NHK WORLD PRIME

Season 4, Episode 18

Episode Title: Exposing the Coronavirus: Our Invisible Enemy in 3DCG

Air Date: 2020-09-19

Overview:

We fear what we cannot see. Much of the terror caused by the novel coronavirus is because this mysterious enemy is invisible to the naked eye. CG designer and medical doctor Hirofumi Seo uses his background to decode the latest research, as well as interview experts in infectious diseases and viruses. The result is a visual model of our invisible foe. Take a visual tour of the mechanisms behind infection, replication, symptom progression and potential treatment in this scientific documentary.