Why are viruses so good at what they do?

Tai Asks Why

CBC

Kids & Family

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If you ever feel alone, you shouldn’t, because you are actually surrounded by viruses. They’re in you, they’re on you and, in fact, there are more viruses in the world than there are stars in the sky. So why aren’t we sick all the time? In this episode Tai looks at how viruses work, how they travel, and the ways in which they shape our lives—both bad and good. This week Tai spoke with: - Seema Yasmin, physician, writer and science communicator based at Stanford University - Lena Ciric, environmental engineer and lecturer at University College London For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/tai-asks-why-transcripts-listen-1.6747759

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0:00.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:04.0	I've been thinking a lot about viruses lately and I really don't know why.
0:09.0	Concerns over a spike in a deadly new coronavirus.
0:13.6	It's now spread across China to Thailand, Japan, and South Korea.
0:19.0	The Italian officials confirm another surge in new cases. While of second case has been confirmed in the U.S.
0:24.4	The world is now in the midst of a global health emergency.
0:27.2	Under strict quarantine.
0:28.2	Go home and stay home.
0:33.0	Oh yeah, that thing.
0:38.0	It's just mind-boggling, you know, that a virus, something so teeny tiny, a thousand times smaller than a dust mite,
0:47.0	that has such a massive impact on literally everybody on Earth.
0:52.0	And like, there are human viruses, there are plant viruses, heck there are even
0:56.7	elephant viruses and they all just seem to be really really good at getting in their host and causing a lot of damage. But how does something
1:07.0	so small cause such mayhem? How do they do that? And why are some virus is so much worse and more powerful than others?
1:17.0	Why are viruses so good at what they do?
1:22.0	Tie at the end. Tye asks why. I'm Ty and this is my podcast. Ty asks why. There are just so many good questions other that you really want to have answered.
1:37.0	Why do we dance? How is the universe going to end? What's happening in my teen brain? Where's the internet? What's at the bottom of our
1:47.2	oceans? And why are viruses so good at what they do. Hey guys, I got a little secret to share with you.
1:57.0	Normally, I do this podcast from the CBC Studios in downtown Toronto.
2:05.8	It's a really big building, very fancy, filled with some very important people. Like sometimes
2:12.4	I'll see the cast of Shits Creek in the elevator.
2:15.0	Good for me!
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