1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,417 [TV static drones] 3 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,000 [bright tone] 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:24,250 --> 00:00:27,209 [cheers and applause] 6 00:00:29,792 --> 00:00:32,751 [bells tolling] 7 00:00:39,334 --> 00:00:42,292 [soft music] 8 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:49,417 ♪ ♪ 9 00:01:07,792 --> 00:01:11,709 - This was Wuhan in the first few moments of 2020, 10 00:01:11,792 --> 00:01:14,626 celebrating the New Year like any other city. 11 00:01:14,709 --> 00:01:21,709 ♪ ♪ 12 00:01:33,250 --> 00:01:36,209 [upbeat music] 13 00:02:43,459 --> 00:02:45,834 - On the morning of January 1st, 14 00:02:45,918 --> 00:02:48,918 this speech by China's president was broadcast 15 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,918 all across the country. 16 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,751 Later that afternoon, 17 00:02:53,834 --> 00:02:56,834 another message went out on state media. 18 00:03:06,709 --> 00:03:09,209 This message faded into the background 19 00:03:09,292 --> 00:03:11,709 when the whole country was celebrating. 20 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:16,209 It barely registered with people, including me. 21 00:03:16,292 --> 00:03:19,375 [soft music] 22 00:03:19,459 --> 00:03:22,042 I've lived in the U.S. for nine years, 23 00:03:22,125 --> 00:03:24,876 and each year in January, I would return to my home 24 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:27,334 in China to celebrate the Chinese New Year 25 00:03:27,417 --> 00:03:28,584 with my family. 26 00:03:34,209 --> 00:03:38,000 This year, I traveled with my two-year-old son. 27 00:03:38,083 --> 00:03:45,083 ♪ ♪ 28 00:03:48,709 --> 00:03:51,417 This was the last moment I can remember 29 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,792 when life still felt normal. 30 00:03:53,876 --> 00:03:57,417 ♪ ♪ 31 00:03:57,500 --> 00:03:59,417 In the weeks and months that followed, 32 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:02,751 as the world plunged into chaos and confusion, 33 00:04:02,834 --> 00:04:05,918 this image returned to my mind, 34 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,417 and the news bulletin 35 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:10,250 from that same day hung in my memory. 36 00:04:19,209 --> 00:04:21,500 ♪ ♪ 37 00:04:21,584 --> 00:04:23,834 When I look at these people now, 38 00:04:23,918 --> 00:04:27,167 unaware of what was spreading between them, 39 00:04:27,250 --> 00:04:31,709 I feel like we are all still standing there in that moment. 40 00:04:31,792 --> 00:04:38,709 ♪ ♪ 41 00:04:47,375 --> 00:04:50,792 On January 23rd, I left my son in China 42 00:04:50,876 --> 00:04:53,375 so he could spend the holiday with my mom, 43 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:57,042 and I flew back to the U.S. for a work trip. 44 00:04:57,125 --> 00:04:59,500 As soon as I landed in the U.S., 45 00:04:59,584 --> 00:05:01,292 the Chinese government announced 46 00:05:01,375 --> 00:05:03,083 it was locking down Wuhan. 47 00:05:13,292 --> 00:05:16,834 All 11 million people living in Wuhan were sealed off 48 00:05:16,918 --> 00:05:18,500 from the outside world, 49 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:22,000 and other cities all around the country were starting 50 00:05:22,083 --> 00:05:23,459 to barricade themselves 51 00:05:23,542 --> 00:05:26,959 to stop the virus from reaching them. 52 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:35,459 Not knowing whether my family was safe 53 00:05:35,542 --> 00:05:38,751 in our hometown 200 miles east of Wuhan, 54 00:05:38,834 --> 00:05:40,751 I scrolled through the news, 55 00:05:40,834 --> 00:05:42,542 trying to find more information. 56 00:05:42,626 --> 00:05:45,083 On the evening of Wuhan's lockdown, 57 00:05:45,167 --> 00:05:48,667 this was broadcast on national and local TV. 58 00:06:12,542 --> 00:06:15,209 [applause] 59 00:06:16,834 --> 00:06:19,626 While this was being broadcast on TV, 60 00:06:19,709 --> 00:06:22,292 this is what was on social media. 61 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:25,292 [tense music] 62 00:06:25,375 --> 00:06:27,584 - [coughing] 63 00:06:27,667 --> 00:06:30,459 - People were dying on the streets. 64 00:06:30,542 --> 00:06:33,626 Posts like these were deleted from social media 65 00:06:33,709 --> 00:06:35,959 by government censors. 66 00:06:36,042 --> 00:06:38,417 Simply filming on the street with a cell phone 67 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:40,500 became sensitive. 68 00:06:47,042 --> 00:06:50,083 Finally, a family member who worked in the hospital 69 00:06:50,167 --> 00:06:53,584 told me that our town had several confirmed cases, 70 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:55,876 but the government was ordering hospital staff 71 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:58,667 to keep it a secret. 72 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:01,584 I knew we had to get our son out of the country. 73 00:07:01,667 --> 00:07:04,334 My husband bought the first available ticket 74 00:07:04,417 --> 00:07:06,375 to pick him up. 75 00:07:08,167 --> 00:07:10,584 I spent hours reading social media posts, 76 00:07:10,667 --> 00:07:13,000 and I discovered a forum for people 77 00:07:13,083 --> 00:07:16,000 who had tested positive but couldn't get treatment 78 00:07:16,083 --> 00:07:20,417 because hospitals were overwhelmed. 79 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:23,292 Thousands of people were uploading their names, 80 00:07:23,375 --> 00:07:27,042 ID pictures, phone numbers, and their X-rays 81 00:07:27,125 --> 00:07:30,083 in hopes of getting some access to care. 82 00:07:33,584 --> 00:07:36,083 Seeing these patients brought back memories 83 00:07:36,167 --> 00:07:39,667 of a moment from when I was 11 years old. 84 00:07:39,751 --> 00:07:42,042 My father was in the hospital getting treatment 85 00:07:42,125 --> 00:07:44,667 for heart disease and was surrounded 86 00:07:44,751 --> 00:07:46,876 by people who were dying. 87 00:07:46,959 --> 00:07:49,626 [soft music] 88 00:07:49,709 --> 00:07:53,334 My mom had to work nonstop to afford the medical bills, 89 00:07:53,417 --> 00:07:56,959 so I stayed at the hospital taking care of my dad. 90 00:07:58,792 --> 00:08:02,709 These lines of people waiting for care in Wuhan reminded me 91 00:08:02,792 --> 00:08:05,584 of the lines I stood in to fill out paperwork 92 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:08,709 or get medication for my father. 93 00:08:08,792 --> 00:08:11,918 I was small, even for an 11-year-old, 94 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,834 and people would often push past me, 95 00:08:13,918 --> 00:08:16,500 and the staff would ignore me. 96 00:08:16,584 --> 00:08:19,292 Not long after that, my father died 97 00:08:19,375 --> 00:08:22,500 at 33 years old. 98 00:08:22,584 --> 00:08:24,417 The grief and powerlessness I felt 99 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:26,417 at losing him like that, 100 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:28,918 wondering if he could have lived longer 101 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 had he gotten better care, 102 00:08:31,083 --> 00:08:32,751 it shaped me into who I am 103 00:08:32,834 --> 00:08:35,417 and later drove me to make documentaries. 104 00:08:37,292 --> 00:08:40,083 I archived as many posts as I could, 105 00:08:40,167 --> 00:08:42,792 and I tried reaching out to a few major newspapers 106 00:08:42,876 --> 00:08:45,959 in the U.S. with the hope that news coverage 107 00:08:46,042 --> 00:08:47,751 could somehow help these people. 108 00:08:47,834 --> 00:08:54,792 ♪ ♪ 109 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,959 None of the newspapers I contacted 110 00:09:04,042 --> 00:09:05,918 would pursue this story. 111 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:12,959 ♪ ♪ 112 00:09:25,334 --> 00:09:28,584 I decided to try and contact local camerapeople 113 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:32,334 in Wuhan to start collecting people's stories. 114 00:09:32,417 --> 00:09:34,792 What they sent was my first real glimpse 115 00:09:34,876 --> 00:09:38,751 of what life in Wuhan looked like under quarantine. 116 00:10:01,709 --> 00:10:06,709 ♪ ♪ 117 00:10:06,792 --> 00:10:11,334 Every movement required approval from party officials. 118 00:10:11,417 --> 00:10:14,000 Only people who got a special letter of permission 119 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:17,000 from the government could film at the hospitals, 120 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:19,459 and a few of them agreed to film for me, 121 00:10:19,542 --> 00:10:21,500 each for different reasons. 122 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:54,500 This was some of the first footage 123 00:10:54,584 --> 00:10:56,500 they filmed inside the hospital. 124 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,959 - [laughing] 125 00:11:41,959 --> 00:11:42,918 - Oh. 126 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:03,167 Oh. 127 00:13:16,292 --> 00:13:19,292 [indistinct chatter] 128 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:21,876 - [speaking Chinese dialect] 129 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,542 - When I noticed the camerapeople 130 00:13:25,626 --> 00:13:26,918 were turning off their cameras 131 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 whenever they saw something negative, 132 00:13:29,083 --> 00:13:31,542 I suggested that they put multiple cameras 133 00:13:31,626 --> 00:13:33,918 in different places around the hospital 134 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,876 and keep filming all day long. 135 00:13:35,959 --> 00:13:39,834 [monitor beeping] 136 00:13:39,918 --> 00:13:43,500 [ventilator hissing] 137 00:13:43,584 --> 00:13:46,375 This shot captured the cameraperson sitting down 138 00:13:46,459 --> 00:13:47,834 to take a break. 139 00:13:47,918 --> 00:13:49,792 I also told them to film nonstop 140 00:13:49,876 --> 00:13:52,000 with their handheld cameras, 141 00:13:52,083 --> 00:13:55,209 and they took the instructions very literally. 142 00:13:58,918 --> 00:14:03,459 This shot of a patient's foot lasted for five minutes. 143 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:06,751 But then someone caught the cameraperson's attention. 144 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:02,667 - [sighs, voice breaking] 145 00:17:19,751 --> 00:17:22,042 - This detail surprised me. 146 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:25,125 The father kept saying that he and his son were infected 147 00:17:25,209 --> 00:17:26,626 in December. 148 00:17:26,709 --> 00:17:28,167 This would have been a month 149 00:17:28,250 --> 00:17:31,042 before the government announced the outbreak. 150 00:17:31,125 --> 00:17:35,125 I wanted to interview doctors and nurses about this, 151 00:17:35,209 --> 00:17:38,542 but I was told that every interview request had 152 00:17:38,626 --> 00:17:40,751 to be approved by the government. 153 00:17:43,876 --> 00:17:47,375 In one moment captured by a camera placed in the lobby, 154 00:17:47,459 --> 00:17:49,250 the media was staging interviews 155 00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:51,292 with doctors and nurses. 156 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:58,459 [indistinct chatter, laughter] 157 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:10,876 Everywhere our cameraperson filmed, 158 00:18:10,959 --> 00:18:13,167 there were media crews working for the state 159 00:18:13,250 --> 00:18:15,459 and local propaganda department. 160 00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:18,500 I learned that the government sent hundreds of journalists 161 00:18:18,584 --> 00:18:21,125 to report on the situation in Wuhan. 162 00:18:21,209 --> 00:18:24,292 On TV, the propaganda department 163 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:27,334 laid out its strategy for covering the outbreak. 164 00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:51,167 Positive is a word that I heard over and over on TV. 165 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:55,042 Even some of our camerapeople agreed that it was important 166 00:18:55,125 --> 00:18:57,542 to portray the situation positively, 167 00:18:57,626 --> 00:18:59,626 and one of them explained why. 168 00:19:20,083 --> 00:19:23,375 Many doctors would only tell positive stories. 169 00:19:23,459 --> 00:19:27,584 Just a few agreed to speak with me but only anonymously. 170 00:20:07,918 --> 00:20:10,918 [tense music] 171 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,125 ♪ ♪ 172 00:20:14,209 --> 00:20:15,876 Unable to get doctors 173 00:20:15,959 --> 00:20:18,459 from state-owned hospitals to speak, 174 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:21,500 I searched and found private clinic owners. 175 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:28,125 Chen and her husband, Liu, run a small clinic 176 00:20:28,209 --> 00:20:31,417 near Huanan Seafood Market, the wet market 177 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,542 where the first COVID-19 cases were discovered 178 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:02,417 - [speaking Chinese dialect] 179 00:22:08,918 --> 00:22:10,334 [person coughing] 180 00:22:10,417 --> 00:22:13,167 All of these patients came in within four days 181 00:22:13,250 --> 00:22:15,209 of each other in December. 182 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:19,042 Some of them later would test positive for COVID. 183 00:22:25,292 --> 00:22:29,584 On December 26th, Doctor Liu developed a fever himself. 184 00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:32,000 When his condition worsened, 185 00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:34,792 he tried to get treatment at a hospital. 186 00:22:34,876 --> 00:22:41,792 ♪ ♪ 187 00:24:12,918 --> 00:24:15,792 Between January 1st and January 2nd, 188 00:24:15,876 --> 00:24:18,959 4 different hospitals refused to treat Liu, 189 00:24:19,042 --> 00:24:22,542 and none of them offered a reason that made any sense. 190 00:24:24,125 --> 00:24:26,751 I gathered every source of information I could 191 00:24:26,834 --> 00:24:28,876 on the early days of the outbreak 192 00:24:28,959 --> 00:24:31,375 to see if I could find an explanation. 193 00:24:33,167 --> 00:24:36,459 This article published by scientists from Wuhan 194 00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:39,000 in an international medical journal said 195 00:24:39,083 --> 00:24:41,709 the first known case of unexplained pneumonia 196 00:24:41,792 --> 00:24:44,667 was recorded on December 1st. 197 00:24:44,751 --> 00:24:48,542 On December 26th, a private lab tested samples 198 00:24:48,626 --> 00:24:50,125 from patients. 199 00:24:50,209 --> 00:24:53,334 One of the lab technicians posted their discoveries 200 00:24:53,417 --> 00:24:55,667 about the virus on his blog. 201 00:24:55,751 --> 00:24:59,209 They described the virus as a subtype of SARS. 202 00:24:59,292 --> 00:25:01,834 They also shared their findings 203 00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:04,792 with government health officials in Wuhan. 204 00:25:07,125 --> 00:25:10,792 Then on December 30th, in a private group chat, 205 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:14,459 a few doctors in Wuhan warned friends and family 206 00:25:14,542 --> 00:25:16,626 about this new SARS-like virus. 207 00:25:16,709 --> 00:25:20,375 One of the doctors was named Li Wenliang, 208 00:25:20,459 --> 00:25:24,792 who would later die after being infected by a patient. 209 00:25:24,876 --> 00:25:27,584 Screenshots of these chats were circulated 210 00:25:27,667 --> 00:25:30,542 on social media, and on January 1st, 211 00:25:30,626 --> 00:25:33,626 those 8 doctors ended up on the news. 212 00:26:13,209 --> 00:26:16,292 On the same day that the eight doctors were punished, 213 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:18,584 Liu visited four of the hospitals 214 00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:21,792 where the punished doctors had been working. 215 00:26:21,876 --> 00:26:24,918 He was turned away from all of them. 216 00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:28,334 Many of the doctors at these hospitals must have known 217 00:26:28,417 --> 00:26:31,125 this new virus was spreading between people, 218 00:26:31,209 --> 00:26:34,209 but they were afraid to say so for fear of punishment 219 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:36,083 from the government. 220 00:26:54,876 --> 00:26:56,959 - [crying] 221 00:26:57,042 --> 00:26:59,042 [thunder rumbles] 222 00:27:36,334 --> 00:27:38,584 - For three weeks following the punishment 223 00:27:38,667 --> 00:27:40,334 of those eight doctors, 224 00:27:40,417 --> 00:27:43,709 the government continuously reassured the public 225 00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:46,792 that the virus was contained and wasn't spreading 226 00:27:46,876 --> 00:27:48,375 between people. 227 00:28:23,626 --> 00:28:25,584 [lighter clicks] 228 00:30:00,334 --> 00:30:07,292 ♪ ♪ 229 00:30:16,709 --> 00:30:19,626 [fanfare playing] 230 00:30:19,709 --> 00:30:24,042 ♪ ♪ 231 00:30:28,918 --> 00:30:31,375 - During this time as health-care workers 232 00:30:31,459 --> 00:30:34,167 and patients were spreading the virus in hospitals, 233 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:38,417 the annual People's Congress in Hubei Province was held 234 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:39,834 in Wuhan. 235 00:30:39,918 --> 00:30:41,792 Every province holds one of these meetings 236 00:30:41,876 --> 00:30:44,042 at the beginning of each year. 237 00:30:44,125 --> 00:30:45,959 It's a chance for party officials 238 00:30:46,042 --> 00:30:48,375 to make big speeches and set the agenda 239 00:30:48,459 --> 00:30:49,375 for the coming year. 240 00:30:49,459 --> 00:30:50,542 [applause] 241 00:30:50,626 --> 00:30:52,792 It would not have been a good time 242 00:30:52,876 --> 00:30:55,250 to announce the spread of a new virus. 243 00:31:09,542 --> 00:31:11,709 The Congress lasted for two weeks, 244 00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:14,042 and during that time, the government announced 245 00:31:14,125 --> 00:31:18,417 each day that there were no new coronavirus cases. 246 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:21,417 [tense music] 247 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:23,417 ♪ ♪ 248 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:25,751 On January 20th, 249 00:31:25,834 --> 00:31:28,375 2 days after the Congress ended, 250 00:31:28,459 --> 00:31:30,626 the government announced for the first time 251 00:31:30,709 --> 00:31:33,584 that the virus could spread between people. 252 00:31:47,709 --> 00:31:53,417 ♪ ♪ 253 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:56,542 Three days later, the city was locked down. 254 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,167 Hospitals and emergency hotlines 255 00:32:00,250 --> 00:32:02,375 immediately were overwhelmed. 256 00:32:02,459 --> 00:32:09,417 ♪ ♪ 257 00:32:42,876 --> 00:32:45,834 [phones ringing, indistinct chatter] 258 00:33:16,626 --> 00:33:18,626 [device beeps] 259 00:33:32,334 --> 00:33:35,292 [beeping] 260 00:35:30,459 --> 00:35:32,626 The footage the camerapeople sent me 261 00:35:32,709 --> 00:35:37,042 revealed so many families facing this exact situation. 262 00:35:37,125 --> 00:35:38,918 A loved one was near death, 263 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,250 but no hospital would admit them. 264 00:35:42,459 --> 00:35:45,417 [indistinct chatter] 265 00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:46,209 ♪ ♪ 266 00:37:29,709 --> 00:37:36,167 ♪ ♪ 267 00:38:12,167 --> 00:38:15,709 This shot of medics walking to pick up a patient 268 00:38:15,792 --> 00:38:18,709 lasted for 15 minutes. 269 00:38:18,792 --> 00:38:21,542 The roads and entrances to many neighborhoods 270 00:38:21,626 --> 00:38:24,209 had been blocked during the lockdown. 271 00:38:24,292 --> 00:38:26,417 It often took the medics a long time 272 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,209 to reach a patient. 273 00:38:29,709 --> 00:38:32,834 As I watched them pass by each building, 274 00:38:32,918 --> 00:38:36,083 I thought of the people who posted their chest X-rays 275 00:38:36,167 --> 00:38:39,000 on the social media forum. 276 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:41,500 I wondered how many of them could have been sitting 277 00:38:41,584 --> 00:38:43,667 by their apartment windows 278 00:38:43,751 --> 00:38:46,167 watching the medics come closer, 279 00:38:46,250 --> 00:38:47,918 only to pass their window 280 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,167 and disappear around the corner. 281 00:38:51,250 --> 00:38:53,459 I thought the government would have wanted 282 00:38:53,542 --> 00:38:56,375 to conceal moments like this from the public, 283 00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:58,959 but instead, outbreak stories 284 00:38:59,042 --> 00:39:01,626 were broadcast nonstop on TV. 285 00:39:01,709 --> 00:39:04,626 [dramatic music] 286 00:39:04,709 --> 00:39:11,709 ♪ ♪ 287 00:39:43,042 --> 00:39:44,918 - After watching hundreds 288 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,083 of these state media programs myself, 289 00:39:47,167 --> 00:39:50,500 I saw a pattern of story types that were being approved 290 00:39:50,584 --> 00:39:52,459 by the propaganda department-- 291 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. 293 00:40:14,042 --> 00:40:16,042 [baby crying] 294 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:22,500 These stories were nationally televised 295 00:40:22,584 --> 00:40:23,626 and watched by millions. 296 00:40:34,918 --> 00:40:37,667 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 298 00:40:40,542 --> 00:40:43,626 about regular people overcoming adversity, 299 00:40:43,709 --> 00:40:45,292 fighting for each other. 300 00:40:47,250 --> 00:40:49,751 But I don't remember ever questioning 301 00:40:49,834 --> 00:40:52,459 where the adversity came from in the first place 302 00:40:52,542 --> 00:40:54,792 or why the government's propaganda department 303 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. 307 00:41:08,584 --> 00:41:11,542 [line trilling] 308 00:41:17,626 --> 00:41:20,334 I called the people on the social media forum 309 00:41:20,417 --> 00:41:23,918 who had posted their X-rays and phone numbers online. 310 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:31,459 ♪ ♪ 311 00:42:53,542 --> 00:42:56,542 [overlapping chatter in Chinese dialect] 312 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. 315 00:43:18,209 --> 00:43:25,167 ♪ ♪ 316 00:43:34,459 --> 00:43:37,083 Ding is a taxi driver. 317 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]