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♪ ♪
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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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♪ ♪
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[upbeat music]
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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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[soft music]
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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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[applause]
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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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[tense music]
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- [coughing]
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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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[soft music]
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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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- [laughing]
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- Oh.
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Oh.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- [speaking Chinese dialect]
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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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[monitor beeping]
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[ventilator hissing]
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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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- [sighs, voice breaking]
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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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[indistinct chatter, laughter]
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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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- [speaking Chinese dialect]
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[person coughing]
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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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- [crying]
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[thunder rumbles]
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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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[lighter clicks]
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[fanfare playing]
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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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[applause]
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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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[tense music]
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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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[phones ringing,
indistinct chatter]
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[device beeps]
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[beeping]
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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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[indistinct chatter]
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
267
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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,
283
00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:58,959
but instead,
outbreak stories
284
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were broadcast nonstop on TV.
285
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
287
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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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00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:55,375
stories that inspired
confidence and hope.
292
00:39:55,459 --> 00:39:59,584
One topic in particular kept
showing up in the broadcasts.
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[baby crying]
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These stories were
nationally televised
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00:40:22,584 --> 00:40:23,626
and watched by millions.
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When I lived in China,
I remember feeling moved
297
00:40:37,751 --> 00:40:40,459
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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00:40:47,250 --> 00:40:49,751
But I don't remember
ever questioning
301
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where the adversity came from
in the first place
302
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or why the government's
propaganda department
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00:40:54,876 --> 00:40:57,292
was showing it to me.
304
00:40:57,375 --> 00:41:00,083
But now it's clear
that when the government
305
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:02,125
is telling us where to look,
306
00:41:02,209 --> 00:41:05,709
they're also telling us
where not to look.
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00:41:08,584 --> 00:41:11,542
[line trilling]
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00:41:17,626 --> 00:41:20,334
I called the people
on the social media forum
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00:41:20,417 --> 00:41:23,918
who had posted their X-rays
and phone numbers online.
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♪ ♪
311
00:42:53,542 --> 00:42:56,542
[overlapping chatter
in Chinese dialect]
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00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:11,167
♪ ♪
313
00:43:13,209 --> 00:43:16,792
Each person I spoke to
described unbearable trauma
314
00:43:16,876 --> 00:43:18,125
and loss.
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00:43:18,209 --> 00:43:25,167
♪ ♪
316
00:43:34,459 --> 00:43:37,083
Ding is a taxi driver.
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00:43:37,167 --> 00:43:39,792
His mother died
in a hospital lobby
318
00:43:39,876 --> 00:43:42,334
after waiting days for a bed.
319
00:43:42,417 --> 00:43:45,626
The nurse told him not to cry
or wipe his tears
320
00:43:45,709 --> 00:43:49,626
because it would increase
his own risk of infection.
321
00:43:49,709 --> 00:43:51,876
Yawen is a college student
322
00:43:51,959 --> 00:43:54,375
whose entire family
was infected.
323
00:43:54,459 --> 00:43:59,542
Her father and grandfather
died one day apart.
324
00:43:59,626 --> 00:44:02,417
Zhou Li and her husband
were infected
325
00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:05,334
and went to sleep on the floor
of a hospital lobby
326
00:44:05,417 --> 00:44:09,083
to protect their 13-year-old
son from infection.
327
00:44:09,167 --> 00:44:12,918
♪ ♪
328
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,167
Li Qiong's husband
and daughter are both
329
00:44:15,250 --> 00:44:18,083
U.S. citizens.
330
00:44:18,167 --> 00:44:22,167
They traveled to Wuhan for the
Chinese New Year celebrations.
331
00:44:22,250 --> 00:44:24,000
When the lockdown started,
332
00:44:24,083 --> 00:44:26,250
her husband and daughter
managed to board a flight
333
00:44:26,334 --> 00:44:29,125
back to the U.S.,
but Li Qiong stayed in Wuhan
334
00:44:29,209 --> 00:44:32,626
to care for her father,
who was infected.
335
00:44:32,709 --> 00:44:34,918
When I first learned
Li Qiong's story,
336
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,918
it reminded me of when I had
to get my son out of China.
337
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,375
♪ ♪
338
00:44:44,667 --> 00:44:47,792
- Once my son was home,
I was full of anxiety
339
00:44:47,876 --> 00:44:50,918
and guilt about being
separate from my mother.
340
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,876
I worried about who would
take care of her
341
00:44:52,959 --> 00:44:54,542
if she got sick.
342
00:44:54,626 --> 00:44:57,918
Li Qiong was living
my worst fear.
343
00:45:21,459 --> 00:45:24,417
- [sniffles, voice breaking]
344
00:46:09,083 --> 00:46:11,417
- Wicinski's wife
Li Qiong's father,
345
00:46:11,500 --> 00:46:14,000
who's been ill with the virus,
was waiting for weeks
346
00:46:14,083 --> 00:46:15,209
to get a hospital bed.
347
00:46:15,292 --> 00:46:17,334
He says hospital beds are hard
to find.
348
00:46:17,417 --> 00:46:19,876
His wife and her dad are
sleeping in the parking lot
349
00:46:19,959 --> 00:46:21,167
just to be first in line.
350
00:46:21,250 --> 00:46:23,792
- Wicinski says
with the hospitals full,
351
00:46:23,876 --> 00:46:25,751
they were left to care
for him alone.
352
00:46:25,834 --> 00:46:28,125
- Frank Wicinski and
his three-year-old daughter--
353
00:46:28,209 --> 00:46:31,167
- Just as I reached out
to reporters in the U.S.
354
00:46:31,250 --> 00:46:33,334
to find help,
Li Qiong's husband, Frank,
355
00:46:33,417 --> 00:46:36,209
went to the media,
hoping that the exposure
356
00:46:36,292 --> 00:46:38,375
could somehow help Li Qiong
and her father.
357
00:46:38,459 --> 00:46:40,751
- And then now she...
358
00:46:40,834 --> 00:46:43,542
- But Frank's interviews had
a different impact
359
00:46:43,626 --> 00:46:45,709
that neither of them expected.
360
00:46:45,792 --> 00:46:47,167
- [coughs]
361
00:46:47,250 --> 00:46:49,042
- Now Frank can't
stop coughing,
362
00:46:49,125 --> 00:46:51,584
so he takes a swig from
his daughter's water bottle,
363
00:46:51,667 --> 00:46:53,417
hands it back,
and she continues
364
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:55,375
to drink from it, uh-oh.
365
00:46:55,459 --> 00:46:56,876
- [coughs]
366
00:46:56,959 --> 00:47:00,792
- This moment of him coughing
went viral.
367
00:47:00,876 --> 00:47:07,834
♪ ♪
368
00:47:19,250 --> 00:47:20,709
Looking through
the thousands of comments
369
00:47:20,792 --> 00:47:22,959
on Frank's interview,
I wondered,
370
00:47:23,042 --> 00:47:25,751
why did so many people believe
that Frank was part
371
00:47:25,834 --> 00:47:27,626
of some conspiracy?
372
00:47:27,709 --> 00:47:31,250
And what convinced them that
the virus wasn't a threat?
373
00:47:31,334 --> 00:47:33,250
- Are there worries about
a pandemic at this point?
374
00:47:33,334 --> 00:47:36,918
- No, not at all, and we're--we
have it totally under control.
375
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:38,751
We think we have it very well
under control.
376
00:47:38,834 --> 00:47:41,209
- The risk to Americans is low.
377
00:47:41,292 --> 00:47:42,626
- By April, you know,
in theory,
378
00:47:42,709 --> 00:47:45,209
when it gets a little warmer,
it miraculously goes away.
379
00:47:45,292 --> 00:47:47,375
- Right now don't worry
about it.
380
00:47:47,459 --> 00:47:50,000
Be more concerned
about influenza.
381
00:47:50,083 --> 00:47:51,209
- The immediate risk
382
00:47:51,292 --> 00:47:54,417
to the general American public
remains low.
383
00:47:54,500 --> 00:47:56,709
- This is a flu.
This is like a flu.
384
00:47:56,792 --> 00:47:59,626
- Americans, independent of
where they live in this nation,
385
00:47:59,709 --> 00:48:00,959
are at low risk.
386
00:48:01,042 --> 00:48:04,250
The American public needs to go
on with their normal lives.
387
00:48:04,334 --> 00:48:07,792
♪ ♪
388
00:48:07,876 --> 00:48:10,626
- And tonight with the latest
on the coronavirus outbreak,
389
00:48:10,709 --> 00:48:13,500
the first confirmed case
in New York City.
390
00:48:13,584 --> 00:48:16,209
Governor Cuomo is reminding
New Yorkers the risk
391
00:48:16,292 --> 00:48:18,626
of getting coronavirus
remains low.
392
00:48:18,709 --> 00:48:20,083
- For the vast majority
of New Yorkers,
393
00:48:20,167 --> 00:48:22,250
life is going on
pretty normally right now,
394
00:48:22,334 --> 00:48:23,292
and we want to encourage that.
395
00:48:23,375 --> 00:48:25,125
There's very little
threat here.
396
00:48:25,209 --> 00:48:27,000
This disease,
even if you were to get it,
397
00:48:27,083 --> 00:48:29,834
basically acts
like a common cold or flu.
398
00:48:31,667 --> 00:48:33,584
- Like most people
in the U.S.,
399
00:48:33,667 --> 00:48:36,042
I trusted that the risk here
was low
400
00:48:36,125 --> 00:48:38,167
and lived my life normally.
401
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:51,542
My mom saw the news that the
virus had reached New York.
402
00:48:51,626 --> 00:48:54,751
She called and told us
to wear masks outside.
403
00:48:54,834 --> 00:48:57,334
She sent me a video
of a friend of hers
404
00:48:57,417 --> 00:48:59,667
being caught without a mask
in public.
405
00:49:04,209 --> 00:49:07,292
He was detained
the next day.
406
00:49:07,375 --> 00:49:09,918
The video made me angry
at the Chinese government
407
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,459
for overreacting.
408
00:49:11,542 --> 00:49:14,125
I told my mom
she was being paranoid,
409
00:49:14,209 --> 00:49:15,959
and I translated
and sent her videos
410
00:49:16,042 --> 00:49:17,751
from American experts.
411
00:49:17,834 --> 00:49:20,125
- Right now
in the United States,
412
00:49:20,209 --> 00:49:22,626
people should not be walking
around with masks.
413
00:49:22,709 --> 00:49:24,042
- You're sure of it?
414
00:49:24,125 --> 00:49:26,500
'Cause people are listening
really closely to this.
415
00:49:26,584 --> 00:49:28,667
- Right now people should not
be--there's no reason
416
00:49:28,751 --> 00:49:31,375
to be walking around
with a mask.
417
00:49:31,459 --> 00:49:35,417
- Then in an instant,
everything changed.
418
00:49:35,500 --> 00:49:38,375
- Confirmed cases
in New York City is now 36.
419
00:49:38,459 --> 00:49:42,709
Now 53, 154, 183,
420
00:49:42,792 --> 00:49:45,834
329, 814,
421
00:49:45,918 --> 00:49:48,834
3,615,
422
00:49:48,918 --> 00:49:51,042
5,151.
[sirens wailing]
423
00:49:51,125 --> 00:49:53,500
- We're going to put out
an executive order today.
424
00:49:53,584 --> 00:49:57,709
100% of the workforce
must stay home.
425
00:49:57,792 --> 00:50:00,834
[haunting music]
426
00:50:00,918 --> 00:50:07,959
♪ ♪
427
00:50:10,375 --> 00:50:14,042
- Just like in Wuhan,
America's largest city went
428
00:50:14,125 --> 00:50:16,918
from hearing that the virus
didn't pose a threat
429
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,250
to finding itself
under lockdown.
430
00:50:19,334 --> 00:50:25,834
♪ ♪
431
00:50:25,918 --> 00:50:28,667
I watched the news each day
in disbelief.
432
00:50:28,751 --> 00:50:30,209
How did I not see it coming
433
00:50:30,292 --> 00:50:33,209
even though there had been
so many warning signs
434
00:50:33,292 --> 00:50:36,125
since I first came back
to the U.S. from China?
435
00:50:39,792 --> 00:50:43,667
On January 23rd,
the day of Wuhan's lockdown,
436
00:50:43,751 --> 00:50:45,751
when I arrived at customs,
437
00:50:45,834 --> 00:50:48,042
there was
no temperature check,
438
00:50:48,125 --> 00:50:50,250
nobody asking
where I had come from
439
00:50:50,334 --> 00:50:53,459
or if I was feeling sick.
440
00:50:53,542 --> 00:50:57,125
Then a week after coming back
from China,
441
00:50:57,209 --> 00:50:59,792
my son Jamie developed
a fever.
442
00:50:59,876 --> 00:51:03,417
Our first thought was that
he might have been infected.
443
00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:05,626
When we took him to the ER,
444
00:51:05,709 --> 00:51:08,000
the doctors said
he couldn't get tested
445
00:51:08,083 --> 00:51:09,918
and told us not to worry.
446
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,918
They said the virus
wasn't spreading in the U.S.
447
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,584
and they sent us home.
448
00:51:14,667 --> 00:51:17,417
I felt surprised
that he couldn't get tested,
449
00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,751
even though he'd just come
from China and had symptoms,
450
00:51:20,834 --> 00:51:22,918
but I trusted the doctors.
451
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,584
They were the experts,
452
00:51:24,667 --> 00:51:27,292
and they were following
the CDC's guidelines.
453
00:51:27,375 --> 00:51:28,751
- [coughs]
454
00:51:28,834 --> 00:51:31,375
- We self-quarantined just
to be safe,
455
00:51:31,459 --> 00:51:35,626
and after a week,
Jamie was back to normal.
456
00:51:35,709 --> 00:51:39,000
Just a few weeks later
when I looked out my window
457
00:51:39,083 --> 00:51:41,667
in New Jersey,
I started to see reflections
458
00:51:41,751 --> 00:51:43,584
of scenes from Wuhan.
459
00:51:50,125 --> 00:51:53,792
By April, the nearest testing
site to my home was filling
460
00:51:53,876 --> 00:51:56,334
to capacity hours
before it opened.
461
00:51:58,209 --> 00:52:01,417
I realized that I had
fully bought into the idea
462
00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:03,626
that America was too advanced
463
00:52:03,709 --> 00:52:06,459
to suffer an outbreak
like China's,
464
00:52:06,542 --> 00:52:09,000
but every time
I turned on the news,
465
00:52:09,083 --> 00:52:11,500
I heard echoes
of China's outbreak
466
00:52:11,584 --> 00:52:13,292
all across America.
467
00:52:13,375 --> 00:52:15,709
- Hospitals across the country
are bracing for a surge
468
00:52:15,792 --> 00:52:16,876
in coronavirus patients--
469
00:52:16,959 --> 00:52:19,167
- Frontline medical workers
are facing shortages
470
00:52:19,250 --> 00:52:20,500
of N95 masks--
471
00:52:20,584 --> 00:52:22,584
- Pictures of nurses
in a New York City hospital
472
00:52:22,667 --> 00:52:24,000
wearing garbage bags--
473
00:52:24,083 --> 00:52:26,125
- We don't have the equipment
to tackle this problem.
474
00:52:26,209 --> 00:52:27,459
- Where hospitals are
overwhelmed.
475
00:52:27,542 --> 00:52:29,250
- Hospitals are getting close
to being overwhelmed.
476
00:52:29,334 --> 00:52:31,334
- Our ICU is 95% full
this morning.
477
00:52:31,417 --> 00:52:33,167
- This is overwhelming
hospitals
478
00:52:33,250 --> 00:52:34,500
and first responders.
479
00:52:34,584 --> 00:52:35,959
[monitor beeping]
480
00:52:36,042 --> 00:52:38,751
- When they were
shutting down Wuhan,
481
00:52:38,834 --> 00:52:42,167
I was really concerned
about the videos
482
00:52:42,250 --> 00:52:44,709
that were coming up online,
483
00:52:44,792 --> 00:52:47,542
so I started asking questions
in the hospital.
484
00:52:47,626 --> 00:52:48,876
What are the protocols?
485
00:52:48,959 --> 00:52:50,834
What are gonna be
the procedures?
486
00:52:50,918 --> 00:52:52,751
How are we gonna
handle the situation,
487
00:52:52,834 --> 00:52:54,584
and how are we preparing
for this?
488
00:52:54,667 --> 00:52:58,751
They told me, "Yeah, yeah,
yeah, we're preparing."
489
00:52:58,834 --> 00:53:02,209
There was nothing ever...
490
00:53:02,292 --> 00:53:05,626
provided to us as far
as information or training
491
00:53:05,709 --> 00:53:09,042
until the first patient
actually came to the hospital,
492
00:53:09,125 --> 00:53:11,209
and that same day,
493
00:53:11,292 --> 00:53:13,000
they were trying
to train the nurses
494
00:53:13,083 --> 00:53:15,876
how to don and doff the PPE,
495
00:53:15,959 --> 00:53:18,417
but nothing was ever given
in writing.
496
00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:21,834
It's sort of like walking
into a fire,
497
00:53:21,918 --> 00:53:24,626
and you have nothing
to stop the fire,
498
00:53:24,709 --> 00:53:26,542
and here you are,
raising the alarm
499
00:53:26,626 --> 00:53:28,042
and trying to call for help,
500
00:53:28,125 --> 00:53:32,542
and everybody's just
kind of brushing you off.
501
00:53:32,626 --> 00:53:35,751
I was accused
of causing hysteria
502
00:53:35,834 --> 00:53:37,751
and spreading rumors.
503
00:53:39,876 --> 00:53:42,292
- It sounded exactly
like the way doctors
504
00:53:42,375 --> 00:53:45,459
in Wuhan were punished
for sounding the alarm.
505
00:53:45,542 --> 00:53:47,375
It was a pattern
across the country.
506
00:53:47,459 --> 00:53:49,375
- An emergency room physician
lost his job
507
00:53:49,459 --> 00:53:51,959
after publicly criticizing
the hospital's response
508
00:53:52,042 --> 00:53:53,292
to the coronavirus.
509
00:53:53,375 --> 00:53:55,792
A nurse has been fired
for posting a video online.
510
00:53:55,876 --> 00:53:58,417
- He was fired after
expressing safety concerns
511
00:53:58,500 --> 00:53:59,751
to the media.
512
00:53:59,834 --> 00:54:03,792
- Hospitals are warning them
not to talk to the media.
513
00:54:03,876 --> 00:54:07,167
- Nurses in one of our floors
were wearing garbage bags
514
00:54:07,250 --> 00:54:09,876
because they were
denied gowns.
515
00:54:09,959 --> 00:54:11,459
The moment
you open your mouth,
516
00:54:11,542 --> 00:54:12,876
you conceivably could become
a target,
517
00:54:12,959 --> 00:54:15,000
and then they're gonna try
to take away your job.
518
00:54:15,083 --> 00:54:18,626
People who were outspoken
about PPE--that happened
519
00:54:18,709 --> 00:54:21,042
to another nurse, I think,
further north in Jersey.
520
00:54:21,125 --> 00:54:24,667
- This is what they tried
to make me wear.
521
00:54:24,751 --> 00:54:28,334
This surgical mask is
the thinnest I've ever seen.
522
00:54:28,417 --> 00:54:30,250
It's like toilet paper.
523
00:54:30,334 --> 00:54:32,626
I had a few N95s at home.
524
00:54:32,709 --> 00:54:34,667
I would take one
with me to work.
525
00:54:34,751 --> 00:54:36,500
Our manager came up to me
and told me
526
00:54:36,584 --> 00:54:38,626
that I had to take off
my gloves and mask
527
00:54:38,709 --> 00:54:40,209
and that I wasn't allowed
to wear them.
528
00:54:40,292 --> 00:54:43,751
And then I even--I made
the plea for her
529
00:54:43,834 --> 00:54:46,459
to let me wear it
because I had promised my son
530
00:54:46,542 --> 00:54:49,834
that I would protect myself
and him and my family
531
00:54:49,918 --> 00:54:52,292
while coming in
to the hospital.
532
00:54:52,375 --> 00:54:55,667
And at that point in time,
my supervisor told me
533
00:54:55,751 --> 00:54:59,542
that she strongly suggests
I find a different career.
534
00:54:59,626 --> 00:55:02,709
- There's never been, like,
a great communication
535
00:55:02,792 --> 00:55:04,834
of, like, "Listen,
these are our supplies.
536
00:55:04,918 --> 00:55:06,000
"This is what we have.
537
00:55:06,083 --> 00:55:07,792
This is how we have to ration
these things," you know.
538
00:55:07,876 --> 00:55:09,209
The first few weeks of it,
539
00:55:09,292 --> 00:55:12,792
the CDC standards were changing
almost daily,
540
00:55:12,876 --> 00:55:16,959
and it was not based on science
but based on supplies.
541
00:55:17,042 --> 00:55:21,000
And every day you come in,
and there'd be a new standard.
542
00:55:21,083 --> 00:55:24,167
And so each day
you're trying to understand,
543
00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:26,167
you know,
why is this okay today?
544
00:55:26,250 --> 00:55:28,542
- When the CDC
545
00:55:28,626 --> 00:55:31,667
produced their
new and improved guidelines
546
00:55:31,751 --> 00:55:36,667
and the CDC was saying
that we didn't need
547
00:55:36,751 --> 00:55:38,959
to wear masks outside,
548
00:55:39,042 --> 00:55:40,709
you know, going
to public places
549
00:55:40,792 --> 00:55:43,542
and that we weren't protected
by wearing them,
550
00:55:43,626 --> 00:55:46,250
I knew initially--
I knew immediately
551
00:55:46,334 --> 00:55:48,918
something was wrong.
552
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,209
I believe that the CDC
made that guideline
553
00:55:52,292 --> 00:55:56,125
to provide ample supply
to the health-care workers,
554
00:55:56,209 --> 00:56:00,918
but instead, they should have
stated their intentions.
555
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:05,834
And now that they've altered
their recommendations
556
00:56:05,918 --> 00:56:09,542
based on supply,
I feel that not only myself
557
00:56:09,626 --> 00:56:13,083
but a lot of health-care
workers are having a problem
558
00:56:13,167 --> 00:56:15,209
trusting in the CDC now.
559
00:56:19,209 --> 00:56:23,626
- The CDC went as far as saying
that if we didn't have a mask,
560
00:56:23,709 --> 00:56:25,709
just wear a scarf.
561
00:56:25,792 --> 00:56:28,125
What kind of agency are you?
562
00:56:28,209 --> 00:56:30,167
How can you have
any credibility?
563
00:56:30,250 --> 00:56:33,459
How can you ever expect that we
will believe you or trust you?
564
00:56:33,542 --> 00:56:36,125
This is the reflection
of a broken system
565
00:56:36,209 --> 00:56:39,459
that was already on the verge
of death!
566
00:56:39,542 --> 00:56:41,584
When I decided to speak up,
567
00:56:41,667 --> 00:56:43,334
I said,
"I'm gonna lose my job.
568
00:56:43,417 --> 00:56:45,959
They're probably gonna fire me
the next day."
569
00:56:46,042 --> 00:56:51,292
But I didn't care,
because it was so bad,
570
00:56:51,375 --> 00:56:53,125
nothing mattered anymore.
571
00:56:53,209 --> 00:57:00,167
♪ ♪
572
00:57:03,125 --> 00:57:06,167
I'll never forget a patient
who had,
573
00:57:06,250 --> 00:57:08,167
"Do not intubate,
do not resuscitate"
574
00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:09,918
orders already.
575
00:57:12,751 --> 00:57:14,834
They actually allowed
the wife to come
576
00:57:14,918 --> 00:57:19,167
and say her last goodbye
to her husband,
577
00:57:19,250 --> 00:57:22,083
and she came out of the room...
578
00:57:25,167 --> 00:57:28,000
[voice breaking]
And she just stood there,
579
00:57:28,083 --> 00:57:29,626
and she looked so lost.
580
00:57:29,709 --> 00:57:33,626
She was crying,
so I came over...
581
00:57:33,709 --> 00:57:36,125
and I said I was sorry,
582
00:57:36,209 --> 00:57:39,834
and if there was anything else
I could do for her.
583
00:57:39,918 --> 00:57:43,334
So she just nodded no,
and then she said,
584
00:57:43,417 --> 00:57:47,000
"Thank you for taking care
of him."
585
00:57:47,083 --> 00:57:49,709
And I gave her a hug.
I gave her a hug.
586
00:57:49,792 --> 00:57:53,500
I probably shouldn't have
done that, but...
587
00:57:53,584 --> 00:57:56,375
I felt so bad for her
because she--
588
00:57:56,459 --> 00:57:58,584
you know, I was glad
she had the opportunity
589
00:57:58,667 --> 00:58:02,876
to come and see him,
but she was alone,
590
00:58:02,959 --> 00:58:06,000
and it was just too much.
591
00:58:06,083 --> 00:58:08,209
I didn't know what to do.
592
00:58:08,292 --> 00:58:10,500
I just--like,
we didn't know what to do.
593
00:58:10,584 --> 00:58:12,375
We tried our best to do
whatever we could,
594
00:58:12,459 --> 00:58:16,500
and it didn't make a difference
anyway for a lot of them.
595
00:58:16,584 --> 00:58:19,500
[distant siren wailing]
596
00:58:19,584 --> 00:58:26,626
♪ ♪
597
00:58:36,250 --> 00:58:38,626
- At the time when I spoke
with Diana,
598
00:58:38,709 --> 00:58:40,292
she had been isolating herself
599
00:58:40,375 --> 00:58:43,417
from her husband
and three kids.
600
00:58:43,500 --> 00:58:46,042
She filmed video diaries
to show people
601
00:58:46,125 --> 00:58:48,292
what health-care workers
were going through.
602
00:58:49,959 --> 00:58:52,417
When I talked to health-care
workers like her,
603
00:58:52,500 --> 00:58:55,751
I noticed they'd often burst
into tears at times
604
00:58:55,834 --> 00:58:58,292
when they talked about
the death they witnessed
605
00:58:58,375 --> 00:59:01,209
or their separation
from their families,
606
00:59:01,292 --> 00:59:04,959
but also at times
that seemed unexpected to me.
607
00:59:07,375 --> 00:59:09,459
- I'm sorry, hold on.
[chuckles]
608
00:59:12,042 --> 00:59:13,250
[clears throat]
609
00:59:13,334 --> 00:59:17,292
- It was then I realized how
vast their trauma must be
610
00:59:17,375 --> 00:59:21,292
and how invisible it still was
to the rest of the world.
611
00:59:21,375 --> 00:59:25,792
♪ ♪
612
00:59:25,876 --> 00:59:28,209
- I just--I guess
I need a second.
613
00:59:32,167 --> 00:59:34,125
Um...
614
00:59:34,209 --> 00:59:41,209
♪ ♪
615
00:59:43,459 --> 00:59:45,417
[clears throat]
616
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:47,584
Um...
617
00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:50,250
all right.
618
00:59:50,334 --> 00:59:52,626
I was just talking
with my neighbor today,
619
00:59:52,709 --> 00:59:55,334
if I can say this, she was--
and we were talking
620
00:59:55,417 --> 00:59:59,167
about how everyone is
holding up...
621
00:59:59,250 --> 01:00:02,500
and...
622
01:00:02,584 --> 01:00:05,167
and, you know, my fear...
623
01:00:05,250 --> 01:00:08,292
♪ ♪
624
01:00:08,375 --> 01:00:09,792
Jesus.
625
01:00:09,876 --> 01:00:13,083
[sniffles]
626
01:00:13,167 --> 01:00:16,000
[clears throat]
I didn't know this was in me,
627
01:00:16,083 --> 01:00:18,834
like, how upset I'm getting
right now.
628
01:00:18,918 --> 01:00:24,626
♪ ♪
629
01:00:24,709 --> 01:00:29,167
Um...
630
01:00:29,250 --> 01:00:31,959
there are nurses,
especially in the ICUs,
631
01:00:32,042 --> 01:00:33,751
who are dealing
with a lot of death
632
01:00:33,834 --> 01:00:37,542
and a lot of just
patients crashing.
633
01:00:37,626 --> 01:00:39,584
You know,
a lot of the patients,
634
01:00:39,667 --> 01:00:43,167
once they're intubated,
don't necessarily make it.
635
01:00:43,250 --> 01:00:46,209
And I work in the ED.
636
01:00:46,292 --> 01:00:50,417
We had some patients like this,
but we didn't have them
637
01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:51,876
to the degree
and for the length
638
01:00:51,959 --> 01:00:56,000
that those ICU nurses
have, and...
639
01:00:56,083 --> 01:00:58,209
if...
640
01:00:58,292 --> 01:01:01,167
if this is how
this is making me feel,
641
01:01:01,250 --> 01:01:03,209
I don't know how
those nurses are gonna crash
642
01:01:03,292 --> 01:01:06,542
once they stop and start
talking about this stuff.
643
01:01:06,626 --> 01:01:13,709
♪ ♪
644
01:01:29,167 --> 01:01:32,167
[monitor beeping]
645
01:02:20,709 --> 01:02:27,667
♪ ♪
646
01:03:04,876 --> 01:03:07,292
- More than
40,000 health-care workers
647
01:03:07,375 --> 01:03:10,000
from other provinces were sent
to Wuhan
648
01:03:10,083 --> 01:03:12,459
to help local hospitals.
649
01:03:12,542 --> 01:03:15,125
They left their own families
for two months
650
01:03:15,209 --> 01:03:17,375
and stayed in Wuhan
until a few days
651
01:03:17,459 --> 01:03:20,709
before the lockdown
was lifted.
652
01:03:20,792 --> 01:03:23,417
When I saw them
taking off their suits,
653
01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:27,542
I realized how young many
of them were.
654
01:03:27,626 --> 01:03:30,125
Their lives had
barely started,
655
01:03:30,209 --> 01:03:32,709
and they found themselves far
from home,
656
01:03:32,792 --> 01:03:36,876
fighting an unknown virus,
surrounded by chaos and death.
657
01:03:52,751 --> 01:03:55,334
On the day they prepared
to leave Wuhan,
658
01:03:55,417 --> 01:03:58,042
the local authorities
held celebrations
659
01:03:58,125 --> 01:03:59,876
to thank them.
660
01:03:59,959 --> 01:04:02,751
These events celebrated
the Communist Party
661
01:04:02,834 --> 01:04:05,876
as much as they celebrated
the health-care workers.
662
01:04:13,959 --> 01:04:16,918
[applause]
663
01:04:58,751 --> 01:05:01,250
I've seen ceremonies
like this play out
664
01:05:01,334 --> 01:05:04,792
over and over after
major disasters in China.
665
01:05:04,876 --> 01:05:07,292
People emerge from the trauma
of these events
666
01:05:07,375 --> 01:05:11,083
with even stronger patriotic
sentiment than before.
667
01:05:11,167 --> 01:05:14,125
[upbeat music]
668
01:05:14,209 --> 01:05:21,209
♪ ♪
669
01:05:44,209 --> 01:05:47,125
- [singing in Chinese dialect]
670
01:05:47,209 --> 01:05:54,167
♪ ♪
671
01:05:59,334 --> 01:06:02,250
[all singing
in Chinese dialect]
672
01:06:02,334 --> 01:06:09,375
♪ ♪
673
01:06:15,584 --> 01:06:18,209
- Disasters become
propaganda tools
674
01:06:18,292 --> 01:06:21,292
instead of inspiring change.
675
01:06:21,375 --> 01:06:24,042
These images become
the official history
676
01:06:24,125 --> 01:06:25,667
of the disaster.
677
01:06:25,751 --> 01:06:29,209
It was another triumph
for the Communist Party.
678
01:06:31,626 --> 01:06:34,542
[soft music]
679
01:06:34,626 --> 01:06:38,167
♪ ♪
680
01:06:47,667 --> 01:06:54,626
♪ ♪
681
01:07:36,042 --> 01:07:39,000
[bells tolling]
682
01:10:28,584 --> 01:10:30,542
The day Tao went
to the funeral home
683
01:10:30,626 --> 01:10:32,918
to pick up the ashes
of his son,
684
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:35,292
our cameraperson
followed him there.
685
01:10:35,375 --> 01:10:42,334
♪ ♪
686
01:10:42,417 --> 01:10:45,292
It was the second time
our cameraperson tried
687
01:10:45,375 --> 01:10:48,000
to go to the funeral home.
688
01:10:48,083 --> 01:10:51,083
The first time
he almost was arrested.
689
01:11:17,334 --> 01:11:19,167
At the time,
I couldn't understand
690
01:11:19,250 --> 01:11:22,667
what was sensitive about
people collecting the ashes.
691
01:11:22,751 --> 01:11:24,959
I suggested
that the cameraperson film
692
01:11:25,042 --> 01:11:26,918
from inside the car.
693
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:33,959
♪ ♪
694
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:34,083
The government
prohibited funerals
695
01:12:34,167 --> 01:12:35,959
and formal ceremonies,
696
01:12:36,042 --> 01:12:38,876
so many people made small
traditional death offerings
697
01:12:38,959 --> 01:12:40,584
on sidewalks.
698
01:12:42,709 --> 01:12:44,876
By April,
the official death toll
699
01:12:44,959 --> 01:12:50,167
from COVID in Wuhan was 3,335.
700
01:12:50,250 --> 01:12:52,792
Most victims' ashes
had been held
701
01:12:52,876 --> 01:12:55,876
by state-run funeral homes
until then,
702
01:12:55,959 --> 01:12:58,209
and when the government
announced the ashes
703
01:12:58,292 --> 01:13:00,709
would be released
to family members,
704
01:13:00,792 --> 01:13:03,959
it ordered that all remains be
collected and buried
705
01:13:04,042 --> 01:13:05,375
within two weeks.
706
01:13:49,417 --> 01:13:52,375
[indistinct chatter]
707
01:14:18,167 --> 01:14:21,125
[indistinct chatter]
708
01:14:36,584 --> 01:14:43,542
♪ ♪
709
01:15:18,334 --> 01:15:21,959
This was one of 16 public
cemeteries in Wuhan.
710
01:15:22,042 --> 01:15:24,250
The city has
8 funeral homes,
711
01:15:24,334 --> 01:15:26,709
and all of them are run
by the state.
712
01:15:26,792 --> 01:15:28,209
Since the outbreak,
713
01:15:28,292 --> 01:15:30,709
the government has
heavily restricted reporting
714
01:15:30,792 --> 01:15:32,417
on the funeral homes.
715
01:15:32,500 --> 01:15:35,959
One employee agreed to speak
to me anonymously.
716
01:16:48,542 --> 01:16:51,584
[people chanting]
717
01:16:51,667 --> 01:16:54,626
- [crying]
718
01:16:58,375 --> 01:17:01,375
[people sobbing]
719
01:17:57,375 --> 01:18:01,417
[crowd chanting]
720
01:18:01,500 --> 01:18:04,417
all: Open California!
Open California!
721
01:18:04,500 --> 01:18:07,792
Open California!
Open California!
722
01:18:07,876 --> 01:18:09,417
Open California!
723
01:18:09,500 --> 01:18:13,083
- Reopen Florida!
- Reopen Florida!
724
01:18:13,167 --> 01:18:14,626
- Reopen Florida!
725
01:18:14,709 --> 01:18:17,751
all: Open Illinois!
Open Illinois!
726
01:18:17,834 --> 01:18:20,500
Open Illinois!
Open Illinois!
727
01:18:20,584 --> 01:18:23,876
[cheering]
728
01:18:23,959 --> 01:18:25,709
- When do we want it?
- Now!
729
01:18:25,792 --> 01:18:29,083
- Not a single person do I know
730
01:18:29,167 --> 01:18:31,459
that has had the coronavirus,
731
01:18:31,542 --> 01:18:34,209
not one, not one,
and I know a lot of people.
732
01:18:34,292 --> 01:18:36,626
- They're inflating the numbers
of the COVID deaths.
733
01:18:36,709 --> 01:18:39,876
The CDC is actually
paying hospitals
734
01:18:39,959 --> 01:18:41,167
to call deaths COVID.
735
01:18:41,250 --> 01:18:43,000
- I know the propaganda's
out there,
736
01:18:43,083 --> 01:18:44,375
and I can't stand it.
737
01:18:44,459 --> 01:18:47,167
If you really want to know,
I'm pissed off.
738
01:18:47,250 --> 01:18:49,000
- Say no to anybody
who tells you
739
01:18:49,083 --> 01:18:51,167
that the most important thing
for you to do is
740
01:18:51,250 --> 01:18:53,834
to listen to your government,
give up your God-given right.
741
01:18:53,918 --> 01:18:55,876
- Any governor
that's given an order
742
01:18:55,959 --> 01:18:59,167
for people to stay at home
or to wear face masks,
743
01:18:59,250 --> 01:19:00,959
you're violating our liberty.
744
01:19:01,042 --> 01:19:02,918
all: [chanting]
Freedom, freedom,
745
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,083
freedom, freedom, freedom!
746
01:19:05,167 --> 01:19:07,626
- As I watched the protesters
in America,
747
01:19:07,709 --> 01:19:09,918
I thought about Peien.
748
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:12,626
He said that tens of thousands
died in China
749
01:19:12,709 --> 01:19:15,626
because there was no freedom
of speech.
750
01:19:15,709 --> 01:19:17,751
I wondered what he would think
751
01:19:17,834 --> 01:19:19,834
if he could see
what was happening here.
752
01:19:19,918 --> 01:19:22,626
- I feel like the American
government is trying
753
01:19:22,709 --> 01:19:25,334
to be more like China,
which is a communist country,
754
01:19:25,417 --> 01:19:28,334
and I feel like being free is
what separates us
755
01:19:28,417 --> 01:19:30,334
from other countries.
756
01:19:30,417 --> 01:19:33,500
- Nine years ago when I moved
to the U.S.,
757
01:19:33,584 --> 01:19:36,834
it was the idea of freedom
that attracted me.
758
01:19:36,918 --> 01:19:40,500
I had never seen a protest
until I came to the U.S.
759
01:19:40,584 --> 01:19:44,584
The closest thing to a protest
I had ever seen in China
760
01:19:44,667 --> 01:19:48,125
was six people standing
on the side of the road,
761
01:19:48,209 --> 01:19:50,918
and all of them ended up
in prison.
762
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:52,959
Nobody would look
at these people
763
01:19:53,042 --> 01:19:54,292
and say that they are free.
764
01:19:54,375 --> 01:19:56,000
all: USA, USA!
765
01:19:56,083 --> 01:19:58,709
- But is this what freedom
looks like?
766
01:19:58,792 --> 01:20:00,209
- USA!
- I was born here!
767
01:20:00,292 --> 01:20:03,375
You can't tell me to leave!
- You're not looking at facts!
768
01:20:03,459 --> 01:20:04,918
These are facts!
769
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:07,209
- You're a fascist!
- I'm a fucking fascist!
770
01:20:07,292 --> 01:20:08,792
[indistinct shouting]
771
01:20:08,876 --> 01:20:12,500
- Right here.
I got my mask under my balls.
772
01:20:12,584 --> 01:20:15,542
[cars horns honking]
773
01:20:32,792 --> 01:20:34,876
You got nothing to say,
do you?
774
01:20:34,959 --> 01:20:37,709
I didn't think so.
775
01:20:37,792 --> 01:20:41,250
- I recognized the confidence
the protesters had.
776
01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:45,083
I felt the same way
when my mom called
777
01:20:45,167 --> 01:20:47,584
and told me to wear a mask.
778
01:20:47,667 --> 01:20:50,459
I trusted the experts
I was listening to.
779
01:20:50,542 --> 01:20:52,792
- People should not be walking
around with masks.
780
01:20:52,876 --> 01:20:54,292
There's no reason
to be walking around
781
01:20:54,375 --> 01:20:55,709
with a mask.
782
01:20:55,792 --> 01:20:58,792
- And I recognized
that same sense of trust
783
01:20:58,876 --> 01:21:01,709
in the way the protesters
repeated what they heard
784
01:21:01,792 --> 01:21:03,500
from people they trusted.
785
01:21:03,584 --> 01:21:05,334
- You treat this like a flu.
786
01:21:05,417 --> 01:21:07,250
This is a flu.
This is like a flu.
787
01:21:07,334 --> 01:21:08,417
- It's going to be
around forever.
788
01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:10,042
It's a new strain of the flu.
That's what it is.
789
01:21:10,125 --> 01:21:12,542
- What we have right now is
a bad case
790
01:21:12,626 --> 01:21:13,542
of the flu running loose,
791
01:21:13,626 --> 01:21:15,000
and we've decided
to close down the country.
792
01:21:15,083 --> 01:21:16,042
- Mr. President--
793
01:21:16,125 --> 01:21:17,459
- Mr. President,
have you seen anything
794
01:21:17,542 --> 01:21:19,542
that the
Wuhan Institute of Virology
795
01:21:19,626 --> 01:21:21,626
was the origin of this virus?
796
01:21:21,709 --> 01:21:23,459
- Yes, I have.
Yes, I have.
797
01:21:23,542 --> 01:21:25,751
- Personally, I think
it was a man-made virus.
798
01:21:25,834 --> 01:21:27,792
- I would believe
that they would have done that
799
01:21:27,876 --> 01:21:29,459
on purpose
for population control.
800
01:21:29,542 --> 01:21:31,626
- I believe it started
in a lab.
801
01:21:31,709 --> 01:21:35,834
- Scientifically modified
or manipulated in laboratories
802
01:21:35,918 --> 01:21:38,959
with patents held
by Bill Gates.
803
01:21:39,042 --> 01:21:41,417
This is all information
that's all out there.
804
01:21:41,500 --> 01:21:43,292
You hold the patent,
you hold the vaccine,
805
01:21:43,375 --> 01:21:48,125
you hold the virus,
you hold the "plandemic."
806
01:21:51,167 --> 01:21:55,417
- You know, these people,
they're ignorant.
807
01:21:55,500 --> 01:21:58,250
This is not a political agenda.
808
01:21:58,334 --> 01:22:02,125
This is something that we have
to come to and unite.
809
01:22:02,209 --> 01:22:05,500
We have to be united
to fight this.
810
01:22:05,584 --> 01:22:08,167
This is stupid.
811
01:22:08,250 --> 01:22:10,709
- When I first
saw the protesters,
812
01:22:10,792 --> 01:22:12,876
I had the same reaction.
813
01:22:12,959 --> 01:22:14,834
It was tempting
to dismiss them
814
01:22:14,918 --> 01:22:17,459
as crazy or brainwashed.
815
01:22:17,542 --> 01:22:19,834
But as I listened
more carefully,
816
01:22:19,918 --> 01:22:22,000
I heard them expressing
the same fear
817
01:22:22,083 --> 01:22:23,834
of misinformation that I had.
818
01:22:23,918 --> 01:22:27,459
- Our concern here is that now
it has become political.
819
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:30,626
The most important fact is
to get data
820
01:22:30,709 --> 01:22:34,584
that is 100% accurate,
not politically manufactured.
821
01:22:34,667 --> 01:22:38,042
- Accurate information is
absolutely imperative
822
01:22:38,125 --> 01:22:42,918
because we have too many people
that just follow the leader,
823
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:46,375
and the leader could lead 'em
to the edge of a cliff,
824
01:22:46,459 --> 01:22:48,584
and they would go,
and that's what will happen
825
01:22:48,667 --> 01:22:49,667
with our country.
826
01:22:49,751 --> 01:22:52,709
- Don't accept blindly
what we're saying to you.
827
01:22:52,792 --> 01:22:55,375
Right now the problem is people
are just blindly accepting
828
01:22:55,459 --> 01:22:57,000
what the government
says to 'em.
829
01:22:57,083 --> 01:22:59,042
And they have to understand
that when you do that,
830
01:22:59,125 --> 01:23:01,918
you unwittingly sell your soul
to tyranny.
831
01:23:03,667 --> 01:23:06,000
- We all think of ourselves
as capable
832
01:23:06,083 --> 01:23:08,834
of separating truth
from falsehood,
833
01:23:08,918 --> 01:23:10,918
but how can we
make that distinction
834
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:13,167
when misinformation comes
from the people
835
01:23:13,250 --> 01:23:14,792
we are supposed to trust?
836
01:23:14,876 --> 01:23:18,334
all:
USA, USA, USA!
837
01:23:18,417 --> 01:23:21,584
USA, USA, USA!
838
01:23:24,250 --> 01:23:26,083
- New concerns tonight
as more states
839
01:23:26,167 --> 01:23:28,584
break coronavirus
daily case records.
840
01:23:28,667 --> 01:23:29,876
As the country reopens,
841
01:23:29,959 --> 01:23:32,751
former FDA commissioner
Dr. Scott Gottlieb
842
01:23:32,834 --> 01:23:33,751
is sounding the alarm.
843
01:23:33,834 --> 01:23:35,959
- The worry is
that they're gonna tip over
844
01:23:36,042 --> 01:23:39,500
into exponential growth
coming this week.
845
01:23:39,584 --> 01:23:41,042
- I remember thinking back
846
01:23:41,125 --> 01:23:42,709
when this whole
pandemic started.
847
01:23:42,792 --> 01:23:44,542
I was scared,
and I just prayed.
848
01:23:44,626 --> 01:23:49,209
I said, "God, please let me
see my 34th birthday."
849
01:23:49,292 --> 01:23:52,626
And I think a lot of people
think like that now.
850
01:23:52,709 --> 01:23:55,876
Doctors and nurses
and firefighters
851
01:23:55,959 --> 01:23:59,000
and MTA workers and...
852
01:23:59,083 --> 01:24:00,918
People are just--
853
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:05,209
it got to a point, people were
just dropping like flies.
854
01:24:05,292 --> 01:24:12,334
♪ ♪
855
01:24:20,167 --> 01:24:22,709
The funeral's really
for the family,
856
01:24:22,792 --> 01:24:24,626
and when you really get
to meet the families
857
01:24:24,709 --> 01:24:27,042
and you get the narrative
about these people
858
01:24:27,125 --> 01:24:29,083
who once lived
like you and I...
859
01:24:29,167 --> 01:24:30,876
So you get the narrative
he was a teacher,
860
01:24:30,959 --> 01:24:32,417
he was a doctor,
he loved music,
861
01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:34,709
he loved this, he loved that,
she was a great mom,
862
01:24:34,792 --> 01:24:36,459
a great grandmother.
863
01:24:36,542 --> 01:24:43,500
♪ ♪
864
01:24:45,709 --> 01:24:48,751
- Infections are soaring to
new highs across the country.
865
01:24:48,834 --> 01:24:50,500
- Saturday Florida
broke its single day record--
866
01:24:50,584 --> 01:24:52,083
- The last four weeks,
the United States
867
01:24:52,167 --> 01:24:54,500
has seen a 42% increase
in the number of deaths.
868
01:24:54,584 --> 01:24:56,834
- With a stunning number--
- A grim milestone--
869
01:24:56,918 --> 01:24:58,834
- Mark the latest
grim milestone--
870
01:24:58,918 --> 01:25:00,876
- It's the highest total
of any country in the world.
871
01:25:31,417 --> 01:25:34,375
[fanfare playing]
872
01:25:34,459 --> 01:25:41,459
♪ ♪
873
01:26:59,042 --> 01:27:01,959
[soft music]
874
01:27:02,042 --> 01:27:07,751
♪ ♪
875
01:27:07,834 --> 01:27:09,792
- At the beginning
of the outbreak,
876
01:27:09,876 --> 01:27:12,792
I thought the public would
demand greater transparency
877
01:27:12,876 --> 01:27:14,709
from the government,
878
01:27:14,792 --> 01:27:16,459
but several months later,
879
01:27:16,542 --> 01:27:19,375
only a few critical voices
remain.
880
01:27:37,250 --> 01:27:40,167
[indistinct chatter
in Chinese dialect]
881
01:28:01,042 --> 01:28:03,167
Chen Qiushi is
a human rights lawyer
882
01:28:03,250 --> 01:28:05,792
and citizen journalist
who livestreamed the reports
883
01:28:05,876 --> 01:28:09,250
from the ground in Wuhan
when the outbreak started.
884
01:28:24,209 --> 01:28:26,042
He posted his videos
on YouTube,
885
01:28:26,125 --> 01:28:28,709
and they were viewed millions
of times.
886
01:28:28,792 --> 01:28:31,417
Two days
after he interviewed Peien,
887
01:28:31,500 --> 01:28:33,209
he disappeared.
888
01:28:33,292 --> 01:28:35,083
This was the last video
he posted
889
01:28:35,167 --> 01:28:37,459
before his disappearance.
890
01:30:52,834 --> 01:30:55,334
Since Chen Qiushi's
disappearance,
891
01:30:55,417 --> 01:30:58,334
more than a dozen activists
have been arrested
892
01:30:58,417 --> 01:31:01,417
or disappeared for documenting
Wuhan's outbreak.
893
01:31:01,500 --> 01:31:05,292
- A Chinese citizen journalist
was arrested by police.
894
01:31:05,375 --> 01:31:08,709
- Li Zehua, 25,
a citizen journalist in Wuhan.
895
01:31:08,792 --> 01:31:10,083
- Fang Bin went missing.
896
01:31:10,167 --> 01:31:12,083
- Cai Wei and Chen Mei,
897
01:31:12,167 --> 01:31:14,500
they have published
censored articles
898
01:31:14,584 --> 01:31:16,751
on China's handling
of the Wuhan virus.
899
01:31:16,834 --> 01:31:19,667
- 37-year-old Zhang Zhan was
found guilty on Monday.
900
01:31:19,751 --> 01:31:21,167
- Zhang Zhan
was found guilty.
901
01:31:21,250 --> 01:31:22,918
- Zhang Zhan
has been sentenced
902
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:24,417
to four years in prison.
903
01:31:24,500 --> 01:31:30,334
♪ ♪
904
01:31:30,417 --> 01:31:33,125
- Hearing news of the arrests
reminded me
905
01:31:33,209 --> 01:31:36,334
of the news announcement
from January 1st.
906
01:31:43,959 --> 01:31:50,918
♪ ♪
907
01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:54,209
It's hard for me to picture
how all of this might end.
908
01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:59,042
But I can clearly imagine
909
01:31:59,125 --> 01:32:02,042
how this could have
begun differently.
910
01:32:02,125 --> 01:32:09,042
♪ ♪
911
01:33:01,542 --> 01:33:03,125
- Chinese officials
are warning
912
01:33:03,209 --> 01:33:05,751
that a new infectious disease
identified in Wuhan
913
01:33:05,834 --> 01:33:07,751
has potential
to spread widely.
914
01:33:07,834 --> 01:33:12,042
The CDC is working to roll out
a massive testing program.
915
01:33:12,125 --> 01:33:14,459
The president
is urging all Americans
916
01:33:14,542 --> 01:33:17,209
to avoid unnecessary travel.
917
01:33:17,292 --> 01:33:24,250
♪ ♪
918
01:33:35,042 --> 01:33:37,959
[crowd cheering]
919
01:33:38,042 --> 01:33:42,167
- Of course, that wasn't
how all of this began.
920
01:33:43,375 --> 01:33:46,292
A year later,
the New Year's celebration
921
01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:51,167
in Wuhan looks almost exactly
the same as the year before.
922
01:33:51,250 --> 01:33:56,209
♪ ♪
923
01:33:56,292 --> 01:33:59,209
[bell tolling]
924
01:33:59,292 --> 01:34:02,250
[cheers and applause]
925
01:34:12,667 --> 01:34:15,042
The whole world seems eager
to return
926
01:34:15,125 --> 01:34:17,667
to a feeling of normal,
927
01:34:17,751 --> 01:34:21,209
but it was circumstances
we considered normal
928
01:34:21,292 --> 01:34:24,667
that created the crisis
we are living through now.
929
01:34:26,334 --> 01:34:29,459
There will be an ending
to the pandemic,
930
01:34:29,542 --> 01:34:32,626
but I worry that something
even more frightening
931
01:34:32,709 --> 01:34:34,751
is just beginning.
932
01:34:37,918 --> 01:34:39,542
- The World
Health Organization
933
01:34:39,626 --> 01:34:41,250
has praised China's response.
934
01:34:41,334 --> 01:34:43,584
- I will praise China again
and again.
935
01:34:43,667 --> 01:34:46,626
- China mounted the most
effective containment program
936
01:34:46,709 --> 01:34:47,918
in history.
937
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:50,250
- The coronavirus may put
China in a stronger position.
938
01:34:50,334 --> 01:34:52,417
- Authoritarianism was already
on the rise
939
01:34:52,500 --> 01:34:53,918
before COVID-19.
940
01:34:54,000 --> 01:34:55,876
- Authoritarian leaders
are using this
941
01:34:55,959 --> 01:34:57,918
to push through
autocratic measures.
942
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:00,292
- It started out
as a medical crisis.
943
01:35:00,375 --> 01:35:04,751
It has become a test
of our form of government.
944
01:35:04,834 --> 01:35:08,375
♪ ♪
945
01:35:08,459 --> 01:35:11,667
- I have lived
under authoritarianism,
946
01:35:11,751 --> 01:35:15,417
and I have lived in a society
that calls itself free.
947
01:35:16,709 --> 01:35:21,125
In both systems, ordinary
people become casualties
948
01:35:21,209 --> 01:35:24,334
of their leaders' pursuit
of power.
949
01:35:24,417 --> 01:35:31,417
♪ ♪
950
01:37:44,959 --> 01:37:47,083
[bright tone]