This one is mostly about epidemiology. He emphasizes that this was all accurate as of March 15. But he repeats the pangolin connection, which I think has been dismissed for about a month now.
This above is the longer one (50 min). I think it's nerdier about how the virus hurts us, and how that's going to present as symptoms.
The above is the shorter one (35 min). I know most of this stuff (I've been married to a biologist for almost 30 years), but maybe it's new to you folks. I did notice that they way he says ARDS and SIRS is hard for me to understand (that's Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome — basically you're starting to drown in your own fluids, and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome—basically your body is putting out tons of white blood cells that are attacking ... everything). A lot of this one is about why particular drug treatments might work, how ventilation helps, and how we get the epidemic under control (BTW, he makes my point from the previous post about not getting fooled into thinking SARS-CoV-2 is not much of a threat to the young).
Did you see his fistful of dry erase markers? Remind you of anyone??
P.S. If you're a book/movie nerd, part of the explanation of the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on breathing are super-similar to those Michael Chricton's first big book and movie The Andromeda Strain.
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