Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body

When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR's Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single cell into making a million more viruses.

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Credit: Robert Krulwich, David Bolinsky, Jason Orfanon

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[Disposification]

No, you're not. You've only attained new knowledge.

[olesto]

"Most of the time"... AIDS

[anin alhizn]

fantastic ... many thanks..

[Howard Smith]

The white blood cells dont quite streach out like that, they manipulate their shape to be able to 'eat' the virus/bacteria, and uses enzymes to dygest them. And it's not the fastest of proccesses but it's still faster than the virus' can abuse your cells to multiply.

[WildCatClaws]

Oh haha me too!

[rory12349]

i mean i am smarter now that i have watched this

[MrTroskafke]

Dawid Buldyński to Polak?

[WildCatClaws]

Then why are you watching this? You're obviously trying to LEARN more.

[mmmkeklol]

eat garlic.

[Marija Nikolic]

Well fuck that to much meby 4000 is ok but 180000 fuck!!!

[31415equalspi]

You would need an electron microscope with prices ranging from $4000 to $180000.

[Gerardaxe]

That immune system cell scared the crap out of me when it "ate" the virus :o