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- This was Wuhan in the first
few moments of 2020,
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celebrating the New Year
like any other city.
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- On the morning
of January 1st,
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this speech by China's
president was broadcast
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all across the country.
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Later that afternoon,
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another message went out
on state media.
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This message faded
into the background
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when the whole country
was celebrating.
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It barely registered
with people, including me.
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I've lived in the U.S.
for nine years,
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and each year in January,
I would return to my home
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in China to celebrate
the Chinese New Year
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with my family.
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This year, I traveled
with my two-year-old son.
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This was the last moment
I can remember
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when life still felt normal.
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In the weeks and months
that followed,
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as the world plunged
into chaos and confusion,
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this image returned
to my mind,
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and the news bulletin
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from that same day hung
in my memory.
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When I look
at these people now,
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unaware of what was spreading
between them,
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I feel like we are all still
standing there in that moment.
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On January 23rd,
I left my son in China
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so he could spend the holiday
with my mom,
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and I flew back to the U.S.
for a work trip.
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As soon as I landed
in the U.S.,
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the Chinese government
announced
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it was locking down Wuhan.
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All 11 million people living
in Wuhan were sealed off
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from the outside world,
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and other cities all around
the country were starting
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to barricade themselves
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to stop the virus
from reaching them.
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Not knowing whether
my family was safe
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in our hometown 200 miles east
of Wuhan,
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I scrolled through the news,
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trying to find
more information.
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On the evening
of Wuhan's lockdown,
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this was broadcast on national
and local TV.
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While this was
being broadcast on TV,
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this is what was
on social media.
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- People were dying
on the streets.
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Posts like these were deleted
from social media
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by government censors.
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Simply filming on the street
with a cell phone
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became sensitive.
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Finally, a family member
who worked in the hospital
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told me that our town had
several confirmed cases,
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but the government
was ordering hospital staff
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to keep it a secret.
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I knew we had to get our son
out of the country.
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My husband bought
the first available ticket
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to pick him up.
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I spent hours
reading social media posts,
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and I discovered a forum
for people
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who had tested positive
but couldn't get treatment
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because hospitals
were overwhelmed.
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Thousands of people
were uploading their names,
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ID pictures, phone numbers,
and their X-rays
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in hopes of getting
some access to care.
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Seeing these patients
brought back memories
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of a moment
from when I was 11 years old.
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My father was in the hospital
getting treatment
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for heart disease
and was surrounded
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by people who were dying.
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My mom had to work nonstop
to afford the medical bills,
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so I stayed at the hospital
taking care of my dad.
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These lines of people waiting
for care in Wuhan reminded me
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of the lines I stood in
to fill out paperwork
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or get medication
for my father.
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I was small,
even for an 11-year-old,
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and people would often push
past me,
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and the staff would ignore me.
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Not long after that,
my father died
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at 33 years old.
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The grief and powerlessness
I felt
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at losing him like that,
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wondering if he could have
lived longer
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had he gotten better care,
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it shaped me into who I am
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and later drove me
to make documentaries.
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I archived as many posts
as I could,
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and I tried reaching out
to a few major newspapers
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in the U.S. with the hope
that news coverage
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could somehow help
these people.
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None of the newspapers
I contacted
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would pursue this story.
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I decided to try and
contact local camerapeople
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in Wuhan to start
collecting people's stories.
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What they sent was
my first real glimpse
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of what life in Wuhan looked
like under quarantine.
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Every movement required
approval from party officials.
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Only people who got
a special letter of permission
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from the government could film
at the hospitals,
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and a few of them agreed
to film for me,
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each for different reasons.
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This was some
of the first footage
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they filmed
inside the hospital.
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- Oh.
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Oh.
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- When I noticed
the camerapeople
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were turning off their cameras
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whenever they
saw something negative,
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I suggested that they
put multiple cameras
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in different places
around the hospital
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and keep filming all day long.
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This shot captured
the cameraperson sitting down
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to take a break.
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I also told them
to film nonstop
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with their handheld cameras,
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and they took the instructions
very literally.
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This shot of a patient's foot
lasted for five minutes.
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But then someone caught
the cameraperson's attention.
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- This detail surprised me.
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The father kept saying that he
and his son were infected
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in December.
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This would have been a month
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before the government
announced the outbreak.
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I wanted to interview doctors
and nurses about this,
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but I was told that every
interview request had
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to be approved
by the government.
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In one moment captured by
a camera placed in the lobby,
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the media was
staging interviews
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with doctors and nurses.
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Everywhere
our cameraperson filmed,
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there were media crews working
for the state
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and local
propaganda department.
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I learned that the government
sent hundreds of journalists
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to report on the situation
in Wuhan.
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On TV,
the propaganda department
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laid out its strategy
for covering the outbreak.
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Positive is a word that
I heard over and over on TV.
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Even some of our camerapeople
agreed that it was important
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to portray
the situation positively,
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and one of them explained why.
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Many doctors would only
tell positive stories.
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Just a few agreed to speak
with me but only anonymously.
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Unable to get doctors
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from state-owned hospitals
to speak,
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I searched and
found private clinic owners.
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Chen and her husband, Liu,
run a small clinic
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near Huanan Seafood Market,
the wet market
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where the first COVID-19 cases
were discovered
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All of these patients
came in within four days
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of each other in December.
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Some of them later would
test positive for COVID.
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On December 26th, Doctor Liu
developed a fever himself.
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When his condition worsened,
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he tried to get treatment
at a hospital.
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Between January 1st
and January 2nd,
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4 different hospitals
refused to treat Liu,
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and none of them offered
a reason that made any sense.
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I gathered every source
of information I could
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on the early days
of the outbreak
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to see if I could find
an explanation.
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This article published
by scientists from Wuhan
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in an international
medical journal said
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the first known case
of unexplained pneumonia
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was recorded on December 1st.
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On December 26th,
a private lab tested samples
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from patients.
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One of the lab technicians
posted their discoveries
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about the virus on his blog.
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They described the virus
as a subtype of SARS.
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They also shared
their findings
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with government
health officials in Wuhan.
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Then on December 30th,
in a private group chat,
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a few doctors in Wuhan
warned friends and family
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about this new
SARS-like virus.
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One of the doctors
was named Li Wenliang,
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who would later die after
being infected by a patient.
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Screenshots of these chats
were circulated
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on social media,
and on January 1st,
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those 8 doctors ended up
on the news.
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On the same day that the
eight doctors were punished,
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Liu visited four
of the hospitals
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where the punished doctors
had been working.
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He was turned away
from all of them.
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Many of the doctors at these
hospitals must have known
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this new virus was spreading
between people,
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but they were afraid to say so
for fear of punishment
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from the government.
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- For three weeks
following the punishment
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of those eight doctors,
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the government continuously
reassured the public
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that the virus was contained
and wasn't spreading
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between people.
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- During this time
as health-care workers
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and patients were spreading
the virus in hospitals,
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the annual People's Congress
in Hubei Province was held
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in Wuhan.
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Every province holds one
of these meetings
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at the beginning of each year.
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It's a chance
for party officials
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to make big speeches
and set the agenda
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for the coming year.
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It would not have been
a good time
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to announce the spread
of a new virus.
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The Congress lasted
for two weeks,
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and during that time,
the government announced
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each day that there were
no new coronavirus cases.
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On January 20th,
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2 days
after the Congress ended,
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the government announced
for the first time
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that the virus could spread
between people.
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Three days later,
the city was locked down.
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Hospitals
and emergency hotlines
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immediately were overwhelmed.
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The footage
the camerapeople sent me
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revealed so many families
facing this exact situation.
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A loved one was near death,
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but no hospital would
admit them.
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This shot of medics walking
to pick up a patient
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lasted for 15 minutes.
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The roads and entrances
to many neighborhoods
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had been blocked
during the lockdown.
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It often took the medics
a long time
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to reach a patient.
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As I watched them pass by
each building,
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I thought of the people
who posted their chest X-rays
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on the social media forum.
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I wondered how many of them
could have been sitting
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by their apartment windows
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watching the medics
come closer,
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only to pass their window
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and disappear
around the corner.
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I thought the government
would have wanted
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to conceal moments
like this from the public,
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but instead,
outbreak stories
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were broadcast nonstop on TV.
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- After watching hundreds
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of these state media
programs myself,
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I saw a pattern of story types
that were being approved
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by the propaganda department--
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stories that inspired
confidence and hope.
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One topic in particular kept
showing up in the broadcasts.
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These stories were
nationally televised
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and watched by millions.
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When I lived in China,
I remember feeling moved
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watching these kinds
of state TV broadcasts
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about regular people
overcoming adversity,
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fighting for each other.
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But I don't remember
ever questioning
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where the adversity came from
in the first place
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or why the government's
propaganda department
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was showing it to me.
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But now it's clear
that when the government
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is telling us where to look,
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they're also telling us
where not to look.
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I called the people
on the social media forum
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who had posted their X-rays
and phone numbers online.
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Each person I spoke to
described unbearable trauma
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and loss.
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Ding is a taxi driver.
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His mother died
in a hospital lobby
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after waiting days for a bed.
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The nurse told him not to cry
or wipe his tears
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because it would increase
his own risk of infection.
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Yawen is a college student
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whose entire family
was infected.
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Her father and grandfather
died one day apart.
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Zhou Li and her husband
were infected
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and went to sleep on the floor
of a hospital lobby
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to protect their 13-year-old
son from infection.
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Li Qiong's husband
and daughter are both
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U.S. citizens.
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They traveled to Wuhan for the
Chinese New Year celebrations.
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When the lockdown started,
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her husband and daughter
managed to board a flight
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back to the U.S.,
but Li Qiong stayed in Wuhan
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to care for her father,
who was infected.
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When I first learned
Li Qiong's story,
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it reminded me of when I had
to get my son out of China.
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- Once my son was home,
I was full of anxiety
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and guilt about being
separate from my mother.
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I worried about who would
take care of her
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if she got sick.
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Li Qiong was living
my worst fear.
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- Wicinski's wife
Li Qiong's father,
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who's been ill with the virus,
was waiting for weeks
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to get a hospital bed.
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He says hospital beds are hard
to find.
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His wife and her dad are
sleeping in the parking lot
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just to be first in line.
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- Wicinski says
with the hospitals full,
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they were left to care
for him alone.
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- Frank Wicinski and
his three-year-old daughter--
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- Just as I reached out
to reporters in the U.S.
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to find help,
Li Qiong's husband, Frank,
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went to the media,
hoping that the exposure
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could somehow help Li Qiong
and her father.
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- And then now she...
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- But Frank's interviews had
a different impact
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that neither of them expected.
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- Now Frank can't
stop coughing,
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so he takes a swig from
his daughter's water bottle,
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hands it back,
and she continues
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to drink from it, uh-oh.
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- This moment of him coughing
went viral.
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Looking through
the thousands of comments
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00:47:20,791 --> 00:47:22,958
on Frank's interview,
I wondered,
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00:47:23,041 --> 00:47:25,751
why did so many people believe
that Frank was part
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00:47:25,833 --> 00:47:27,626
of some conspiracy?
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00:47:27,708 --> 00:47:31,250
And what convinced them that
the virus wasn't a threat?
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- Are there worries about
a pandemic at this point?
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- No, not at all, and we're--we
have it totally under control.
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We think we have it very well
under control.
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- The risk to Americans is low.
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- By April, you know,
in theory,
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when it gets a little warmer,
it miraculously goes away.
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- Right now don't worry
about it.
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Be more concerned
about influenza.
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- The immediate risk
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to the general American public
remains low.
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- This is a flu.
This is like a flu.
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- Americans, independent of
where they live in this nation,
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are at low risk.
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The American public needs to go
on with their normal lives.
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00:48:07,876 --> 00:48:10,626
- And tonight with the latest
on the coronavirus outbreak,
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the first confirmed case
in New York City.
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00:48:13,583 --> 00:48:16,208
Governor Cuomo is reminding
New Yorkers the risk
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of getting coronavirus
remains low.
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- For the vast majority
of New Yorkers,
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life is going on
pretty normally right now,
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and we want to encourage that.
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There's very little
threat here.
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This disease,
even if you were to get it,
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basically acts
like a common cold or flu.
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00:48:31,666 --> 00:48:33,583
- Like most people
in the U.S.,
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I trusted that the risk here
was low
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00:48:36,125 --> 00:48:38,166
and lived my life normally.
335
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:51,541
My mom saw the news that the
virus had reached New York.
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00:48:51,626 --> 00:48:54,751
She called and told us
to wear masks outside.
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00:48:54,833 --> 00:48:57,333
She sent me a video
of a friend of hers
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00:48:57,416 --> 00:48:59,666
being caught without a mask
in public.
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00:49:04,208 --> 00:49:07,291
He was detained
the next day.
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00:49:07,375 --> 00:49:09,918
The video made me angry
at the Chinese government
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for overreacting.
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00:49:11,541 --> 00:49:14,125
I told my mom
she was being paranoid,
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00:49:14,208 --> 00:49:15,958
and I translated
and sent her videos
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00:49:16,041 --> 00:49:17,751
from American experts.
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00:49:17,833 --> 00:49:20,125
- Right now
in the United States,
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00:49:20,208 --> 00:49:22,626
people should not be walking
around with masks.
347
00:49:22,708 --> 00:49:24,041
- You're sure of it?
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00:49:24,125 --> 00:49:26,500
'Cause people are listening
really closely to this.
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00:49:26,583 --> 00:49:28,666
- Right now people should not
be--there's no reason
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to be walking around
with a mask.
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00:49:31,458 --> 00:49:35,416
- Then in an instant,
everything changed.
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00:49:35,500 --> 00:49:38,375
- Confirmed cases
in New York City is now 36.
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Now 53, 154, 183,
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00:49:42,791 --> 00:49:45,833
329, 814,
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00:49:45,918 --> 00:49:48,833
3,615,
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00:49:48,918 --> 00:49:51,041
5,151.
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00:49:51,125 --> 00:49:53,500
- We're going to put out
an executive order today.
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100% of the workforce
must stay home.
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00:50:10,375 --> 00:50:14,041
- Just like in Wuhan,
America's largest city went
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from hearing that the virus
didn't pose a threat
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to finding itself
under lockdown.
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00:50:25,918 --> 00:50:28,666
I watched the news each day
in disbelief.
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00:50:28,751 --> 00:50:30,208
How did I not see it coming
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00:50:30,291 --> 00:50:33,208
even though there had been
so many warning signs
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00:50:33,291 --> 00:50:36,125
since I first came back
to the U.S. from China?
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00:50:39,791 --> 00:50:43,666
On January 23rd,
the day of Wuhan's lockdown,
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when I arrived at customs,
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there was
no temperature check,
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nobody asking
where I had come from
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or if I was feeling sick.
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00:50:53,541 --> 00:50:57,125
Then a week after coming back
from China,
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00:50:57,208 --> 00:50:59,791
my son Jamie developed
a fever.
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00:50:59,876 --> 00:51:03,416
Our first thought was that
he might have been infected.
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00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:05,626
When we took him to the ER,
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00:51:05,708 --> 00:51:08,000
the doctors said
he couldn't get tested
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00:51:08,083 --> 00:51:09,918
and told us not to worry.
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00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,918
They said the virus
wasn't spreading in the U.S.
378
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,583
and they sent us home.
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00:51:14,666 --> 00:51:17,416
I felt surprised
that he couldn't get tested,
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00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,751
even though he'd just come
from China and had symptoms,
381
00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:22,918
but I trusted the doctors.
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00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,583
They were the experts,
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00:51:24,666 --> 00:51:27,291
and they were following
the CDC's guidelines.
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00:51:28,833 --> 00:51:31,375
- We self-quarantined just
to be safe,
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00:51:31,458 --> 00:51:35,626
and after a week,
Jamie was back to normal.
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00:51:35,708 --> 00:51:39,000
Just a few weeks later
when I looked out my window
387
00:51:39,083 --> 00:51:41,666
in New Jersey,
I started to see reflections
388
00:51:41,751 --> 00:51:43,583
of scenes from Wuhan.
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00:51:50,125 --> 00:51:53,791
By April, the nearest testing
site to my home was filling
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00:51:53,876 --> 00:51:56,333
to capacity hours
before it opened.
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00:51:58,208 --> 00:52:01,416
I realized that I had
fully bought into the idea
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00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:03,626
that America was too advanced
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00:52:03,708 --> 00:52:06,458
to suffer an outbreak
like China's,
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00:52:06,541 --> 00:52:09,000
but every time
I turned on the news,
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00:52:09,083 --> 00:52:11,500
I heard echoes
of China's outbreak
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00:52:11,583 --> 00:52:13,291
all across America.
397
00:52:13,375 --> 00:52:15,708
- Hospitals across the country
are bracing for a surge
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00:52:15,791 --> 00:52:16,876
in coronavirus patients--
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00:52:16,958 --> 00:52:19,166
- Frontline medical workers
are facing shortages
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00:52:19,250 --> 00:52:20,500
of N95 masks--
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00:52:20,583 --> 00:52:22,583
- Pictures of nurses
in a New York City hospital
402
00:52:22,666 --> 00:52:24,000
wearing garbage bags--
403
00:52:24,083 --> 00:52:26,125
- We don't have the equipment
to tackle this problem.
404
00:52:26,208 --> 00:52:27,458
- Where hospitals are
overwhelmed.
405
00:52:27,541 --> 00:52:29,250
- Hospitals are getting close
to being overwhelmed.
406
00:52:29,333 --> 00:52:31,333
- Our ICU is 95% full
this morning.
407
00:52:31,416 --> 00:52:33,166
- This is overwhelming
hospitals
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00:52:33,250 --> 00:52:34,500
and first responders.
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00:52:36,041 --> 00:52:38,751
- When they were
shutting down Wuhan,
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00:52:38,833 --> 00:52:42,166
I was really concerned
about the videos
411
00:52:42,250 --> 00:52:44,708
that were coming up online,
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00:52:44,791 --> 00:52:47,541
so I started asking questions
in the hospital.
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00:52:47,626 --> 00:52:48,876
What are the protocols?
414
00:52:48,958 --> 00:52:50,833
What are gonna be
the procedures?
415
00:52:50,918 --> 00:52:52,751
How are we gonna
handle the situation,
416
00:52:52,833 --> 00:52:54,583
and how are we preparing
for this?
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00:52:54,666 --> 00:52:58,751
They told me, "Yeah, yeah,
yeah, we're preparing."
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00:52:58,833 --> 00:53:02,208
There was nothing ever...
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00:53:02,291 --> 00:53:05,626
provided to us as far
as information or training
420
00:53:05,708 --> 00:53:09,041
until the first patient
actually came to the hospital,
421
00:53:09,125 --> 00:53:11,208
and that same day,
422
00:53:11,291 --> 00:53:13,000
they were trying
to train the nurses
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00:53:13,083 --> 00:53:15,876
how to don and doff the PPE,
424
00:53:15,958 --> 00:53:18,416
but nothing was ever given
in writing.
425
00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:21,833
It's sort of like walking
into a fire,
426
00:53:21,918 --> 00:53:24,626
and you have nothing
to stop the fire,
427
00:53:24,708 --> 00:53:26,541
and here you are,
raising the alarm
428
00:53:26,626 --> 00:53:28,041
and trying to call for help,
429
00:53:28,125 --> 00:53:32,541
and everybody's just
kind of brushing you off.
430
00:53:32,626 --> 00:53:35,751
I was accused
of causing hysteria
431
00:53:35,833 --> 00:53:37,751
and spreading rumors.
432
00:53:39,876 --> 00:53:42,291
- It sounded exactly
like the way doctors
433
00:53:42,375 --> 00:53:45,458
in Wuhan were punished
for sounding the alarm.
434
00:53:45,541 --> 00:53:47,375
It was a pattern
across the country.
435
00:53:47,458 --> 00:53:49,375
- An emergency room physician
lost his job
436
00:53:49,458 --> 00:53:51,958
after publicly criticizing
the hospital's response
437
00:53:52,041 --> 00:53:53,291
to the coronavirus.
438
00:53:53,375 --> 00:53:55,791
A nurse has been fired
for posting a video online.
439
00:53:55,876 --> 00:53:58,416
- He was fired after
expressing safety concerns
440
00:53:58,500 --> 00:53:59,751
to the media.
441
00:53:59,833 --> 00:54:03,791
- Hospitals are warning them
not to talk to the media.
442
00:54:03,876 --> 00:54:07,166
- Nurses in one of our floors
were wearing garbage bags
443
00:54:07,250 --> 00:54:09,876
because they were
denied gowns.
444
00:54:09,958 --> 00:54:11,458
The moment
you open your mouth,
445
00:54:11,541 --> 00:54:12,876
you conceivably could become
a target,
446
00:54:12,958 --> 00:54:15,000
and then they're gonna try
to take away your job.
447
00:54:15,083 --> 00:54:18,626
People who were outspoken
about PPE--that happened
448
00:54:18,708 --> 00:54:21,041
to another nurse, I think,
further north in Jersey.
449
00:54:21,125 --> 00:54:24,666
- This is what they tried
to make me wear.
450
00:54:24,751 --> 00:54:28,333
This surgical mask is
the thinnest I've ever seen.
451
00:54:28,416 --> 00:54:30,250
It's like toilet paper.
452
00:54:30,333 --> 00:54:32,626
I had a few N95s at home.
453
00:54:32,708 --> 00:54:34,666
I would take one
with me to work.
454
00:54:34,751 --> 00:54:36,500
Our manager came up to me
and told me
455
00:54:36,583 --> 00:54:38,626
that I had to take off
my gloves and mask
456
00:54:38,708 --> 00:54:40,208
and that I wasn't allowed
to wear them.
457
00:54:40,291 --> 00:54:43,751
And then I even--I made
the plea for her
458
00:54:43,833 --> 00:54:46,458
to let me wear it
because I had promised my son
459
00:54:46,541 --> 00:54:49,833
that I would protect myself
and him and my family
460
00:54:49,918 --> 00:54:52,291
while coming in
to the hospital.
461
00:54:52,375 --> 00:54:55,666
And at that point in time,
my supervisor told me
462
00:54:55,751 --> 00:54:59,541
that she strongly suggests
I find a different career.
463
00:54:59,626 --> 00:55:02,708
- There's never been, like,
a great communication
464
00:55:02,791 --> 00:55:04,833
of, like, "Listen,
these are our supplies.
465
00:55:04,918 --> 00:55:06,000
"This is what we have.
466
00:55:06,083 --> 00:55:07,791
This is how we have to ration
these things," you know.
467
00:55:07,876 --> 00:55:09,208
The first few weeks of it,
468
00:55:09,291 --> 00:55:12,791
the CDC standards were changing
almost daily,
469
00:55:12,876 --> 00:55:16,958
and it was not based on science
but based on supplies.
470
00:55:17,041 --> 00:55:21,000
And every day you come in,
and there'd be a new standard.
471
00:55:21,083 --> 00:55:24,166
And so each day
you're trying to understand,
472
00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:26,166
you know,
why is this okay today?
473
00:55:26,250 --> 00:55:28,541
- When the CDC
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00:55:28,626 --> 00:55:31,666
produced their
new and improved guidelines
475
00:55:31,751 --> 00:55:36,666
and the CDC was saying
that we didn't need
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00:55:36,751 --> 00:55:38,958
to wear masks outside,
477
00:55:39,041 --> 00:55:40,708
you know, going
to public places
478
00:55:40,791 --> 00:55:43,541
and that we weren't protected
by wearing them,
479
00:55:43,626 --> 00:55:46,250
I knew initially--
I knew immediately
480
00:55:46,333 --> 00:55:48,918
something was wrong.
481
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,208
I believe that the CDC
made that guideline
482
00:55:52,291 --> 00:55:56,125
to provide ample supply
to the health-care workers,
483
00:55:56,208 --> 00:56:00,918
but instead, they should have
stated their intentions.
484
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:05,833
And now that they've altered
their recommendations
485
00:56:05,918 --> 00:56:09,541
based on supply,
I feel that not only myself
486
00:56:09,626 --> 00:56:13,083
but a lot of health-care
workers are having a problem
487
00:56:13,166 --> 00:56:15,208
trusting in the CDC now.
488
00:56:19,208 --> 00:56:23,626
- The CDC went as far as saying
that if we didn't have a mask,
489
00:56:23,708 --> 00:56:25,708
just wear a scarf.
490
00:56:25,791 --> 00:56:28,125
What kind of agency are you?
491
00:56:28,208 --> 00:56:30,166
How can you have
any credibility?
492
00:56:30,250 --> 00:56:33,458
How can you ever expect that we
will believe you or trust you?
493
00:56:33,541 --> 00:56:36,125
This is the reflection
of a broken system
494
00:56:36,208 --> 00:56:39,458
that was already on the verge
of death!
495
00:56:39,541 --> 00:56:41,583
When I decided to speak up,
496
00:56:41,666 --> 00:56:43,333
I said,
"I'm gonna lose my job.
497
00:56:43,416 --> 00:56:45,958
They're probably gonna fire me
the next day."
498
00:56:46,041 --> 00:56:51,291
But I didn't care,
because it was so bad,
499
00:56:51,375 --> 00:56:53,125
nothing mattered anymore.
500
00:57:03,125 --> 00:57:06,166
I'll never forget a patient
who had,
501
00:57:06,250 --> 00:57:08,166
"Do not intubate,
do not resuscitate"
502
00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:09,918
orders already.
503
00:57:12,751 --> 00:57:14,833
They actually allowed
the wife to come
504
00:57:14,918 --> 00:57:19,166
and say her last goodbye
to her husband,
505
00:57:19,250 --> 00:57:22,083
and she came out of the room...
506
00:57:25,166 --> 00:57:28,000
And she just stood there,
507
00:57:28,083 --> 00:57:29,626
and she looked so lost.
508
00:57:29,708 --> 00:57:33,626
She was crying,
so I came over...
509
00:57:33,708 --> 00:57:36,125
and I said I was sorry,
510
00:57:36,208 --> 00:57:39,833
and if there was anything else
I could do for her.
511
00:57:39,918 --> 00:57:43,333
So she just nodded no,
and then she said,
512
00:57:43,416 --> 00:57:47,000
"Thank you for taking care
of him."
513
00:57:47,083 --> 00:57:49,708
And I gave her a hug.
I gave her a hug.
514
00:57:49,791 --> 00:57:53,500
I probably shouldn't have
done that, but...
515
00:57:53,583 --> 00:57:56,375
I felt so bad for her
because she--
516
00:57:56,458 --> 00:57:58,583
you know, I was glad
she had the opportunity
517
00:57:58,666 --> 00:58:02,876
to come and see him,
but she was alone,
518
00:58:02,958 --> 00:58:06,000
and it was just too much.
519
00:58:06,083 --> 00:58:08,208
I didn't know what to do.
520
00:58:08,291 --> 00:58:10,500
I just--like,
we didn't know what to do.
521
00:58:10,583 --> 00:58:12,375
We tried our best to do
whatever we could,
522
00:58:12,458 --> 00:58:16,500
and it didn't make a difference
anyway for a lot of them.
523
00:58:36,250 --> 00:58:38,626
- At the time when I spoke
with Diana,
524
00:58:38,708 --> 00:58:40,291
she had been isolating herself
525
00:58:40,375 --> 00:58:43,416
from her husband
and three kids.
526
00:58:43,500 --> 00:58:46,041
She filmed video diaries
to show people
527
00:58:46,125 --> 00:58:48,291
what health-care workers
were going through.
528
00:58:49,958 --> 00:58:52,416
When I talked to health-care
workers like her,
529
00:58:52,500 --> 00:58:55,751
I noticed they'd often burst
into tears at times
530
00:58:55,833 --> 00:58:58,291
when they talked about
the death they witnessed
531
00:58:58,375 --> 00:59:01,208
or their separation
from their families,
532
00:59:01,291 --> 00:59:04,958
but also at times
that seemed unexpected to me.
533
00:59:07,375 --> 00:59:09,458
- I'm sorry, hold on.
534
00:59:13,333 --> 00:59:17,291
- It was then I realized how
vast their trauma must be
535
00:59:17,375 --> 00:59:21,291
and how invisible it still was
to the rest of the world.
536
00:59:25,876 --> 00:59:28,208
- I just--I guess
I need a second.
537
00:59:32,166 --> 00:59:34,125
Um...
538
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:47,583
Um...
539
00:59:47,666 --> 00:59:50,250
all right.
540
00:59:50,333 --> 00:59:52,626
I was just talking
with my neighbor today,
541
00:59:52,708 --> 00:59:55,333
if I can say this, she was--
and we were talking
542
00:59:55,416 --> 00:59:59,166
about how everyone is
holding up...
543
00:59:59,250 --> 01:00:02,500
and...
544
01:00:02,583 --> 01:00:05,166
and, you know, my fear...
545
01:00:08,375 --> 01:00:09,791
Jesus.
546
01:00:13,166 --> 01:00:16,000
I didn't know this was in me,
547
01:00:16,083 --> 01:00:18,833
like, how upset I'm getting
right now.
548
01:00:24,708 --> 01:00:29,166
Um...
549
01:00:29,250 --> 01:00:31,958
there are nurses,
especially in the ICUs,
550
01:00:32,041 --> 01:00:33,751
who are dealing
with a lot of death
551
01:00:33,833 --> 01:00:37,541
and a lot of just
patients crashing.
552
01:00:37,626 --> 01:00:39,583
You know,
a lot of the patients,
553
01:00:39,666 --> 01:00:43,166
once they're intubated,
don't necessarily make it.
554
01:00:43,250 --> 01:00:46,208
And I work in the ED.
555
01:00:46,291 --> 01:00:50,416
We had some patients like this,
but we didn't have them
556
01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:51,876
to the degree
and for the length
557
01:00:51,958 --> 01:00:56,000
that those ICU nurses
have, and...
558
01:00:56,083 --> 01:00:58,208
if...
559
01:00:58,291 --> 01:01:01,166
if this is how
this is making me feel,
560
01:01:01,250 --> 01:01:03,208
I don't know how
those nurses are gonna crash
561
01:01:03,291 --> 01:01:06,541
once they stop and start
talking about this stuff.
562
01:03:04,876 --> 01:03:07,291
- More than
40,000 health-care workers
563
01:03:07,375 --> 01:03:10,000
from other provinces were sent
to Wuhan
564
01:03:10,083 --> 01:03:12,458
to help local hospitals.
565
01:03:12,541 --> 01:03:15,125
They left their own families
for two months
566
01:03:15,208 --> 01:03:17,375
and stayed in Wuhan
until a few days
567
01:03:17,458 --> 01:03:20,708
before the lockdown
was lifted.
568
01:03:20,791 --> 01:03:23,416
When I saw them
taking off their suits,
569
01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:27,541
I realized how young many
of them were.
570
01:03:27,626 --> 01:03:30,125
Their lives had
barely started,
571
01:03:30,208 --> 01:03:32,708
and they found themselves far
from home,
572
01:03:32,791 --> 01:03:36,876
fighting an unknown virus,
surrounded by chaos and death.
573
01:03:52,751 --> 01:03:55,333
On the day they prepared
to leave Wuhan,
574
01:03:55,416 --> 01:03:58,041
the local authorities
held celebrations
575
01:03:58,125 --> 01:03:59,876
to thank them.
576
01:03:59,958 --> 01:04:02,751
These events celebrated
the Communist Party
577
01:04:02,833 --> 01:04:05,876
as much as they celebrated
the health-care workers.
578
01:04:58,751 --> 01:05:01,250
I've seen ceremonies
like this play out
579
01:05:01,333 --> 01:05:04,791
over and over after
major disasters in China.
580
01:05:04,876 --> 01:05:07,291
People emerge from the trauma
of these events
581
01:05:07,375 --> 01:05:11,083
with even stronger patriotic
sentiment than before.
582
01:06:15,583 --> 01:06:18,208
- Disasters become
propaganda tools
583
01:06:18,291 --> 01:06:21,291
instead of inspiring change.
584
01:06:21,375 --> 01:06:24,041
These images become
the official history
585
01:06:24,125 --> 01:06:25,666
of the disaster.
586
01:06:25,751 --> 01:06:29,208
It was another triumph
for the Communist Party.
587
01:10:28,583 --> 01:10:30,542
The day Tao went
to the funeral home
588
01:10:30,626 --> 01:10:32,917
to pick up the ashes
of his son,
589
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:35,292
our cameraperson
followed him there.
590
01:10:42,417 --> 01:10:45,292
It was the second time
our cameraperson tried
591
01:10:45,375 --> 01:10:48,000
to go to the funeral home.
592
01:10:48,082 --> 01:10:51,082
The first time
he almost was arrested.
593
01:11:17,333 --> 01:11:19,167
At the time,
I couldn't understand
594
01:11:19,250 --> 01:11:22,667
what was sensitive about
people collecting the ashes.
595
01:11:22,751 --> 01:11:24,958
I suggested
that the cameraperson film
596
01:11:25,042 --> 01:11:26,917
from inside the car.
597
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:34,082
The government
prohibited funerals
598
01:12:34,167 --> 01:12:35,958
and formal ceremonies,
599
01:12:36,042 --> 01:12:38,876
so many people made small
traditional death offerings
600
01:12:38,958 --> 01:12:40,583
on sidewalks.
601
01:12:42,708 --> 01:12:44,876
By April,
the official death toll
602
01:12:44,958 --> 01:12:50,167
from COVID in Wuhan was 3,335.
603
01:12:50,250 --> 01:12:52,792
Most victims' ashes
had been held
604
01:12:52,876 --> 01:12:55,876
by state-run funeral homes
until then,
605
01:12:55,958 --> 01:12:58,208
and when the government
announced the ashes
606
01:12:58,292 --> 01:13:00,708
would be released
to family members,
607
01:13:00,792 --> 01:13:03,958
it ordered that all remains be
collected and buried
608
01:13:04,042 --> 01:13:05,375
within two weeks.
609
01:15:18,333 --> 01:15:21,958
This was one of 16 public
cemeteries in Wuhan.
610
01:15:22,042 --> 01:15:24,250
The city has
8 funeral homes,
611
01:15:24,333 --> 01:15:26,708
and all of them are run
by the state.
612
01:15:26,792 --> 01:15:28,208
Since the outbreak,
613
01:15:28,292 --> 01:15:30,708
the government has
heavily restricted reporting
614
01:15:30,792 --> 01:15:32,417
on the funeral homes.
615
01:15:32,500 --> 01:15:35,958
One employee agreed to speak
to me anonymously.
616
01:18:01,500 --> 01:18:04,417
all: Open California!
Open California!
617
01:18:04,500 --> 01:18:07,792
Open California!
Open California!
618
01:18:07,876 --> 01:18:09,417
Open California!
619
01:18:09,500 --> 01:18:13,082
- Reopen Florida!
- Reopen Florida!
620
01:18:13,167 --> 01:18:14,626
- Reopen Florida!
621
01:18:14,708 --> 01:18:17,751
all: Open Illinois!
Open Illinois!
622
01:18:17,833 --> 01:18:20,500
Open Illinois!
Open Illinois!
623
01:18:23,958 --> 01:18:25,708
- When do we want it?
- Now!
624
01:18:25,792 --> 01:18:29,082
- Not a single person do I know
625
01:18:29,167 --> 01:18:31,458
that has had the coronavirus,
626
01:18:31,542 --> 01:18:34,208
not one, not one,
and I know a lot of people.
627
01:18:34,292 --> 01:18:36,626
- They're inflating the numbers
of the COVID deaths.
628
01:18:36,708 --> 01:18:39,876
The CDC is actually
paying hospitals
629
01:18:39,958 --> 01:18:41,167
to call deaths COVID.
630
01:18:41,250 --> 01:18:43,000
- I know the propaganda's
out there,
631
01:18:43,082 --> 01:18:44,375
and I can't stand it.
632
01:18:44,458 --> 01:18:47,167
If you really want to know,
I'm pissed off.
633
01:18:47,250 --> 01:18:49,000
- Say no to anybody
who tells you
634
01:18:49,082 --> 01:18:51,167
that the most important thing
for you to do is
635
01:18:51,250 --> 01:18:53,833
to listen to your government,
give up your God-given right.
636
01:18:53,917 --> 01:18:55,876
- Any governor
that's given an order
637
01:18:55,958 --> 01:18:59,167
for people to stay at home
or to wear face masks,
638
01:18:59,250 --> 01:19:00,958
you're violating our liberty.
639
01:19:01,042 --> 01:19:02,917
all:
Freedom, freedom,
640
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,082
freedom, freedom, freedom!
641
01:19:05,167 --> 01:19:07,626
- As I watched the protesters
in America,
642
01:19:07,708 --> 01:19:09,917
I thought about Peien.
643
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:12,626
He said that tens of thousands
died in China
644
01:19:12,708 --> 01:19:15,626
because there was no freedom
of speech.
645
01:19:15,708 --> 01:19:17,751
I wondered what he would think
646
01:19:17,833 --> 01:19:19,833
if he could see
what was happening here.
647
01:19:19,917 --> 01:19:22,626
- I feel like the American
government is trying
648
01:19:22,708 --> 01:19:25,333
to be more like China,
which is a communist country,
649
01:19:25,417 --> 01:19:28,333
and I feel like being free is
what separates us
650
01:19:28,417 --> 01:19:30,333
from other countries.
651
01:19:30,417 --> 01:19:33,500
- Nine years ago when I moved
to the U.S.,
652
01:19:33,583 --> 01:19:36,833
it was the idea of freedom
that attracted me.
653
01:19:36,917 --> 01:19:40,500
I had never seen a protest
until I came to the U.S.
654
01:19:40,583 --> 01:19:44,583
The closest thing to a protest
I had ever seen in China
655
01:19:44,667 --> 01:19:48,125
was six people standing
on the side of the road,
656
01:19:48,208 --> 01:19:50,917
and all of them ended up
in prison.
657
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:52,958
Nobody would look
at these people
658
01:19:53,042 --> 01:19:54,292
and say that they are free.
659
01:19:54,375 --> 01:19:56,000
all: USA, USA!
660
01:19:56,082 --> 01:19:58,708
- But is this what freedom
looks like?
661
01:19:58,792 --> 01:20:00,208
- USA!
- I was born here!
662
01:20:00,292 --> 01:20:03,375
You can't tell me to leave!
- You're not looking at facts!
663
01:20:03,458 --> 01:20:04,917
These are facts!
664
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:07,208
- You're a fascist!
- I'm a fucking fascist!
665
01:20:08,876 --> 01:20:12,500
- Right here.
I got my mask under my balls.
666
01:20:32,792 --> 01:20:34,876
You got nothing to say,
do you?
667
01:20:34,958 --> 01:20:37,708
I didn't think so.
668
01:20:37,792 --> 01:20:41,250
- I recognized the confidence
the protesters had.
669
01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:45,082
I felt the same way
when my mom called
670
01:20:45,167 --> 01:20:47,583
and told me to wear a mask.
671
01:20:47,667 --> 01:20:50,458
I trusted the experts
I was listening to.
672
01:20:50,542 --> 01:20:52,792
- People should not be walking
around with masks.
673
01:20:52,876 --> 01:20:54,292
There's no reason
to be walking around
674
01:20:54,375 --> 01:20:55,708
with a mask.
675
01:20:55,792 --> 01:20:58,792
- And I recognized
that same sense of trust
676
01:20:58,876 --> 01:21:01,708
in the way the protesters
repeated what they heard
677
01:21:01,792 --> 01:21:03,500
from people they trusted.
678
01:21:03,583 --> 01:21:05,333
- You treat this like a flu.
679
01:21:05,417 --> 01:21:07,250
This is a flu.
This is like a flu.
680
01:21:07,333 --> 01:21:08,417
- It's going to be
around forever.
681
01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:10,042
It's a new strain of the flu.
That's what it is.
682
01:21:10,125 --> 01:21:12,542
- What we have right now is
a bad case
683
01:21:12,626 --> 01:21:13,542
of the flu running loose,
684
01:21:13,626 --> 01:21:15,000
and we've decided
to close down the country.
685
01:21:15,082 --> 01:21:16,042
- Mr. President--
686
01:21:16,125 --> 01:21:17,458
- Mr. President,
have you seen anything
687
01:21:17,542 --> 01:21:19,542
that the
Wuhan Institute of Virology
688
01:21:19,626 --> 01:21:21,626
was the origin of this virus?
689
01:21:21,708 --> 01:21:23,458
- Yes, I have.
Yes, I have.
690
01:21:23,542 --> 01:21:25,751
- Personally, I think
it was a man-made virus.
691
01:21:25,833 --> 01:21:27,792
- I would believe
that they would have done that
692
01:21:27,876 --> 01:21:29,458
on purpose
for population control.
693
01:21:29,542 --> 01:21:31,626
- I believe it started
in a lab.
694
01:21:31,708 --> 01:21:35,833
- Scientifically modified
or manipulated in laboratories
695
01:21:35,917 --> 01:21:38,958
with patents held
by Bill Gates.
696
01:21:39,042 --> 01:21:41,417
This is all information
that's all out there.
697
01:21:41,500 --> 01:21:43,292
You hold the patent,
you hold the vaccine,
698
01:21:43,375 --> 01:21:48,125
you hold the virus,
you hold the "plandemic."
699
01:21:51,167 --> 01:21:55,417
- You know, these people,
they're ignorant.
700
01:21:55,500 --> 01:21:58,250
This is not a political agenda.
701
01:21:58,333 --> 01:22:02,125
This is something that we have
to come to and unite.
702
01:22:02,208 --> 01:22:05,500
We have to be united
to fight this.
703
01:22:05,583 --> 01:22:08,167
This is stupid.
704
01:22:08,250 --> 01:22:10,708
- When I first
saw the protesters,
705
01:22:10,792 --> 01:22:12,876
I had the same reaction.
706
01:22:12,958 --> 01:22:14,833
It was tempting
to dismiss them
707
01:22:14,917 --> 01:22:17,458
as crazy or brainwashed.
708
01:22:17,542 --> 01:22:19,833
But as I listened
more carefully,
709
01:22:19,917 --> 01:22:22,000
I heard them expressing
the same fear
710
01:22:22,082 --> 01:22:23,833
of misinformation that I had.
711
01:22:23,917 --> 01:22:27,458
- Our concern here is that now
it has become political.
712
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:30,626
The most important fact is
to get data
713
01:22:30,708 --> 01:22:34,583
that is 100% accurate,
not politically manufactured.
714
01:22:34,667 --> 01:22:38,042
- Accurate information is
absolutely imperative
715
01:22:38,125 --> 01:22:42,917
because we have too many people
that just follow the leader,
716
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:46,375
and the leader could lead 'em
to the edge of a cliff,
717
01:22:46,458 --> 01:22:48,583
and they would go,
and that's what will happen
718
01:22:48,667 --> 01:22:49,667
with our country.
719
01:22:49,751 --> 01:22:52,708
- Don't accept blindly
what we're saying to you.
720
01:22:52,792 --> 01:22:55,375
Right now the problem is people
are just blindly accepting
721
01:22:55,458 --> 01:22:57,000
what the government
says to 'em.
722
01:22:57,082 --> 01:22:59,042
And they have to understand
that when you do that,
723
01:22:59,125 --> 01:23:01,917
you unwittingly sell your soul
to tyranny.
724
01:23:03,667 --> 01:23:06,000
- We all think of ourselves
as capable
725
01:23:06,082 --> 01:23:08,833
of separating truth
from falsehood,
726
01:23:08,917 --> 01:23:10,917
but how can we
make that distinction
727
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:13,167
when misinformation comes
from the people
728
01:23:13,250 --> 01:23:14,792
we are supposed to trust?
729
01:23:14,876 --> 01:23:18,333
all:
USA, USA, USA!
730
01:23:18,417 --> 01:23:21,583
USA, USA, USA!
731
01:23:24,250 --> 01:23:26,082
- New concerns tonight
as more states
732
01:23:26,167 --> 01:23:28,583
break coronavirus
daily case records.
733
01:23:28,667 --> 01:23:29,876
As the country reopens,
734
01:23:29,958 --> 01:23:32,751
former FDA commissioner
Dr. Scott Gottlieb
735
01:23:32,833 --> 01:23:33,751
is sounding the alarm.
736
01:23:33,833 --> 01:23:35,958
- The worry is
that they're gonna tip over
737
01:23:36,042 --> 01:23:39,500
into exponential growth
coming this week.
738
01:23:39,583 --> 01:23:41,042
- I remember thinking back
739
01:23:41,125 --> 01:23:42,708
when this whole
pandemic started.
740
01:23:42,792 --> 01:23:44,542
I was scared,
and I just prayed.
741
01:23:44,626 --> 01:23:49,208
I said, "God, please let me
see my 34th birthday."
742
01:23:49,292 --> 01:23:52,626
And I think a lot of people
think like that now.
743
01:23:52,708 --> 01:23:55,876
Doctors and nurses
and firefighters
744
01:23:55,958 --> 01:23:59,000
and MTA workers and...
745
01:23:59,082 --> 01:24:00,917
People are just--
746
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:05,208
it got to a point, people were
just dropping like flies.
747
01:24:20,167 --> 01:24:22,708
The funeral's really
for the family,
748
01:24:22,792 --> 01:24:24,626
and when you really get
to meet the families
749
01:24:24,708 --> 01:24:27,042
and you get the narrative
about these people
750
01:24:27,125 --> 01:24:29,082
who once lived
like you and I...
751
01:24:29,167 --> 01:24:30,876
So you get the narrative
he was a teacher,
752
01:24:30,958 --> 01:24:32,417
he was a doctor,
he loved music,
753
01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:34,708
he loved this, he loved that,
she was a great mom,
754
01:24:34,792 --> 01:24:36,458
a great grandmother.
755
01:24:45,708 --> 01:24:48,751
- Infections are soaring to
new highs across the country.
756
01:24:48,833 --> 01:24:50,500
- Saturday Florida
broke its single day record--
757
01:24:50,583 --> 01:24:52,082
- The last four weeks,
the United States
758
01:24:52,167 --> 01:24:54,500
has seen a 42% increase
in the number of deaths.
759
01:24:54,583 --> 01:24:56,833
- With a stunning number--
- A grim milestone--
760
01:24:56,917 --> 01:24:58,833
- Mark the latest
grim milestone--
761
01:24:58,917 --> 01:25:00,876
- It's the highest total
of any country in the world.
762
01:27:07,833 --> 01:27:09,792
- At the beginning
of the outbreak,
763
01:27:09,876 --> 01:27:12,792
I thought the public would
demand greater transparency
764
01:27:12,876 --> 01:27:14,708
from the government,
765
01:27:14,792 --> 01:27:16,458
but several months later,
766
01:27:16,542 --> 01:27:19,375
only a few critical voices
remain.
767
01:28:01,042 --> 01:28:03,167
Chen Qiushi is
a human rights lawyer
768
01:28:03,250 --> 01:28:05,792
and citizen journalist
who livestreamed the reports
769
01:28:05,876 --> 01:28:09,250
from the ground in Wuhan
when the outbreak started.
770
01:28:24,208 --> 01:28:26,042
He posted his videos
on YouTube,
771
01:28:26,125 --> 01:28:28,708
and they were viewed millions
of times.
772
01:28:28,792 --> 01:28:31,417
Two days
after he interviewed Peien,
773
01:28:31,500 --> 01:28:33,208
he disappeared.
774
01:28:33,292 --> 01:28:35,082
This was the last video
he posted
775
01:28:35,167 --> 01:28:37,458
before his disappearance.
776
01:30:52,833 --> 01:30:55,333
Since Chen Qiushi's
disappearance,
777
01:30:55,417 --> 01:30:58,333
more than a dozen activists
have been arrested
778
01:30:58,417 --> 01:31:01,417
or disappeared for documenting
Wuhan's outbreak.
779
01:31:01,500 --> 01:31:05,292
- A Chinese citizen journalist
was arrested by police.
780
01:31:05,375 --> 01:31:08,708
- Li Zehua, 25,
a citizen journalist in Wuhan.
781
01:31:08,792 --> 01:31:10,082
- Fang Bin went missing.
782
01:31:10,167 --> 01:31:12,082
- Cai Wei and Chen Mei,
783
01:31:12,167 --> 01:31:14,500
they have published
censored articles
784
01:31:14,583 --> 01:31:16,751
on China's handling
of the Wuhan virus.
785
01:31:16,833 --> 01:31:19,667
- 37-year-old Zhang Zhan was
found guilty on Monday.
786
01:31:19,751 --> 01:31:21,167
- Zhang Zhan
was found guilty.
787
01:31:21,250 --> 01:31:22,917
- Zhang Zhan
has been sentenced
788
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:24,417
to four years in prison.
789
01:31:30,417 --> 01:31:33,125
- Hearing news of the arrests
reminded me
790
01:31:33,208 --> 01:31:36,333
of the news announcement
from January 1st.
791
01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:54,208
It's hard for me to picture
how all of this might end.
792
01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:59,042
But I can clearly imagine
793
01:31:59,125 --> 01:32:02,042
how this could have
begun differently.
794
01:33:01,542 --> 01:33:03,125
- Chinese officials
are warning
795
01:33:03,208 --> 01:33:05,751
that a new infectious disease
identified in Wuhan
796
01:33:05,833 --> 01:33:07,751
has potential
to spread widely.
797
01:33:07,833 --> 01:33:12,042
The CDC is working to roll out
a massive testing program.
798
01:33:12,125 --> 01:33:14,458
The president
is urging all Americans
799
01:33:14,542 --> 01:33:17,208
to avoid unnecessary travel.
800
01:33:38,042 --> 01:33:42,167
- Of course, that wasn't
how all of this began.
801
01:33:43,375 --> 01:33:46,292
A year later,
the New Year's celebration
802
01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:51,167
in Wuhan looks almost exactly
the same as the year before.
803
01:34:12,667 --> 01:34:15,042
The whole world seems eager
to return
804
01:34:15,125 --> 01:34:17,667
to a feeling of normal,
805
01:34:17,751 --> 01:34:21,208
but it was circumstances
we considered normal
806
01:34:21,292 --> 01:34:24,667
that created the crisis
we are living through now.
807
01:34:26,333 --> 01:34:29,458
There will be an ending
to the pandemic,
808
01:34:29,542 --> 01:34:32,626
but I worry that something
even more frightening
809
01:34:32,708 --> 01:34:34,751
is just beginning.
810
01:34:37,917 --> 01:34:39,542
- The World
Health Organization
811
01:34:39,626 --> 01:34:41,250
has praised China's response.
812
01:34:41,333 --> 01:34:43,583
- I will praise China again
and again.
813
01:34:43,667 --> 01:34:46,626
- China mounted the most
effective containment program
814
01:34:46,708 --> 01:34:47,917
in history.
815
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:50,250
- The coronavirus may put
China in a stronger position.
816
01:34:50,333 --> 01:34:52,417
- Authoritarianism was already
on the rise
817
01:34:52,500 --> 01:34:53,917
before COVID-19.
818
01:34:54,000 --> 01:34:55,876
- Authoritarian leaders
are using this
819
01:34:55,958 --> 01:34:57,917
to push through
autocratic measures.
820
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:00,292
- It started out
as a medical crisis.
821
01:35:00,375 --> 01:35:04,751
It has become a test
of our form of government.
822
01:35:08,458 --> 01:35:11,667
- I have lived
under authoritarianism,
823
01:35:11,751 --> 01:35:15,417
and I have lived in a society
that calls itself free.
824
01:35:16,708 --> 01:35:21,125
In both systems, ordinary
people become casualties
825
01:35:21,208 --> 01:35:24,333
of their leaders' pursuit
of power.
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