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The Virus That Shook The World<\/em>, Frontline, PBS, April 26, 27, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last night and the night before, the best ongoing documentary program in the US, Frontline on PBS, which we have praised since inception, completed three hours of its newest episodes, parts one and two of\u00a0The Virus That Shook The World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

After emphasizing, time after time, the next program that must be seen on Frontline, we need to emphasize that this needs to be seen more than anything yet, simply because of the scope of the issue of the pandemic and how it has impacted and changed the world as nothing before in so many ways.<\/p>\n

The pandemic itself gets better and worse as we write in different parts of the world and in different parts of every nation. Vaccination is proceeding at a faster rate in the US, still in a race between reaching a level that can end the worst aspects of the pandemic and the combination of variants, human selfishness and human necessity for many turning back the progress made. In India, soon to be the nation with the largest population on earth and the largest population in poverty for some time, the virus rages out of control, even by official counts that are clearly undercounts.<\/p>\n

The hubris and delusion of so much of our species has been made transparent in the pandemic. Borders of air are no defense from reality. We are one world. No one is safe until everyone is safe.<\/p>\n

From the beginning, we have reported that the pandemic has revealed the worst aspects of other pandemics and issues facing humanity, given the opportunity for the best aspects of humanity to make a global breakthrough, and underlined the reality all life on earth faces. Regardless of views or ideologies, it is demonstrable fact, as it has been increasingly throughout history, that only sustainable guaranteed basic needs and human rights for all<\/em> will cure social ills and allow life on earth to survive and thrive.<\/p>\n

We proceed now with the transcripts and the link to view the two-night program. Look for re-runs tomorrow or other times on your local PBS schedule:<\/p>\n

“The Virus That Shook The World”<\/a><\/p>\n

The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Part 1<\/h2>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Babe, you\u2019re so handsome.<\/p>\n

CLAIRE HU, Location producer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] The British is making a cup of tea. [laughter]<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] I really like British tea. I like it a lot.<\/p>\n

JAMES BLUEMEL, Producer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey, you guys. Hi.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello!<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello.<\/p>\n

JAMES BLUEMEL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nice to see you.<\/p>\n

CLAIRE HU:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Could you please introduce yourselves?<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] You first, then me.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] We\u2019re from Wuhan and live in Wuhan. My name is Qiongyao Xie. And you do yourself.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] My name is Jie Yang.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] I’m kind of a full-time food blogger.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t want to miss my updates, please click the little bell. Ding ding ding ding ding!<\/p>\n

It took less than six months from our first chat to the wedding. We found a reliable fortune-teller and picked this date, which was the 19th of January. The 19th of January.<\/p>\n

But there was this thing. The day after our wedding our best man, who was a cousin, he fainted at work. Fainted out of the blue. He was taken to the hospital for a check-up.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] While he was waiting he took a lot of really shocking pictures.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] At that time it was called an unidentified type of pneumonia. The news said everything was under control.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Then on the night of the 22nd, I went to bed late, didn\u2019t sleep until 1:30 or 2:00. Before we went to sleep, there weren\u2019t any updates or any breaking news. But I woke up at 9 a.m. the next day to find we were in lockdown.<\/p>\n

At 10:00 it was announced that nobody could leave.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonight, concern around the world over a mysterious strain of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A hundred and seventy people in Wuhan have been treated in hospital. Several are critically ill, and three deaths have been confirmed.<\/p>\n

January 23, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014roads closed, trains stopped.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinese authorities are saying that this new coronavirus is preventable and controllable.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A city of 11 million people effectively quarantined.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] The roses in the community garden are blooming. Extraordinarily gorgeous. And this is withered. When I have my own kids, I\u2019ll bring them here every day. Hold on a second. Should this be sanitized? Never mind. Should be OK in this outfit. I won\u2019t break it, right?<\/p>\n

Actually, it was quite common for us to argue at home at that time. Every day it was about whether to go out, to film or not, and where to film. I said, \u201cI don\u2019t care, I won\u2019t go no matter what. I won\u2019t go, and you can\u2019t go either.\u201d But he really moved me by saying, \u201cI want to show our son what happened to his parents.\u201d So I was like, \u201cFine. I\u2019ll be with you for whatever you want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

[sings] Riding my beloved motorbike with no traffic jam today.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know the rest of the words.<\/p>\n

This is the fourth day of lockdown in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

Hi there. Do you have any masks?<\/p>\n

FEMALE SHOPKEEPER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Our masks are out of stock.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] What about sanitizer?<\/p>\n

FEMALE SHOPKEEPER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] That\u2019s gone, too.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] This is our food market, which is currently closed. We\u2019ve been eating Chinese cabbage and carrots every day. I\u2019m about to cry.<\/p>\n

Hi there. Could you please tell me where you bought these vegetables?<\/p>\n

WOMAN ON STREET:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] There are vegetables over there.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Has everyone given up on their image now? I\u2019ve seen several people out in their pajamas. [laughs]<\/p>\n

Look, there is some cai tai. Oh, my goodness! I\u2019ll have two.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] OK, let\u2019s take temperatures.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] And me, too. [laughter]<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] They started to take your temperature when you went in or out of a neighborhood because one symptom is a fever.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] It was actually before all the neighborhoods were closed. It was done before the household lockdown, and it didn\u2019t last very long.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Like one day or two?<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] No, like a week. You need to say the time frame.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] It was between the lockdown of the city and when the neighborhoods locked down.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wuhan’s medics are locked in a daily battle against this epidemic.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The virus has spread to every region in China.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s been 259 deaths so far.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Wuhan, two large brand-new hospitals are being built in little more than a week.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] They were exclusively for coronavirus patients and medical staff.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Sort of like a camp to treat and quarantine them.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] For some, they took over stadiums and other large venues in order to keep patients with mild symptoms together. Supplies and medical staff from all over the country began to arrive in Wuhan after a few days.<\/p>\n

MEDICAL TEAM [in unison]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Our work has been smooth, and all is well. There is nothing to worry about. Keep going, Wuhan! Keep going, China!<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] I think during this epidemic the people of Wuhan behaved brilliantly. No matter what happens we always actively cooperate to help manage this epidemic.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] It was still controllable at that time, and we hoped everyone would follow our example.<\/p>\n

GROUP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[singing] Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Amie, happy birthday to you. [cheering]<\/p>\n

LEAMINGTON SPA | ENGLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t realize that you actually used those boards. [laughs]<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazing! [laughs] That\u2019s made my day.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Amie Burbridge. I\u2019m a mom. I grew up in Wolverhampton, and when I grew up I wanted to be a makeup artist. And somehow I ended up as a doctor.<\/p>\n

Sometime in January we jokingly were talking about COVID, and it just didn\u2019t seem real. It was thousands of miles away, so it was irrelevant to us, really.<\/p>\n

BENTA AGOLA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first heard about it in January, but it wasn\u2019t in Kenya. I knew it’s a disease of the whites, the Western people.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] I thought, “Here we go again.” There was an epidemic, a pandemic every so often.<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t think too much of it because it was in China. A long ways from us.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] This wasn\u2019t a thing that would come to Iceland. We\u2019re just on this tiny island in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then Italy started, and still you’re like, “Poor Italians, poor Italians, they are really having it hard.” Yeah, yeah. It’s completely crazy. It’s just really playing the ostrich, which put their head in the sand.<\/p>\n

MALE PARAMEDIC:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] We\u2019re on or way to our third COVID patient. Could you confirm whether your husband has had a fever in the past few days?<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have colleagues working in Italy. They were sending pictures. They were describing the patients they were seeing, the number of people dying, the number of people in intensive care units. And it still didn\u2019t feel real. We were like, “It\u2019s not going to be us.” Yeah.<\/p>\n

MILAN | ITALY<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] Hi, guys, I\u2019m doing a voice message because I\u2019m too messed up to write. Forgive me, but I have to let it out. [cries] I\u2019m sorry, but I just can\u2019t cope. I feel like I\u2019m a terrible nurse and a terrible person. [cries] I don\u2019t know. I just don\u2019t know. There are people dying. And there\u2019s nothing you can do, nothing anyone can do.<\/p>\n

MALE DOCTOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] Are we ready? Listen to what he\u2019s got in there. Go, go quickly.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014the impact this virus is having on Italy.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coronavirus outbreak\u2014<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coronavirus continues to spread at speed. There are close to 90,000 cases worldwide. Crucially, the vast majority of new cases are outside China.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was getting scared by now, because we knew in early March that that would be us a few weeks down the line.<\/p>\n

I remember my first individual who was diagnosed with COVID-19. And it was like, “Oh, my God, it’s come. It’s arrived.” And it was a shock, that first case, because it was quite early on, actually. I can\u2019t remember the exact date. We didn\u2019t really know how to manage it, because nobody did it. There wasn\u2019t any research; there wasn\u2019t any evidence.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NURSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jess is in room 8.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yep. Who else have we got for medics, just so’s I’m on top of it? That\u2019s it, isn\u2019t it, then? Oh, thank you. OK. She is poorly, isn\u2019t she?<\/p>\n

A lot of the stuff we did in the early stages turned out to be wrong, some of the treatments that we tried, because we didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

I went from having an incredible conversation with a lovely, lovely, lovely individual, and within two hours, she\u2019d been transferred to the intensive care unit, she was intubated, she was ventilated and she died. And I did absolutely nothing to help her apart from giving false hope to her and her family. “Oh, it\u2019s absolutely fine. We\u2019ll give you some oxygen, you\u2019ll be fine.” And she died. And that was my first patient who died. And I remember her hair, her makeup. I remember what she was wearing. I remember her name. I remember everything. I just felt like I was a bystander. And I felt like that in a lot of cases, because people just deteriorated quickly and died.<\/p>\n

We need to keep you in hospital.<\/p>\n

MALE PATIENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have COVID-19.<\/p>\n

MALE PATIENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know you have coronavirus, so we need to keep you in hospital. We\u2019ll just keep a close eye on you tonight. OK?<\/p>\n

MALE PATIENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can I have a listen to your chest?<\/p>\n

MALE PATIENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, I’ll put that down. You feel very hot.<\/p>\n

March 16, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government acknowledges that millions of us may get COVID-19 because the virus can\u2019t be stopped.<\/p>\n

PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now is the time for everyone to stop nonessential contact with others.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spain declared a state of emergency on Saturday, placing the country in lockdown.<\/p>\n

BARCELONA | SPAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] I made this mask myself. [laughter] It\u2019s a little bit scary.<\/p>\n

PARIS | FRANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

France is the latest country to take drastic measures to control the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] I know I am asking everyone to stay at home.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] No, it\u2019s upside-down. It goes on the other way<\/p>\n

ELLA DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Which way?<\/p>\n

LOU DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Like that?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] You won\u2019t manage it with the helmet.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A day of somber language.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things are shutting down. The coronavirus pandemic is bringing life in the United States to a grinding halt.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK | USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAN ROSSI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Dan Rossi. I live in New York, and I\u2019m a vendor. We sell hot dogs in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We’ve been there about 13 years, but I\u2019ve been in the business 40. Forty years.<\/p>\n

We got hit hard. You go down New York City, you expect mobs. There was nobody. It was like a ghost town. People did what they had to do. But we got hit hard.<\/p>\n

In that location, we are in front of the Met, it’s basically a tourist destination, and the only thing these tourists want is a New York hot dog. And it can be pretty rough sometimes. You’ve got to really move sometimes, real fast. Everyone\u2019s talking their different language, you don\u2019t know what the hell anybody’s saying, but they point to a picture and you give them a hot dog. It\u2019s fun. It is. Yeah.<\/p>\n

I said, “Well, in two months I\u2019m in the red.” I need maybe $2,000 or $3,000 a month to get us through. I\u2019m going to borrow that money. I’m going to find someone and borrow the money. I know people. I\u2019ll borrow the money.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been in some really tough situations in my life, and this just seemed like, if it’s just money, we\u2019ll get through it. It\u2019s just money. And I\u2019ll make sure everything is OK. Don\u2019t panic, just\u2014it’ll play out, you\u2019ll be all right.<\/p>\n

So what do you want to do? What do you want to do?<\/p>\n

I got\u2014I’m married. I got four daughters. I got 14 grandchildren. My oldest grandson is 21 and my youngest granddaughter is 3 months old. That\u2019s quite a mix.<\/p>\n

Get out of here! Leave this kid alone.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what makes me go to work, knowing that I have responsibilities.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes! Vinny, yes!<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep your mouth closed. Keep your mouth closed!<\/p>\n

DAN ROSSI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I went ahead and I set up an area for weights and everything so my grandsons could work out. I mean, I think those few months were the hardest months of my life, just staying home, doing nothing. How can you do nothing every day? Anybody who retires has got to be crazy. How can you not work? I don\u2019t get it. [laughs] It was pretty boring, I’ve got to tell you. [laughs]<\/p>\n

I understand everything that’s going on, and it\u2019s the right thing to do. The distancing, to keep things closed, to open things up in portions. I understand all that. But it’s still taking a very big impact.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

DAN ROSSI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On everybody. And I\u2019m not just talking about us. Sitting around every day, every day. I go downtown every day, I sit there for a few hours, and there’s absolutely nothing going on. Nothing.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n

DAN ROSSI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This time, if it was a normal year\u2014<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019d be so busy.<\/p>\n

DAN ROSSI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014we’d be working. All right. God bless America.<\/p>\n

BOGOT\u00c1 | COLOMBIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] I was romantically linked with an Italian woman for more than six years. And talking on the phone, I realized this was for real, that this disease was taking people to their graves.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office, where I work, decided to declare a lockdown before we reached the peak of the pandemic. This was for a very specific reason. Colombia\u2019s health system is precarious, flawed. Neither Bogot\u00e1 nor any other city in the country has the hospital capacity to deal with what was headed our way with the pandemic.<\/p>\n

I believe many were saved by the early lockdown. Of course, there was a price to pay for that. With the lockdown, obviously some can go home to watch Netflix and do yoga. In Bogot\u00e1, the elite can carry on living in lockdown for years. But in the poorer districts, the majority live hand-to-mouth.<\/p>\n

They go out in search of food. And when you shut everything down, the clock starts ticking very quickly, because if they had to stay at home, what would they eat? How would they look after their children?<\/p>\n

Are there many red rags in the area?<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE ON PHONE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Quite a lot. We had a look, and there are quite a lot.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] How many officers are there?<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE ON PHONE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Forty army and 25 police.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] The way the poor cried for help to the government took the shape of a symbol. And that symbol was the red rag. My job during this period became to assist and support as many people as we could reach.<\/p>\n

Good morning, everyone. Thank you. If we do this properly, then 3,200 families can go to bed tonight with food in their bellies.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when we saw a better side to all this.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Hey, they\u2019re good dancers.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] A beautiful spirit of solidarity began to emerge. People came together in order to survive.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Where are our boys and girls? Kids, raise your hands! Which is the coolest flat?<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] I have a special responsibility here in Bogot\u00e1: to implement the peace agreements after five decades of armed conflict in Colombia.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014the Colombian army fighting the guerrillas on a growing number of fronts. The guerrillas and the drug cartels are shipping out cocaine and heroin at will.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] I work with victims, with former fighters. My job is to try and build peace in Bogot\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Who am I? My name is Vladimir Rodr\u00edguez Valencia. Carlos Vladimir. My dad named me after Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.<\/p>\n

Oh, my son is calling, wait. His first tooth fell out yesterday.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Will P\u00e9rez Mouse come?<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Yes, first visit from P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n

VLADIMIR’S SON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Hello, Daddy.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Hello, Po.<\/p>\n

VLADIMIR’S SON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] How are you?<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Fine, having soup. So what happened?<\/p>\n

VLADIMIR’S SON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] One of my teeth fell out.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[laughs] [Speaking Spanish] Did P\u00e9rez Mouse show up?<\/p>\n

VLADIMIR’S SON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Yes!<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Wow, did he leave you all that?<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] He\u2019s grown up so fast.<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] He\u2019s 6 already. I love you, Pollis.<\/p>\n

I made the decision to join the mayor\u2019s office even though it meant I couldn\u2019t live in the same city as my son. I don\u2019t live with his mother, but we\u2019re good friends. I promised him I\u2019d never be away on his birthday. But this year I had to send his gift by mail. It infuriates me that COVID took that away, that it meant I wouldn\u2019t see my son for months.<\/p>\n

The thing is, I\u2019m not working for peace just because I believe in it. It\u2019s to build a better country and society for that kid. If the pandemic makes us see that as a society our priority is to take care of one another, then it will have all been worthwhile. And I can only hope that one day my son will understand that.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coronavirus has reached every continent except Antarctica.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of infections worldwide: 400,000.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Wuhan, which has been on lockdown for nearly two months, the quarantine rules have been slightly relaxed. If no new cases are reported for 14 days, the restrictions could be reduced further.<\/p>\n

WUHAN | CHINA<\/strong><\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] It was a bit more under control and things were starting to improve. So we wanted to check it out.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m really craving chicken wings, fried chicken and stuff. But KFC and McDonald’s are closed.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] There is a McDonald’s over there.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Oh, yeah. Let\u2019s see if that McDonald’s is open. I want to buy something to eat. Guys, my cheer is back. McDonald\u2019s is open! Happy. So happy!<\/p>\n

Wuhan is getting better, little by little. Wuhan, keep going! China, keep going!<\/p>\n

When we saw the situation in other countries after their outbreaks, we were really worried. Really worried. I was actually surprised by their reaction and how slowly they took precautions. The textbook is right here, and you don\u2019t even want to take it? I just can\u2019t figure it out. I really don\u2019t know what they were thinking.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Belarus resisted the lockdown altogether. The country’s football matches are still being played, and President Alexander Lukashenko has suggested vodka would help against the disease.<\/p>\n

MINSK | BELARUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] There are no viruses here. You haven\u2019t noticed them flying around, have you?<\/p>\n

VALERY KALANTEI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Singing in Belarusian] We don\u2019t need you, coronavirus. Stay in your foreign lands.<\/p>\n

[sings] We don\u2019t fear\u2014hey!\u2014the coronavirus. You can\u2019t make us stay at home.<\/p>\n

Alexander Lukashenko said we shouldn\u2019t close the country down. Kids went to school. Bars and restaurants were open. Stadiums, too. Go eat at a restaurant and bon app\u00e9tit! So everything was the same.<\/p>\n

[sings] We don\u2019t fear\u2014hey!\u2014the coronavirus. You can\u2019t make us stay at home.<\/p>\n

RIO DE JANEIRO | BRAZIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Portuguese] Because of my history as an athlete, if I were infected by the virus, I wouldn\u2019t need to worry. At the very worst, it would be like a little flu.<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: <\/strong><\/p>\n

It goes away. It\u2019s going away.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see how it all works out, but I think it’s going to work out fine.<\/p>\n

You do certain things that you do when you have the flu. I mean, view this the same as the flu.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK | USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in New York, they\u2019re struggling to manage the sheer number of deaths.<\/p>\n

VALERY KALANTEI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Singing] We don\u2019t need no\u2014<\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinese virus.<\/p>\n

VALERY KALANTEI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Singing] We don\u2019t want now just to stay at home.<\/p>\n

[Speaking Belarusian] For victory!<\/p>\n

DAN ROSSI: <\/strong><\/p>\n

I did two tours in Vietnam. I enlisted when I was 17, right out of high school. Donald Trump was not the kind of guy who I would ever want to be leading me. He just doesn\u2019t have it, you can just see it.<\/p>\n

What we had to do was just say, “Let\u2019s take a precaution and wear a mask.” But his arrogance and stupidity, thinking that he was smarter than the doctors, that he’s smarter than everyone, it\u2019s just\u2014he\u2019s got a lot of people killed.<\/p>\n

His thing was, “This virus is going to disappear, so why do I need a mask? You’ve got to be a clown to wear a mask; I\u2019m a tough guy.” It\u2019s stupid. People are dying. What is the big deal about wearing a mask? What’s the big deal?<\/p>\n

Every day I would go down there, sometimes twice a day, and just check on the carts. What we would do is we kept the carts in the position where we work so that nobody takes my spot. And I do that a few nights a week, and then I have somebody else check on the nights that I\u2019m not there. I\u2019ll be sleeping there tonight, so\u2014<\/p>\n

No one\u2019s going to help you. You\u2019re on your own.<\/p>\n

We had one year, it was a blizzard. We\u2019re talking snow. And I did a $600 day in a blizzard, where people couldn\u2019t even move, that\u2019s how bad it was. Now there’s zero.<\/p>\n

March 26, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

BUENOS AIRES | ARGENTINA<\/strong><\/p>\n

ATHENS | GREECE<\/strong><\/p>\n

HAVANA | CUBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

MUMBAI | INDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

CUENCA | SPAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good evening. It is 8 o\u2019clock, and this is for Britain\u2019s NHS workers, carers and everyone helping to fight this coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

LEAMINGTON SPA | ENGLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, is it started? [laughs] It\u2019s amazing!<\/p>\n

Do you know, I’d forgotten about that. Isn\u2019t that crazy, that so much has happened? That every Thursday 8 p.m. “clap for carers.” Yeah, yeah.<\/p>\n

Lockdown was the right thing to do. And when it did happen, it was like, “This is what we need.”<\/p>\n

On your marks, get sets\u2014<\/p>\n

BOY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go!<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

But I knew everything was going to change. The children went to stay with their dad, because I was like, I can\u2019t contact them. They can\u2019t come to the house because the house is clearly riddled with COVID, and if they walk in they’re going to get it and they’re going to get sick. Just thinking about it now, the fact that I couldn\u2019t hug my children, yeah, it was horrible.<\/p>\n

What was incredible, everybody just did it. When we were meant to finish work, often we just hung around in the wellness of chatting, because we didn\u2019t really want to go home, because a lot of us were going home to empty houses.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve finished work, and we’ve decided to have a dance! Come on, guys!<\/p>\n

[laughs] Oh, God! We laughed, we cried, and it just brought us together. And it was\u2014it was magical. We even had disco lights. We really made it a big thing. [laughs] Everybody loves dancing.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest figures show that there\u2019ve been 177 deaths.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cases are now accelerating rapidly.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three hundred and thirty-five people have died of coronavirus. That\u2019s six times more than last week.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u20145,373 people have died in hospital.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.K. could become the worst affected country in Europe.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nobody should have to die alone. No one. That is not dignified; that is not humane. Yet that\u2019s what was happening, every single day.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got some incredible people who’ve done incredible things and led incredible lives, and then they pass away and they\u2019ve got me there, and it seems so unfair on them and their family. It\u2019s cruel. It\u2019s a bloody cruel disease. It\u2019s just crap. It\u2019s horrible. And\u2014I\u2014yeah.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] I don\u2019t know how to make people understand just how serious this is. This isn\u2019t the flu. This is something completely different.<\/p>\n

My name is \u00c1rn\u00fd. I was born and raised in the Westfjords, Iceland.<\/p>\n

BOLUNGARV\u00cdK | ICELAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] When the number of infected people in Iceland started to grow, I thought straight away about Mom. It would be very serious if the virus got into nursing homes. And we hoped to avoid this.<\/p>\n

Mom watched the news regularly and she knew exactly what was going on. But she thought it was all nonsense. This wasn\u2019t as serious as people said it was.<\/p>\n

She was super tough and very stubborn and strong. My father passed away when I was a year and a half, in 1969. And somehow she managed to take care of us, raised us all, even though she was by herself and working at the factory. You weren\u2019t supposed to take it easy since she worked so hard. And that\u2019s the way it was, and that\u2019s how it should be.<\/p>\n

My mom was so tough, there was no way, no chance at all. This was just not going to happen to her. She was going to brush this off, like all the other hardships that came before. That\u2019s what she\u2019d say. \u201cI will not catch this.\u201d<\/p>\n

But unfortunately, she did.<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Here we are, hello.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR [on video]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] How are you doing today?<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] I am well. Here is Reynhildur. Reynhildur, can you see \u00c1rn\u00fd?<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR [on video]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Hi, Mom, how are you?<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] She is asking how you are doing.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] We weren\u2019t allowed to drive west and go to her because they didn\u2019t allow anyone from outside to enter the nursing home.<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Can you see \u00c1rn\u00fd, Reynhildur?<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR [on video]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] It\u2019s good to see her. She\u2019s not doing too bad. She just opened her eyes.<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Did you see \u00c1rn\u00fd? Reynhildur? Can you see \u00c1rn\u00fd?<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR [on video]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] We\u2019ll keep in touch.<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] We\u2019ll call you back later today.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR [on video]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] OK. We’ll speak again later.<\/p>\n

FEMALE MEDICAL STAFF: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] All right, bye.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR [on video]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Great, all right.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] She was pretty much unconscious after that. We just have to hope that she died in peace. We just don\u2019t know. She didn\u2019t pass away quickly. She was very ill for a few days. She lay in her bed, alone in her room. Dying. She was completely alone.<\/p>\n

This is completely unbelievable, that a virus travels all the way from somewhere in China all the way to the Westfjords, and into the nursing home where my mother lives. You just couldn\u2019t, couldn\u2019t understand what was going on.<\/p>\n

We weren\u2019t allowed to see her when she was in the coffin. She was put in this COVID bag. The bag is sealed and no one ever gets to see her again.<\/p>\n

Only a few of us were allowed to attend the funeral. We had to sanitize thoroughly.<\/p>\n

FEMALE PRIEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Let\u2019s take the gloves off.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] We were supposed to get her into the ground as quickly and efficiently as possible. That\u2019s just\u2014I don\u2019t know if anyone can understand how that felt. It\u2019s my mom. And I would have liked to have thanked her and said a proper goodbye and tell her how much I loved her and how much she gave us, because her life wasn\u2019t the easiest. But that just wasn\u2019t an option. That\u2019s just the way it was.<\/p>\n

But\u2014the truth is, she didn\u2019t get the send-off she deserved.<\/p>\n

FEMALE PRIEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] Come comforter, comfort me. Come hand and dress the wounds. Come dew and soothe the soul. Come sun and dry the tears. Come my heart\u2019s temple. Come holy example. Come light and light my way. Come life as life fades away. May you rest in peace in eternal life in the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

From the earth you came, to the earth you shall return. From earth you shall rise again.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Health Organization says that the number of coronavirus cases around the world is set to hit a million within the next few days.<\/p>\n

\u00c1RN\u00dd SVAVARSD\u00d3TTIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Icelandic] So this is a little bit more serious than a normal flu.<\/p>\n

April 7, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s take a brief look at some of the other coronavirus developments around the world today. The prime minister is spending a second night in intensive care being treated for coronavirus. The U.S. state of New York is on the verge of overtaking Italy for confirmed cases. The Chinese city where COVID-19 first emerged, the city of Wuhan, has allowed people to leave the area for the first time since it went into lockdown in late January.<\/p>\n

WUHAN | CHINA<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

After its initial faltering steps, China eventually hit this virus hard, shutting its whole economy down. And while there is some doubt about the detail of the official figures, it\u2019s clear the government believes the trend is going in the right direction, which is why today we’ve seen the reopening of the city where this whole thing began.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Late last night my “boss” sent me a message telling me to get up early for work. Here is the boss. He\u2019s waiting for the bus with me.<\/p>\n

You talk about this one.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] No, you do it.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] But you remember it better.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] OK, I\u2019ll talk about it.<\/p>\n

The lockdown in Wuhan officially started on the 23rd of January, 2020, all the way until midnight of the 8th of April, 2020.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Everyone was relieved. We were no longer left in limbo. It’s finally over.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Have you scanned?<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] There are more passengers than we thought, because we\u2019re going back to work today.<\/p>\n

MALE BUS ATTENDANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Yeah, work starts today. Everyone\u2019s going to work.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] The code-scanning system works like this: Once you scan the code, they know where you boarded and also get your test history.<\/p>\n

SUBWAY ANNOUNCEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Welcome to Line 4 of Wuhan underground. Please scan the barcode for registration.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] There is a barcode on every door, and a reminder to scan it before leaving.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Having these precautions on public transport can effectively reduce the infected numbers to the lowest, controllable level.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] And allows you to live safe and sound with your families.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] The government in Wuhan decided to test everybody.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] In 19 days they tested almost 10 million people.<\/p>\n

After you.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] Thank you.<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] How many do you do every day?<\/p>\n

FEMALE COVID TESTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] One person can do hundreds a day. Open wide.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] I know Western countries maybe attach greater importance to their privacy and human rights, but wouldn\u2019t you prefer to make some compromises in order to stay alive? I want to live freely. On this land, I want to be free to\u2014<\/p>\n

QIONGYAO XIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] I want to breathe.<\/p>\n

JIE YANG:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Mandarin] \u2014breathe.<\/p>\n

BOGOT\u00c1 | COLOMBI<\/strong>A<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] What COVID-19 did was reveal the kind of society we are. It showed the level of poverty and brought many things to the surface. The people\u2019s anger. The lack of opportunities. The lack of trust toward institutions. Now, it\u2019s all been intensified by COVID.<\/p>\n

There are not enough food parcels to repair the inequality in Colombia. I understood the rage. It was inevitable. What\u2019s strange is that there weren\u2019t more riots.<\/p>\n

BOY IN THE STREET:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] My bags are empty. Look!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] If food isn\u2019t distributed today, I\u2019m sorry, but we will burn one of these buses. We\u2019re going to go crazy because the people are hungry.<\/p>\n

MALE POLICE OFFICER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] Attention. Using force in 10, 9, 8\u2014<\/p>\n

CARLOS VLADIMIR RODR\u00cdGUEZ VALENCIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish] I have no idea where we go from here. But what\u2019s clear is that after COVID this country is not going to be the same. What peace?<\/p>\n

BELGRADE | SERBIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

S\u00c3O PAULO | BRAZIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

BERLIN | GERMANY<\/strong><\/p>\n

PENNSYLVANIA | USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

America, baby!<\/p>\n

Part Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Great Divide<\/strong><\/p>\n

MADONNA [on Instagram]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the thing about COVID-19. It doesn\u2019t care about how rich you are, how famous you are\u2014<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is that Madonna?<\/p>\n

MADONNA [on Instagram]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014how funny you are. It\u2019s the great equalizer. And what’s terrible about it is it’s made us all equal in many ways. And what’s wonderful about it is that it’s made us all equal in many ways.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girl, bye. [laughs] Like, what? I knew Madonna was out there already, but she\u2019s\u2014no, girl. It\u2019s not the great equalizer. And then folks are like\u2014they’re shocked when other folks say, “Eat the rich.” I mean, it\u2019s stuff like that that makes them look pretty yummy. So\u2014 [laughs]<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can beat the virus only through solidarity. It is time to leave no one behind.<\/p>\n

March 16, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are all in this together.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK | USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

All right, guys, come on, let\u2019s get back into it. And 1, 2, 3, 4, let’s go. Come on, 1, 2\u2014<\/p>\n

So my name is Tanya Denise Fields, founder and executive director of the Black Feminist Project, Bronx-based activist and, yeah [laughs]. Do you want more than that, or\u2014 [laughs]<\/p>\n

Five! Turn! Very good, Chris! Turn, 3, 4, 5\u2014turn!<\/p>\n

I have an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old; and then I have a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old; and then I have a 6-year-old and a 5-year-old.<\/p>\n

Thomas, you see where everybody’s going? Get on beat. Hop! Come on, come on!<\/p>\n

By the third week of March I had pulled my children out of school, and then three days later, the whole country shut down.<\/p>\n

Unless we absolutely have to, we are not going outside. And so it was just me and my partner and six children in this three-bedroom apartment in a five-story walk-up. And we were scared.<\/p>\n

MOSCOW REGION | RUSSIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Guys, we\u2019ve hit the jackpot! We found the hidden treasure.<\/p>\n

I think that anyone who had a country house went there right away, because Moscow did become emptier.<\/p>\n

It was a chance to be with your family for four months. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve spent that much time with my wife in our entire marriage. [laughs] But there was no panicking!<\/p>\n

BEIRUT | LEBANON<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually, the first six weeks, I loved the lockdown. I was enjoying the streets of Beirut empty. It was amazing, actually. You could hear the birds. You could see cats all over. It was a city for cats all over Beirut.<\/p>\n

I remember I would sit on the balcony at night and I would say, “Carol, maybe this is the last time you hear the silence.” It was fantastic.<\/p>\n

PARIS | FRANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Is it filming?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

My name is Veronique De Viguerie. I\u2019ve got two daughters: Lou, who is now 8 years old, and Ella, who is 6 years old. They hate my job.<\/p>\n

JAMES BLUEMEL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do they hate your job?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because I\u2019m away too much. My little one will say when we are having a big cuddle before bedtime, “Do you prefer me and Lou, or do you prefer all of these kids that you’re taking pictures of?” I try to involve them a bit, to\u2014but no, it’s not working very well.<\/p>\n

You have a lot of people who will say, “Conflict photographer. You are just looking for your adrenaline dose, and you’re just completely hooked with it.” And\u2014yeah, maybe, yes, part of it is true.<\/p>\n

Some people are scared of death. Me, I\u2019m more like, my biggest fear is not to live my life.<\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Not like that. It goes on the other way.<\/p>\n

ELLA DE VIGUERIE: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Which way?<\/p>\n

LOU DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Like that?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a lockdown in all of France. And there is a bit of a panic. Benoit, the father of my kids, is the kind of guy who always think about the worst. So he’s telling me, “It\u2019s going to be kind of civil war.” And I\u2019m like, “Come on, calm down.”<\/p>\n

And then we have this friend, and she said, “That\u2019s it for me. I’m taking my two daughters and I’m moving to my parents’ house, which is one hour away from Paris. Do you want to come with me?”<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m like, “Well, I didn\u2019t think really of that,” and Benoit is like, “We should go. I think we should go. We have to go, but we have to go now. I’m leaving tonight with the girls. What do you want to do? Are you with us, or do you stay here?” And this is a big question. If I don\u2019t go with them, I am a bad mother, and if I go with them, I’m a bad reporter. So\u2014yeah, I chose to be a good reporter.<\/p>\n

I went to say goodbye and I took the picture. It was helpful for me to have this camera to keep my tears up, because I didn’t want my daughter to see me crying. I didn\u2019t want them to see me crying or fragile.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of lockdown I was just doing these kind of symbolic places to show the emptiness. Then I started to go more in the suburb of Paris, where people are a lot poorer. I went to a flat where there were like nine kids and two parents. The six sisters sleeping in the same bedroom on bunk beds. They are going to be locked down, the 11 of them, in this small flat.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the password to this? What is that again?<\/p>\n

Raising a family in the Bronx I imagine is not any different than raising a family anywhere else, and then it\u2019s a crap ton different.<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One more set. One more set.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There would be days that my children would not go outside.<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take up plenty of space.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like, I\u2019m home-schooling now, I\u2019m on my Laura Ingalls s— [laughs]. Like some urban pandemic version of Little House on the Prairie. <\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll let your teachers know that I\u2019m going to let you take a nap for about two hours, OK? I\u2019m going to leave that running so I can hear what they’re working on.<\/p>\n

FEMALE TEACHER [on video]: <\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want I can text you the information?<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, that would be helpful.<\/p>\n

Hunter come in the room and she be like, \u201cMom.” I’ll be like, “Yeah.” She be like, \u201cIs the coronavirus still out there? When the coronavirus going to leave?\u201d The coronavirus to her is a person. Like it\u2019s a burglar on the loose. [laughs]<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York, New York. The worst infected city in what’s now the worst infected country.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Statistics show the poorest neighborhoods have been hit hardest.<\/p>\n

MALE REPORTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How is it?<\/p>\n

MALE MEDICAL STAFF:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hell. Biblical. I kid you not. People come in, they get intubated, they die, the cycle repeats.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we talk about essential workers, it was like people in doctor’s coats.<\/p>\n

But essential workers also look like the people who clean up behind doctors, right? Essential workers are the folks who serve you your food at the McDonald’s and the Burger Kings\u2014those never closed.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s doing that work? Those are folks who are classified as lower on the socioeconomic ladder, and those people live in the Bronx; those people live in very specific communities in Brooklyn; those people live in Jamaica, Queens.<\/p>\n

Yeah, lockdown looked different.<\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been watching that for the last week on television. Body bags all over. In hallways. I\u2019ve been watching them bring in trailer trucks, freezer trucks\u2014they’re freezer trucks. Because they can\u2019t handle the bodies, there\u2019s so many of them. This is essentially in my community, in Queens! Queens, New York. I\u2019ve seen things that I’ve never seen before. I mean, I’ve seen them, but I\u2019ve seen them on television in faraway lands. I\u2019ve never seen them in our country.<\/p>\n

NAIROBI | KENYA<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE ANNOUNCER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to inform you that the minister of health has confirmed the first coronavirus case in Kenya.<\/p>\n

March 31, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allahu akbar.<\/p>\n

MOURNERS [in unison]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allahu akbar.<\/p>\n

KHADIJA ABDULAHI HUSSEIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] Have you ever seen a child who\u2019s extraordinary? Yasin. He\u2019s funny. Even if you feel stressed, he\u2019s lively and makes sure everyone in the house is laughing. Sometimes I\u2019m tired, I have a headache. He\u2019ll start acting, dancing and telling you stories. He is someone who likes to play, to draw, to dance. He helps everyone.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s like the gift I was given, someone came and took it away.<\/p>\n

Yasin, your head! That\u2019s it. The jacket\u2019s off! It\u2019s getting serious, Yasin.<\/p>\n

Wherever we went he wanted videos of him taken. It\u2019s like the child wanted the whole world to know him. He used to tell me when he grows up the whole world will know who he is; they\u2019ll know who Yasin Hussein is. But I didn\u2019t know it would be like this. I wanted them to know him as a grown man. I mean as a grown-up, with a family, and not dead. [cries]<\/p>\n

BENTA AGOLA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Benta Agola. I live in Kibera, Nairobi.<\/p>\n

I knew the life we were living, I knew very well the social distance, it wouldn’t work for us. And life goes on.<\/p>\n

Pass, pass. You have to excuse her to pass. Yes, pass, mama. Yes, pass. Yes, pass.<\/p>\n

We were not ready to face the reality. Just saw death. We just saw death coming.<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be a daily curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the morning. These additional measures have been taken as a clear result of Kenyans failing to heed to advice.<\/p>\n

BENTA AGOLA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The curfew, it didn\u2019t work for us, people living in the slums. I think all slum dwellers, the way the police look at us is like we are associated with crime, with gangs. When four policemen beat you up, it’s so painful. And the police deal with us ruthlessly.<\/p>\n

People lost so much. People lost so much. They even killed people. They killed people just to get them to their houses.<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] Kill! Get out of here.<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] Don\u2019t let them go. They\u2019ve killed someone.<\/p>\n

BENTA AGOLA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact, in Kibera, COVID didn\u2019t kill as much compared to the police. Police did much killing. Yes.<\/p>\n

KHADIJA ABDULAHI HUSSEIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] Like a normal day, we were just at home. Yasin went upstairs. He told me, “Mama, I can hear noises, come here.” We all followed him to the balcony. We could hear noises on the other side. People were screaming and there was a lot of noise. We saw policemen coming towards us. I saw the torch light shining on the wall. When I turned, I heard gunshots. I told them to get down, and Yasin was seated like this. He told me, “Mom, I’ve been hit.” When Aisha raised his shirt, when I saw his belly, I felt I was dreaming. That\u2019s when I saw my child had a hole in his stomach.<\/p>\n

HUSSEIN MOYO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] My child didn\u2019t die of corona. My child didn\u2019t die of any of that. He was killed by a bullet, a police bullet. A Kenyan police officer from Huruma Police Station, that is who killed my child. Yasin Hussein Moyo. He was shot on March 30, and he died on March 31 at 3 a.m.<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Good day.<\/p>\n

MOSCOW REGION | RUSSIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] My name is Ivan Vasiliev. I\u2019m a ballet dancer and choreographer. I performed in “Spartacus” at the Bolshoi Theatre. Then it closed. So I got my wife and child and we went to our country house, where we could sit it out, in nature, and relax.<\/p>\n

Theaters learned to go online and learned to advertise themselves on social media. So we made some videos. It was fun.<\/p>\n

Some people have this need, an eternal thirst, for theater. I understand those people. They are drawn to theater, and of course they miss it.<\/p>\n

I love giving people joy. I love giving them the ability to believe in something better and lighter. What else do we do? Hit the streets and protest? Why? For what? Cancel the coronavirus! Yeah, right! Who? Who do I ring to call off the virus?<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A quarter of the world\u2019s population is now living under some form of lockdown due to coronavirus. More than 3 billion people in almost 70 countries\u2014<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Health Organization warns countries across the globe not to end the coronavirus lockdown too soon.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make no mistake, we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time.<\/p>\n

MILAN | ITALY<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE VOICE ON SMARTPHONE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] Hello.<\/p>\n

MATTEO DERAI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n

FOSCA BALLARDINI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] Here we are.<\/p>\n

MATTEO DERAI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] Good news. Tommy is now sitting up on his own, all by himself.<\/p>\n

MAN ON SMARTPHONE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Italian] It\u2019s such a shame. It\u2019s a shame we can\u2019t be there.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Spain, children aren\u2019t allowed to leave the house at all, and concerns are mounting about the impact on children\u2019s mental and physical health.<\/p>\n

BARCELONA | SPAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

CARMEN RODRIGUEZ VALLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish\/Catalan] The little one is taking it very well.<\/p>\n

CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ VALLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish\/Catalan] I don\u2019t agree.<\/p>\n

CARMEN RODRIGUEZ VALLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish\/Catalan] I think he\u2019s taking it well.<\/p>\n

CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ VALLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Spanish\/Catalan] Mauro has been playing in that corner by the window for four days. There, in that corner, by the window. He\u2019s been playing there for four days. That’s how it is, Babe.<\/p>\n

PARIS | FRANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Cuckoo! Do you know what I will to do to you? I will smother you with kisses, like this. You might not even be able to breathe, as I want to kiss you all over!<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER [on smartphone]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mama?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Yes, my love?<\/p>\n

[Speaking English] So at this point it\u2019s maybe like five weeks without seeing each other. My kids are OK, but Benoit is starting to get really, really annoyed. Basically, at the beginning he was like, “Please don\u2019t come. You might be contaminated,” and all that, but at some point he called me and he told me, “I don\u2019t care if you are contaminated. Just come now, because I cannot take it anymore!”<\/p>\n

LOU DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] We\u2019re eating sweets!<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] All day long?<\/p>\n

LOU DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Yes!<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suddenly, life is taking another rhythm. Now I am in the countryside. The only thing we have to do is home-schooling and getting the meal ready.<\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Who\u2019s going to cut a bit more thyme for me?<\/p>\n

GIRLS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Me!<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have just to be there for my kids and adapt to this very slow motion. Just try to penetrate their world.<\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Tomorrow is going to be a great day. Sleep well, girls.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] But I had a nightmare!<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] I know, but you\u2019re not going to have any more.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Can I tell you one word?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Tomorrow, tomorrow. OK, one word.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] Trump? Really? What was he doing?<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] He was being really mean.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] But he\u2019s always really mean, that one. OK, now stop dreaming about Trump.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE’S DAUGHTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] I didn\u2019t do it on purpose.<\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking French] I know, but maybe dream about horses and fields and all that.<\/p>\n

[Speaking English] One day Paris Match called me and say, “You ready for a job? In three or four days?” I\u2019m like, “Yeah! OK, I’m ready.” And then he’s like, “Well, OK. You go to Brazil.”<\/p>\n

Brazil was all over the news as being the new epicenter of the epidemic. It did look like it was going to be massive in Brazil. Bolsonaro was completely pretending that it was not happening, making things worse.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time, the country’s daily death toll reached 1,000 people.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Endless fresh graves for the dead, who also seem to never stop arriving.<\/p>\n

MANAUS | BRAZIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

VERONIQUE DE VIGUERIE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was horrified. Everybody, presumably died of COVID, was in a kind of mass grave. And they don\u2019t start the burial before there are five, otherwise it’s not worth making the thing work. So they wait for five coffin, then they put the five coffin in the hole, five coffin. In two minutes, it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

It was very shocking to me that the digger was not even stopping during the five minutes of little ceremony. It\u2019s really like a factory or industrial burial, with one after the other.<\/p>\n

And the chaos of these holes everywhere, and the machine digging, digging, digging, digging. There is no time to die even.<\/p>\n

Going to the graveyard we passed through a protest, pro-Bolsonaro, which was\u2014they were like, “Yeah, we don\u2019t want to lock down! We are with you, Bolsonaro!” So they were basically denying completely the virus. It\u2019s like if it is a disease, very dangerous for the poor and annoying for the not-so-poor.<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey, Chris? He still safe? Is he still safe?<\/p>\n

FEMALE PROTESTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re tired of them deciding if we’re essential or not!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let freedom ring!<\/p>\n

FEMALE PROTESTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There you go!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open LA!<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

These protesters were not interested in social distancing. As activists held their rally outside the state Capitol building here, many are openly dismissive of the science and increasingly seething at the economic costs that they are paying.<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I get tired of the media turning around and saying, “Hey, don\u2019t you care about sick people and whatever?” It\u2019s like, what are you talking about? Everybody here is well!<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands descending on Michigan’s Capitol in Lansing to protest the governor’s current stay-at-home rules.<\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are people expressing their views. I see where they are, and I see the way they’re working. They seem to be very responsible people to me.<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! Let us in!<\/p>\n

May 25, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 25 becomes another date that will forever mark the spark of this incendiary social thing that we live in. I don\u2019t really always know how to describe it, because I feel like as a Black person, you always know it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

GEORGE FLOYD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe, officer!<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shut up!<\/p>\n

GEORGE FLOYD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re going to kill me. They will kill me, man!<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

People all across this country watched a man have the life gleefully, gleefully choked out of him.<\/p>\n

Was it heartbreaking? Absolutely. Was it surprising? No! This happens every day across this country. And finally, in this time, during a pandemic, Black folks said, “Enough is enough.”<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe!<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe!<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe!<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t breathe!<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

George Floyd! George Floyd! George Floyd!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No justice!<\/p>\n

CROWD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No peace!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No racist!<\/p>\n

CROWD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No justice!<\/p>\n

CROWD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No peace!<\/p>\n

MALE POLICE OFFICER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back up!<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think that Black Lives Matter would have had the traction had it not been for corona. They are inextricably linked.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The president\u2019s tweet, an extraordinary line: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When this president talks about “shithole countries,” he is talking about us. We are the “shithole country.” “Make America great again.” Great again for who? Because it was never great for large groups of people.<\/p>\n

MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO, New York City:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I understand some piece of the anger you’re feeling. I am still beseeching you: We are still all in this together.<\/p>\n

POLICE [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Move back! Move back! Move back!<\/p>\n

MALE POLICE OFFICER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s go!<\/p>\n

MALE NYPD POLICE CAPTAIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No more tolerance. They have to be off the street. An 8 o’clock curfew. We gave them until 9 o’clock. This area’s been hurt enough. Businesses here are suffering. The residents here have suffered. We\u2019ve taken 60 arrests for violating the curfew. We’re just not going to take it.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In New York City there was all of these coordinated protests, and my daughter wanted to go. And she was going to go with her friends, and I was like, “Absolutely not!” That is like Ray Charles leading Stevie Wonder. I was like, “Girl, no.” [laughs] Because the police had already been bugging, right? A curfew had kicked in. I was not going to allow my 17-year-old daughter to go out there by herself. And so I went with her, and we got our asses kicked!<\/p>\n

Police have us surrounded right now. Police got us trapped, and we ain\u2019t do nothing wrong. At about 7:45, they intentionally started cornering us. They have us pushed in, in a pen. We’re peaceful protesting.<\/p>\n

They are pushing us! They are pushing us!<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re pushing us!<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay tight, stay tight!<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hold on, hold on!<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! [screams] Mommy! Mommy!<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me through with my daughter! Let me through with my daughter! Let me through with my daughter! Let me through with my daughter! Taylor!<\/p>\n

I got pepper-sprayed. I got straight pepper-sprayed. My daughter got pepper-sprayed. Y\u2019all, I done peed on myself. Do you understand how terrifying it is? Like, yo!<\/p>\n

TAYLOR FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look at that bus! Half those people are teenagers. We were doing nothing!<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor, you got to calm down, mama. You got to calm down. You got to calm down, mama. It’s all right. They’re not letting us go that way.<\/p>\n

Here they go, here they go. Coming. Look, look! Look. Go, go, go, go! Go! Go, go, go, go! Go this way. Let\u2019s go, let\u2019s go, let’s go. Right, stop right here.<\/p>\n

TAYLOR FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look, did you guys see that? Did you guys see that?<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor, you got to calm down. We\u2014you cannot bring attention to yourself. Now we over here by ourselves. You got to shut up.<\/p>\n

This is terrifying. Here, baby, drink that water. Drink that water. It is terrifying.<\/p>\n

You had able-bodied, armed white people in front of courthouses, threatening law enforcement for their right to be able to get a haircut. The same people that they wanted a haircut from were now in the street, unarmed, asking, demanding that cops and white folks stop killing them. Do you see how different it is to be white and Black in this country?<\/p>\n

BEIRUT | LEBANON<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Carol Mansour. I’m a filmmaker. I like to document anything that’s happening around me. Not only empty streets, but interactions and things happening.<\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] Good morning! I\u2019d like coffee.<\/p>\n

MALE SHOPKEEPER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] Coming up.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to document. It\u2019s important to know what we went through, what people went through.<\/p>\n

GIRL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] Can you come here?<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] No, because you might give me something.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] The problem is that I\u2019m still going to work, so we don\u2019t want to pass something on to Grandma and Grandpa.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Lebanon, we were at a state where, pandemic or not, it was s—–. Before COVID, the country was falling apart.<\/p>\n

MALE PROTEST LEADER [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] The people want the fall of the regime! The people want the fall of the regime!<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] The people want the fall of the regime!<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You see the corruption. You know about it, and it just drives you mad.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The protesters are angry. They see hard lives stretching before them while political elites keep the power and the money.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pandemic accelerated the country going downfall.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are financial crises now all over the world. Jobs gone, livelihoods lost. But here in Lebanon it is on a different level.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have shortage of electricity. We have shortage of water. Everything, everything\u2014we have absolutely nothing. Nobody gives a s— about us, about the people. And then, to top it all up, we had this explosion on the 4th of August, so\u2014<\/p>\n

August 4, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Babe!<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m good, I\u2019m good!<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is it?<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m here!<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government says the blast was caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely in a warehouse at the port.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The governor of the city estimates that 300,000 people have been left without a place to live.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] No one will help us. This is a country with no jobs. Our homes are gone. On top of having no jobs, they also destroyed our homes. This blast just topped it all off.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] You\u2019re angry about something, right?<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] No, I\u2019m not angry, but I\u2019m disturbed. You\u2019ll find everyone is. They\u2019re even ready to beg on the street. There were injured people on the ground at the port, who no one rescued.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] Is that why you\u2019re angry?<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Arabic] That\u2019s right. It\u2019s an ugly mistake.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now, honestly, when you walk on the streets here, you don\u2019t feel that there is a pandemic, because people are so worried about so many other things. Eating, getting money, living, sleeping. So COVID is in the back of their minds. COVID is almost inexistent.<\/p>\n

PETERSBURG | RUSSIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] It\u2019s time to go back, to normal life, a nervous life. Not a leisurely life in the country, where there are no worries, where you\u2019re surrounded by nature and fresh air. As long as we\u2019ve got somewhere to get away to, just in case. [laughs]<\/p>\n

Everyone was missing something. The audience was missing the performers. The performers were missing their audience. The theater was missing the people. The orchestra pit was missing the orchestra. The conductor\u2019s podium was missing the conductor. We were all missing, longing for something. But we\u2019re moving on now. It\u2019s going to be OK. We\u2019ll make it through! [laughs]<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Hello.<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Hi.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Why aren\u2019t you wearing a mask?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] I\u2019m afraid I can\u2019t dance in a mask.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Everyone says that you had\u2014<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] No, I had bronchitis.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Bronchitis?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] I\u2019m healthy now. That\u2019s the important part.<\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] That is important, Ivan.<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Most important.<\/p>\n

My head is spinning.<\/p>\n

FEMALE DANCER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Really?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Of course. I was out for more than 10 days and now I\u2019ve got to dance.<\/p>\n

FEMALE DANCER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Was it nothing, or was it coronavirus?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Maybe.<\/p>\n

FEMALE DANCER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Was it corona?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] It makes you sick all over. Completely!<\/p>\n

FEMALE DANCER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] But did you have corona?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] You don\u2019t need to know that. We\u2019ll get closed down.<\/p>\n

FEMALE DANCER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Oh, but how come?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] You want to have work or not? Think with your head! [laughter] Everyone has “bronchitis” right now.<\/p>\n

FEMALE DANCER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] How is your health?<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] It\u2019s fine. I\u2019m alive and well. It\u2019s good now.<\/p>\n

MALE THEATER ANNOUNCER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ladies and gentlemen, the performance will start in two minutes. Please wear a mask in the theater. Thank you.<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] Art has always brought people together, because in art, everyone is equal. The audience needs a ray of sunshine.<\/p>\n

TANYA DENISE FIELDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We cannot continue to exist in the way that we have, but I do believe that it’s going to get better. I do believe that, at least for my grandchildren, that we\u2019re going to get through whatever the muck and the mire and the foolishness is so that my little grandbabies, whether I’m here to see it or not, are going to be better off than I was in this lifetime.<\/p>\n

HUSSEIN MOYO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] You see how well it\u2019s come out?<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] It\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

HUSSEIN MOYO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Swahili] This is the road he and his friends used. And when the school opens, they\u2019ll see him here. They\u2019ll come here. [cries]<\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are all in this together.<\/p>\n

Part 2<\/h2>\n

PASTOR TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name’s Pastor Tony Spell.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people ask, “Why won’t you come sit down in a studio with us and talk?” or “Why won\u2019t you travel?” And at any given time my flock deserves access to their pastor, and I\u2019m called upon on all hours of the day and night to minister to my church, and that is my conviction.<\/p>\n

BATON ROUGE | USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

GOV. JOHN BEL EDWARDS, D-Louisiana:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I\u2019m issuing a stay-at-home order for the entire state of Louisiana.<\/p>\n

March 22, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

JOHN BEL EDWARDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My order limits public gatherings to no more than 10 people, and I know that all of this may be overwhelming for some of you to hear\u2014<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God! You want to handcuff me? Come on, bring it on! I’d rather die fighting like an [unintelligible] than I had live like a coward!<\/p>\n

We will comply when they sell popsicles in hell and set up an ice skating rink in the lake of fire. We will never comply with an order that says to close the church.<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

So I baked the cakes earlier. This is homemade carrot cake. You got to be good for a cake to come out of a pan like this. We’re going to have coffee and carrot cake after Bible study tonight.<\/p>\n

My name is Belinda Spell. My father is the Bishop B.A. Spell, who actually founded the church in 1959. Pastor Tony Spell is my nephew.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want!<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I knew that our pastor was going to disobey the governor’s order. It\u2019s not something he told me, but I knew it.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Pastor Tony Spell is charged with six counts of disobeying government power.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spell continued to defy the governor’s orders to stay at home and social distance for several weeks now.<\/p>\n

ROGER CORCORAN, Chief of Police, Central, LA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parishioners are going to his services. They’re not practicing the six-foot rule.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The church is the hospital for the soul and the spirit of man. We are not posing any more threat than people who are at Walmart by the hundreds right now.<\/p>\n

When I heard about the virus, I knew right off this is a politically motivated hoax. Not the virus\u2014the virus is real\u2014but the hype. When I saw the images of the temporary hospitals and morgues in New York, I knew right off the bat that this was propagandism by the mainstream media. They have to make it look like our president was doing a terrible job in his response to the virus, and this is why all these people are dying.<\/p>\n

Twenty-three and eight; 23 and eight in your old Scofield Bibles. God didn\u2019t mean for you to be far away from your brother and your sister.<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I first heard that the governor was ordering the churches to close down, I thought, well, that\u2019s insane, because that\u2019s all I knew was church. Churches will never stop having church; people will always go to church. And then real quickly we saw churches did stop.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is one of the holiest weeks of the year for Christians and Jews around the world. Today is Palm Sunday, marking the start of Easter week, and Passover begins at sundown on Wednesday. But to celebrate during this reality of social distancing, so many people are turning to online services.<\/p>\n

LONDON | UK<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 11, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello, brother. How are you? What\u2019s the name of this mosque? Harrow Mosque?<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harrow Mosque, yes.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Harrow Mosque. OK.<\/p>\n

They say that the risks are limited after somebody dies, but we don\u2019t take any chances.<\/p>\n

My name is Abu Mumin. I live in East London. By profession I\u2019m a social worker. I\u2019m somebody who\u2014I don\u2019t do very well, I\u2019ll be very honest, I don\u2019t do very well when it comes to end-of-life and burial work. I just can\u2019t handle the intensity. But then I remind myself that we need to help those most in need, in their hour of need.<\/p>\n

In normal circumstances you are able to go, take part in the ritual washing, see your loved one, say your goodbyes. With COVID-19 you just couldn\u2019t do any of that. Many families haven\u2019t had a proper closure.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There does appear to be a disproportionate impact of the virus upon BME communities.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Figures suggest that a third of patients who are critically ill in hospital are of nonwhite ethnicity.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where I am from, Newham, Newham had one of the highest, if not the highest, COVID cases in the country. I was really worried.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVID-19 has preyed on Newham like nowhere else, a mixture of deprivation and ethnicity allowing the disease to exploit the area’s mainly Black and Asian population.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shall we start getting ready?<\/p>\n

Some families didn\u2019t have the means to pay for their burial, and this is what we did, we offered that service. We’re a small charity. Within the first two months of COVID, the number of burials that we did, we surpassed what we’d normally do in a whole year.<\/p>\n

MALE LEAD MOURNER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allahu akbar!<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s a young father who’s had a 6-year-old child and leave behind a widow.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER: <\/strong><\/p>\n

More brothers, please.<\/p>\n

SHEOULI KHATUN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Mussamad Sheouli Khatun. My husband\u2019s name is Mohammad Tazul Islam Kabiraz.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Remove the coffin now, brothers. Sorry.<\/p>\n

SHEOULI KHATUN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was a very kind, good man.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Be careful.<\/p>\n

JAMES BLUEMEL: <\/strong><\/p>\n

How old was your husband, Sheouli?<\/p>\n

SHEOULI KHATUN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fifty-one years old. Fifty-one years.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When her husband passed away, she was alone. She was a housewife. In many of the cases that we’ve dealt with, the main breadwinner died of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

DELHI | INDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRAKASH BHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Hindi] At one point, we artists were homeless. Then, just as our earning season had started, this pandemic began.<\/p>\n

[singing] Let me present to you a song about the corona pandemic. Because our life is full of tears, we are imprisoned inside our own homes. Outside is corona.<\/p>\n

My name is Prakash Bhat. I am from Rajasthan. I am a professional puppeteer and singer.<\/p>\n

[singing] Keep the two-meter distance from others. Wear a mask and sing along.<\/p>\n

When we first heard about “lockdown” we didn\u2019t even know what it meant. I told my kids it would only last a few days. We\u2019d have enough food at home. But when we realized that the lockdown was indefinite, it got stressful. I\u2019m 60, I have four kids. How will I feed everyone? We poor are at the mercy of the Almighty now.<\/p>\n

Even during the lockdown, I went to the shrine on foot, treading carefully to avoid the watchful eyes of the police.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

With our stance came 24 hours a day, seven day a week surveillance. They want to see everybody that comes into my church so when somebody gets sick with this virus and dies, they’re going to use it against me.<\/p>\n

JEFFREY S. WITTENBRINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Jeff Wittenbrink. I\u2019m an attorney here in Baton Rouge. I\u2019ve been practicing for 33 years this year.<\/p>\n

When I went out there to his home, the pastor pointed out where all the cameras were located. And then while I was there, the pastor\u2019s wife said, \u201cLook, there\u2019s a vehicle there right now. They’re watching us.\u201d<\/p>\n

MALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have our rights, too! Y\u2019all need to shut that church down!<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a couple of protesters out in the front of our church. So\u2014and it got ugly.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

They would grab their crotches, use four-letter words. Stand in front of people\u2019s vehicles. So I approached one of those protesters.<\/p>\n

JEFFREY S. WITTENBRINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

He sees them there and he decides he\u2019s going to back up and get out and go talk to this person.<\/p>\n

So he backs up the bus to go talk to him, and they use that scene to charge him with aggravated assault\u2014that he’s using his vehicle as a weapon. It was crazy. Just a crazy charge.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pastor Tony Spell planned a news conference Tuesday morning. As he approached reporters, Central police officers approached him.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Louisiana pastor who has ignored limits on church gatherings is now facing a lot of legal trouble. Pastor Tony Spell arrested today for reportedly trying to hit a protester with a bus.<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watching our pastor get arrested was hurtful. It hurt really bad, because you know his heart, and I get emotional just talking about it. But you know his heart, and you know how much he does for people.<\/p>\n

ROGER CORCORAN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We urge people not to go to the church, just for safety reasons, because of health reasons. He\u2019s already had one of his parishioners pass away.<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all went down to the prison and paid his bail and got him out, and he kept going. He has no fear. He didn\u2019t let it stop him. He didn\u2019t say, \u201cOK, now, wow, I got arrested, now I might go to prison. OK, I\u2019m going to do what you say to do.\u201d No. I think it drove him even more.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I will not give up my rights to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I will see you in church tonight at 7:30, where I\u2019m going to preach.<\/p>\n

FEMALE VOICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hallelujah!<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A large group of men walked to the front door of my house and ushered me from the front door of my house to my church pulpit. And they dared the law enforcement to come and take me. So the law enforcement not only would have had to take me, they would have had to take every man in my church with me.<\/p>\n

June 23, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the 4th of July your household will be able to meet with one other household at a time, including staying over. Opening up more of Britain in this COVID-secure way is only possible if everyone continues to stay alert to the risks of coronavirus. And this obviously requires everyone to act responsibly, which I have no doubt they will do. I want to stress you should remain socially distant from anyone outside your household.<\/p>\n

UNITED KINGDOM<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government\u2019s chief medical adviser has warned against large gatherings in hot weather after half a million people flocked to beaches in Bournemouth today. A major incident was declared in Bournemouth on what\u2019s been the hottest day of the year.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a level of understanding from me that completely got why people wanted to do that. Children needed to get out, we needed to get out, enjoy some sunshine, and we were being told to go out and enjoy ourselves.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re trying to bring back the things that make life worth living.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The headline grabber: an \u201ceat out to help out\u201d discount. This 50% off bills in restaurants, cafes and pubs, up to a tenner per head.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m Amie Burbridge. I\u2019m a consultant in acute medicine. I work at Coventry Hospital.<\/p>\n

End of May, June-time. The weather was getting warmer. The number of people coming into hospital had drastically reduced. It was actually surprisingly quite quiet. It was almost like after this very large peak, it was just a lull. It was really bizarre.<\/p>\n

We started to think about the future, and it was over, life is going back to normal. And we thought the children needed a break. I really wanted a break. So we ended up driving to Switzerland. We camped literally in the middle of nowhere. We did lots of walks up beautiful mountains. It felt like we were in The Sound of Music. <\/em>It was definitely the right thing to do. Although I do feel bad that we did leave the country, and maybe we shouldn\u2019t have gone.<\/p>\n

We all sort of knew that a second wave would come, but we didn\u2019t really want to think about that. We wanted to enjoy the moment. It was almost like it was the calm before the storm that we knew what was going to come. But we didn\u2019t know when.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There have now been over 10 million reported cases of the virus worldwide, and more than half a million deaths have been attributed to COVID-19. And the WHO warned that a vaccine was still a distant goal.<\/p>\n

TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, Director-General, WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The worst is yet to come. I\u2019m sorry to say that, but with this kind of environment and condition, we fear the worst.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brazil maintains its status as the country with the second-highest number of deaths from coronavirus. It\u2019s second only to the United States.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not even these numbers are prompting the president to change course. In the middle of a pandemic, many Brazilians feel they\u2019re lacking leadership.<\/p>\n

ALTO XINGU | BRAZIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Portuguese] President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed today that he has contracted coronavirus.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Kurikuru] Let\u2019s watch this. Bolsonaro has caught COVID! [laughs]<\/p>\n

TAKUM\u00c3 KUIKURO: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Portuguese] Everyone said, \u201cDid Bolsonaro catch it? Good!\u201d They all wanted him to be on a ventilator with this virus. “Bolsonaro” has become our word for crazy.<\/p>\n

My name is Takum\u00e3. I belong to the Kuikuro people. I live at Ipatse village. The closest city is 170 km away from us. It\u2019s part of Xingu Indigenous Park. Bolsonaro didn\u2019t allow field hospitals here because he doesn\u2019t support us. He wants to see us dead.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re building what we call “The House of the Dead.” We\u2019ve just received a tragic piece of news. One of the leaders of another village has just died from the pandemic. This is the second time it\u2019s happened. First a child, now a grown-up. He was about 50 years old.<\/p>\n

The death toll rose among indigenous people, so we thought that everyone was going to die. We felt as if a panther were about to strike. We decided nobody should go to the cities. We built an isolation house. When we thought someone was infected, we locked our gates.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m here at the village, in the middle of the village. This is where people get together. Not any more. COVID has arrived in the village.<\/p>\n

My wife is sick. Others are sick, too. This means danger. We are really frightened.<\/p>\n

This virus killed a lot of people. The corpses had to be buried outside the village, just like they do in cities. That\u2019s the kind of thing that just destroys our culture.<\/p>\n

LONDON | UK<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within the Bangladeshi community there are a large number of mainly male people who are out working to provide for their families. And they’re at risk of being exposed to COVID-19, more than the majority of us. Now there are lots of widows.<\/p>\n

[Speaking Bengali] OK, sister, here are your bags. Let me put them down for you.<\/p>\n

As-salamu alaykum. Look, here are some sweets.<\/p>\n

[Speaking English] Sweet. Marshmallow?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gummy bears.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, gummy bear. What\u2019s your name?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Oscar.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Oscar.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oscar! My name is Abu, Abu Mumin. OK? You enjoy. This is for you, OK?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Sheouli\u2019s husband passed away, on the day of the burial, those people who were there really spoke highly of her husband, who provided for his family. He was a key worker. Because of him going out to work, he got COVID-19.<\/p>\n

[Speaking Bengali] So much has happened, how are you coping?<\/p>\n

SHEOULI KHATUN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Bengali] I can\u2019t. I miss him every moment.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Bengali] Pray for our brother. I heard he was a really good person.<\/p>\n

SHEOULI KHATUN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Bengali] He always had a smile on his face. Shall I show you his photo? He was very good-looking. He would hold the baby. These are the things I can\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t think he had corona. He woke up in the morning and said, \u201cI\u2019m having difficulty breathing. Call the ambulance.\u201d Tazul took his mobile with him. After arriving at the hospital he texted me, \u201cAt the moment I am in a normal ward.\u201d I have the message here. \u201cI\u2019m in the normal ward. They\u2019ve given me a lot of oxygen.\u201d The next night, they sent him to the ICU.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

ICU? Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

SHEOULI KHATUN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

He could not talk to me. I could not talk to him. My son lots of times told me he wants to go to hospital.<\/p>\n

He wants to see his daddy. He used to tell me, \u201cIf I touch my daddy, Daddy will wake up.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oscar! How old are you?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m 6 years old.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m 6 years old.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’re 6 years old. I have a little boy who is 10 years old. Do you want to see his picture? Come on, then. I\u2019ll show you. That\u2019s me. Me and him. Me and him, we’re having a play fight. Did you used to have play fight with your dad?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah. But Daddy died.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, we\u2014you know, he’s gone to Allah, buddy. Do you know where that is? He has gone to Jannah. You pray for him?<\/p>\n

OSCAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My mommy does.<\/p>\n

ABU MUMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The numbers of people that we supported really exceeded our expectations. At times I felt like we were the third or the fourth emergency services.<\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICA<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITALY<\/strong><\/p>\n

EGYPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

BRAZIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

BANGLADESH<\/strong><\/p>\n

FEMALE SPEAKER: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tyrone, can you go and bring this to Miss Latoya? Down there.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many impoverished people in our congregation. They can\u2019t pay their bills. They don\u2019t know where their next meal is coming from. Well, one of the missions of the church is to help those people. In our local community, say an 80-mile radius, we pick up children of all ages and children of all races and bring them into this community that is a mostly Caucasian, white community.<\/p>\n

DIANE: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi, my name is Diane. We out here outreaching for Life Tabernacle Church.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We provide meals for people every time they come to church.<\/p>\n

DIANE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey, we have a church bus come here on Sunday\u2014<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We offer people job training.<\/p>\n

DIANE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I got out of prison I was homeless and I walked these streets\u2014<\/p>\n

God delivered me from drugs and alcohol, mental illness. He\u2019s delivered me from depression. He\u2019s delivered me from homosexuality. He\u2019s healed me from hepatitis C.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why would anybody who is a church want to close their doors because of a virus?<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the church doors closed, people like me had no place.<\/p>\n

MALE SPEAKER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This ain’t just a weekend church for me. This is my life.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Without our church, people would not have hope, so we refused to comply with government orders. But I was never afraid nor worried for one moment of the virus because if we were to die, our last breath on Earth is our first breath in heaven, in eternity. If we were to all die of the virus, we still were going to practice our religion.<\/p>\n

September 16, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fastest spreading outbreak in the world at the moment is in India. It took India just 11 days to add another 1 million cases of the virus, and the growth of its outbreak has certainly outpaced the U.S., Brazil and Russia.<\/p>\n

PRAKASH BHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Hindi] The lockdown ended for a while. We could go to work and feed our kids. But now, lockdown restrictions have been reimposed. We are scared now!<\/p>\n

Give me three packets of tea.<\/p>\n

MALE SHOP OWNER: <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Hindi] Saffron flavor?<\/p>\n

PRAKASH BHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Hindi] This is a big shock for us artists and poor people. People working full time are getting salaries whether they go to work or not. Where do we go? Whose door do we knock on? If we knock on Mr. Modi\u2019s door, he isn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a very popular government, headed by a very popular prime minister. But it seems that now there is some skepticism also creeping into that.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel like there is a general sense of giving up and a surrendering to destiny. People are getting tired; adherence to social distancing and mask wearing is going down.<\/p>\n

PRAKASH BHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Hindi] I ask you, what is this damn virus? I\u2019m 60 and poor. I sleep in the open. The passage is one meter from the door where I live. I still didn\u2019t get corona. Today in my camp there are more than 3,500 families. No one has caught corona.<\/p>\n

My brother-in-law\u2019s daughters were getting married. He asked me to handle everything, as he was clueless. I suggested he marry all five girls at one wedding to cut costs.<\/p>\n

Stop what you\u2019re doing. Give him a plate.<\/p>\n

The government was talking about limits on gatherings during lockdown. I decided that I wouldn\u2019t think about corona. I was going to dance! My feet still move. My hands work. I\u2019m still young. We didn\u2019t care about death. We just wanted to die happy with our bellies full.<\/p>\n

TAKUM\u00c3 KUIKURO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Portuguese] Kuarup is the most important ritual here in Alto Xingu because it signals the end of mourning when we can come together again. We\u2019re risking our lives with this close physical contact.<\/p>\n

Normally, nine indigenous groups participate in this ritual. This year, only two took part. Many of our people had died. It\u2019s even more important to pay homage to them.<\/p>\n

These rituals are essential to our culture. They bring joy and health to us all. We really believe this helped us through the pandemic. There is no such thing as having no faith. We all have our own spirituality. Everyone has their own spirit, their soul.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the breaking pandemic news, the United States just topped 9 million confirmed coronavirus cases. The number of Americans dead in the pandemic has now surpassed 229,000 people.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hospitalizations are going up. Individuals in the ICUs are going up.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what does that very, very grim milestone mean for our country?<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want you to know our nation’s going to defeat this terrible China virus, as we call it. Through the power of the American spirit, I think more than anything else.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

But although we have the greatest document in the world, called the Constitution, that\u2019s not why we have pushed back today. We have pushed back because of the word of God, in which the Constitution was written from.<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’re just trying sort it all out and get it all right in your mind. What\u2019s right, what\u2019s wrong. What should we do, what shouldn\u2019t we do. I got COVID. I was very sick. I got well, but I was sick. I wouldn\u2019t wish it on nobody.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the name of Jesus, demons tremble! At the name of Jesus, sickness has to get up and go out!<\/p>\n

BELINDA SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had a couple of friends, close friends, die from COVID. That hurt, because I had COVID and I got well. And I\u2019m like, what\u2019s the deal? They got COVID and they passed away.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the name of Jesus, I command you, come out of him, legions!<\/p>\n

JEFFREY S. WITTENBRINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got COVID, and I got a pretty bad case of it and was actually frankly pretty shocked about that. Ended up in the hospital for 11 days; I lost almost 30 pounds. I was actually comforted by Pastor\u2019s words, because he had talked about the fact that some people would get sick, and some people might even die. But his point, and it was well taken by me, was that nobody forces anybody to go to church, but the people that go really want to be there.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you come to meet Jesus, you\u2019re going to get delivered of your problem. God\u2019s going to pick you up and turn you around! Set your feet on higher ground! I’ve never met an enemy that God can\u2019t defeat! I\u2019ve never met a problem that God can\u2019t solve!<\/p>\n

JOE BIDEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll deal with this pandemic responsibly.<\/p>\n

To beat the virus, we first got to beat Donald Trump. He\u2019s the virus.<\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP: <\/strong><\/p>\n

And sure as hell I caught it, and now I guess they say I\u2019m immune, so you can\u2014I\u2019m immune!<\/p>\n

November 3, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

All right, everybody. We\u2019re glad that you’re joining us for the 2020 election party.<\/p>\n

This election is the most personal election for me that I\u2019ve ever voted in. If it doesn\u2019t go my way, how I voted, then I\u2019m going to spend time behind bars. I think that Donald James Trump is going to win tonight.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonight Joe Biden’s got 164,000, so there’s still a lot of votes to be counted in Detroit.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

And he’s managed to hold most of those. We’re\u2014we think he’s not going to win in Arizona.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not good. Not good at all.<\/p>\n

DONALD TRUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support. Millions and millions of people voted for us tonight. A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people.<\/p>\n

TONY SPELL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

God bless America, because we\u2019re going to need it. Because it’s going to be civil unrest, all kind of problems. Rioting and looting in the streets.<\/p>\n

Civil unrest, comma. And years of court battles. That\u2019s not good for me or my children. All right.<\/p>\n

CROWD [chanting]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re telling us there’s a pandemic. It\u2019s a pack of lies to brainwash you and keep you in order.<\/p>\n

MALE PROTESTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us, for goodness sake, and stop serving the psychopaths.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

People started to say COVID was a hoax; it was all made up; it was all rubbish. Why? What more do people need to really realize that this is true? People are dying. Huge numbers of people.<\/p>\n

I just want to say to them, “Come to work with me today, we\u2019ll see what’s bulls— or not.”<\/p>\n

COVENTRY | ENGLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Britain has become the first country in Europe to record more than 50,000 coronavirus deaths. The prime minister warned the U.K. wasn\u2019t yet out of the woods.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boris Johnson said the U.K. was moving to a new phase in its battle against the virus.<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The feelings going into that second wave were very different to the first wave. The first wave was very much, \u201cWe’re all in this together.\u201d Not to say that that wasn’t there in the second wave, but it was more like, “Oh, God.” Now we know what’s happening. We know that the long hours are coming, and the worst thing was the anticipation that we were going to be seeing lots of very sick people who we couldn\u2019t do anything for.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The immediate pressures on the NHS are still with us. With many wards already full, health unions say staff are complaining of feeling exhausted by this\u2014<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was\u2014relentless. It\u2019s\u2014it\u2019s like an armor. You have to protect yourself from what you see day in, day out, because if you don\u2019t, you take it home with you. But over the last few months, that armor’s gone. I\u2019ve lost my ability to smile and be happy. And that was a lot of people who were experiencing that.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s reason for cautious optimism that there may be an end in sight.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford is set to transform the battle against coronavirus.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The results of clinical trials have shown that the vaccine is 93% effective, far higher than\u2014<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 8th of December was a particularly special day. Well, it was incredible for the whole world, but in particular for our hospital at Coventry, because we were the first hospital in the whole world to deliver the vaccine, which just blows my mind.<\/p>\n

MALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Margaret Keenan, who you can see there. She is 90. She was the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab at University College Hospital in Coventry.<\/p>\n

FEMALE NEWSREADER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

That has just happened within the last few minutes. These pictures that we’re showing you\u2014<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was slightly strange coming to work and there being press everywhere. And we didn\u2019t know it was going to happen. It was incredible. It was a really magical moment, and for the hospital, as well. It really lifted our spirits and our morale.<\/p>\n

BORIS JOHNSON:<\/strong><\/p>\n

And so like every other European country facing similar challenges, we’ve come to this moment, this great global festival. A turning point. A time of year that is of immense emotional, spiritual importance. It is with a very heavy heart I must tell you we cannot continue with Christmas as planned.<\/p>\n

JOE BIDEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill and I send our prayers, as I’m sure all of you do, to all who are facing this dark winter with an empty seat at the dinner table.<\/p>\n

CAROL MANSOUR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My greatest fear was that humanity will not learn anything. This is why I’m trying to focus on the little joys.<\/p>\n

PRAKASH BHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Hindi] God\u2019s place is full of light. I am still alive. We don\u2019t know what the next moment will bring.<\/p>\n

IVAN VASILIEV:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Speaking Russian] And I would like to raise this wonderful glass of milk for a new, lucky 2021. Hooray!<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think COVID will be with us in some form or another for the rest of our lifetimes, and for our children\u2019s lifetimes, and our children\u2019s children\u2019s lifetimes. It\u2019s massive. You know, if you would have said to me a year, 18 months ago we\u2019d be living like this, there is no way I would have believed you.<\/p>\n

December 31, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right, it\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve\u2014 [coughs]<\/p>\n

BOY: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014and she\u2019s got COVID. Chocolate!<\/p>\n

AMIE BURBRIDGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 8 o’clock and we’re doing a family New Year\u2019s Eve quiz. It\u2019s just not working, is it?<\/p>\n

So that was basically a snapshot of our New Year\u2019s Eve. The whole house is riddled with COVID. We all had positive COVID tests, and it\u2019s the first proper day, really, I guess, we’ve been out of bed all day or eaten in seven or eight days. COVID is terrible. Good riddance, f—ing 2020, because I tell you what: 2021 cannot be any worse than 2020.<\/p>\n

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Part 1<\/h2>\n

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\nJames Bluemel<\/p>\n

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\nAlice Henley<\/p>\n

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FOR KEO FILMS<\/h3>\n

Will Anderson
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Hamish Fergusson
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Original funding for this program was provided by public television stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ford Foundation, Abrams Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Park Foundation, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler and additional support from Laura DeBonis and Scott Nathan. Corporate support for FRONTLINE by Mint Mobile.<\/p>\n

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\nMissy Frederick<\/p>\n

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\nBarry Clegg<\/p>\n

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\nBrenna Verre<\/p>\n

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\nTim Meagher<\/p>\n

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\nStevie Jones<\/p>\n

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\nTim Mangini<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

INTERNS
\nSoleil Devonish
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\nJaden Satenstein<\/p>\n

SERIES MUSIC
\nMason Daring
\nMartin Brody<\/p>\n

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
\nWill Farrell<\/p>\n

OUTREACH SPECIALIST
\nJoshua Rae<\/p>\n

IMPACT PRODUCER
\nErika Howard<\/p>\n

DIGITAL WRITER & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIST
\nPatrice Taddonio<\/p>\n

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\nAnahita Pardiwalla<\/p>\n

DATA ANALYST
\nBen Abrams<\/p>\n

ASSISTANT EDITOR, DIGITAL
\nTessa Maguire<\/p>\n

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\nAnne Husted<\/p>\n

DIGITAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
\nLucie Sullivan<\/p>\n

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\nJames Edwards<\/p>\n

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\nMax Green<\/p>\n

ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
\nJohn Campopiano<\/p>\n

FOR GBH LEGAL
\nEric Brass
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\nGianna DeGiulio<\/p>\n

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\nSue Tufts<\/p>\n

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\nAnthony DeLorenzo<\/p>\n

LEAD DESIGNER FOR DIGITAL
\nDan Nolan<\/p>\n

FRONTLINE\/COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS<\/p>\n

ABRAMS JOURNALISM FELLOW
\nDan Glaun<\/p>\n

TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
\nLila Hassan<\/p>\n

FRONTLINE\/NEWMARK JOURNALISM SCHOOL AT CUNY FELLOWSHIPS
\nTOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
\nPaula Moura<\/p>\n

FRONTLINE\/FIRELIGHT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FELLOWS
\nAssia Boundaoui
\nAndr\u00e9s Caballero
\nJacqueline Olive
\nPJ Raval<\/p>\n

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS
\nLauren Prestileo
\nCallie T. Wiser<\/p>\n

REPORTER
\nMarcia Robiou<\/p>\n

DIGITAL REPORTER & PRODUCER
\nPriyanka Boghani<\/p>\n

DIGITAL PRODUCER\/EDITOR
\nMiles Alvord<\/p>\n

HOLLYHOCK FILMMAKER IN RESIDENCE
\nAbby Ellis<\/p>\n

SERIES PRODUCER AND EDITOR
\nMichelle Mizner<\/p>\n

INVESTIGATIVE PRODUCER
\nDaffodil J. Altan<\/p>\n

EDITORIAL COORDINATING PRODUCER
\nKatherine Griwert<\/p>\n

DIGITAL EDITOR
\nJennifer Wehunt<\/p>\n

POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
\nRobin Parmelee<\/p>\n

SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
\nLouis Wiley Jr.<\/p>\n

FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT LARGE
\nDavid Fanning<\/p>\n

SPECIAL COUNSEL
\nDale Cohen<\/p>\n

SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR
\nPhilip Bennett<\/p>\n

SENIOR EDITOR
\nLauren Ezell Kinlaw<\/p>\n

DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL VIDEO
\nCarla Borr\u00e1s<\/p>\n

SENIOR PRODUCERS
\nDan Edge
\nFrank Koughan<\/p>\n

SERIES SENIOR EDITOR
\nSarah Childress<\/p>\n

MANAGING EDITOR
\nAndrew Metz<\/p>\n

MANAGING DIRECTOR
\nJim Bracciale<\/p>\n

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
\nRaney Aronson-Rath<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2021
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FRONTLINE is a production of GBH which is solely responsible for its content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n