data, around 4.7% of the cases of

COVID-19 develop into critically dangerous illnesses for the sufferers.
While these cases are relatively rare, that’s no reason to be any less
cautious. People with ________ conditions are the most likely to die from
 the illness. Death can occur from untreated pneumonia, severe acute
respiratory disease, and sometimes even kidney failure.

Part 05:05 – 06:06

Vocabulary

1. Panic buying - the buying up of large quantities of a commodity

which, it is feared, is likely to be in short supply.
2. Follow guidelines - act according to official advice about how to
do it.
3. Vigilance - more careful attention, especially in order to notice
possible danger.

05:05 While, like the severe symptoms, this is most common for people in the
disease’s risk groups, this can _________ happen to anyone. This is not
an excuse to _______ and do anything irresponsible or dangerous, just to
maintain vigilance and caution.

COVID-19 is still an incredibly new disease. Information evolves quickly as

_________ learn more about the condition and its processes. It may feel
scary, like we have no control over this situation, but the fact is that we
have a lot of control over an extremely important factor here: Our own
_______.

To do your part in both helping yourself and society ________ this illness,
maintain good hygiene and social distancing, don’t buy into or _______
misinformation about the disease, follow government guidelines, and avoid
things like panic buying.

We, as a society, can get through COVID-19, but only if we’re all sensible
06:06* and __________ in our actions.

*This is the end of the main part.

Discussion After Watching:

 What rules do you need to follow to avoid developing pneumonia
from COVID-19?
 Can you name symptoms of COVID-19?
 What activities people can do while self-isolated?