Inside the 2003 SARS outbreak - who was really to blame?

NOTE: This documentary originally aired November 18, 2003
On November 23, 2002, officials with the World Health Organization attended an influenza conference in Beijing. And so began the story of the WHO and SARS - three crucial months before the disease was unleashed on the world. Disclosure takes a closer look at opportunities missed by the WHO.
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How did the word first get out about SARS? What role did the WHO play? They could have issued a global alert. They could have warned the rest of the world to screen travellers coming from Guangdong Province. But they didn’t. In the end, the WHO fell back on protocol.
Almost as quickly as the virus spread, the demand for answers grew. It was becoming clear the disease had been festering for months in southern China. Why had there been no warnings, no alerts? How was the virus allowed to escape to Hong Kong and from there to so many places around the world?
A steadfast and determined World Health Organization, fighting off a mysterious and deadly disease, all in the face of enormous Chinese secrecy … That’s the image the WHO has worked hard to cultivate. But take a closer look at the period before the SARS crisis and a very different picture images. The fact is, China and the WHO have had a close working relationship for years.
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[@TaufiqSafdar]

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

[@edwardcastillo3717]

Taufiq Safdar Ok Thanos

[@DharmicYoddha]

There’s a bigger epidemic of Quranovirus, please enlighten us with your thoughts on that!

[@maplesyrup7626]

Coronavirus???

[@maplesyrup7626]

@@DharmicYoddha lol wth is that

[@trulyives]

PK J there is no cure tho

[@jasonisjasondoes]

Who's watching this in 2020? When the exact same thing happened again. Even down the month, are you kidding me?

[@randychristner4321]

I've been watching a lot lately SARS and MERS and even Ebola somebody definitely is not doing their job CDC ..w h o . The people who are supposed to protect us from this kind of stuff

[@kirana1002]

Of Course. The video is uploaded in Feb 2020.

[@darussianping61]

yep world pandemic now 2020

[@JoJo-dj9ek]

Things have happened EXACTLY LIKE in this video. It is almost uncanny!

[@JoJo-dj9ek]

@@kirana1002 Nope! It is talking about things happening in 2003! The upload time means nothing.

[@keyoz7723]

After such a major disease like Sars, they should have taken more strict measures. I do not understand why humanity never learns.

[@michellep1555]

Key Öz because of money n power

[@amritkaursaini9518]

Key Öz money is such a motivating factor and these days money=power. if u research about the nature of wet markets and wildlife farming culture in China u’ll see the ‘lack of learning’

[@anthonyw9129]

We're doomed and we eradicate ourselves repeatedly throughout history then we reset again....its cyclical

[@wonderfulwenna2710]

A. S Factory farming is anotherNorth American disaster in waiting!

[@naposletkunaposletku5836]

Michelle P what is the point of money and power if we are all dead ? Lol

[@elsiegrace4616]

Enough is enough... SARS and now Corvid 19.. OMG!!! What will it take for US ALL to stand up and fight for our lives.. and our families lives.. The Chinese Wild-Animal Industry and Wet Markets Must Go!!!!! FOREVER!!!!!!!

[@georgebilyeu5331]

I think travel with them is destroyed anyway,,fk all their imports too,,WE CAN MAKE IT HERE WITHOUT THEM

[@jonnywoo3512]

1st stop listen to the stupit media and go str8 to W.H.O website. They clearly state that it got nuttin to do with the wet market or bats ... if the media tell you guys to jump the building then you guys would listen lol

[@armanplayzyt9082]

First SARS COV and now SARS COV-2

[@yinchuun]

Destroy the forest and woods. There are hidden virus there. As long as there are forest, virus infection will never end.

[@lalive2993]

World war three here we come.

[@gushernandez25]

The same story except this time, it has spread much more successfully.

[@TheFirstGroover]

Due to more global civilation with cheap flights and digital nomads all around the world.

[@utecastronoova863]

@@TheFirstGroover that's one factor but really it's because this virus is very contagious. The good thing I guess I'd that more people have had it than they thought. Most show mild symptoms and many don't get sick at all. The official numbers are way off the total that have actually been infected. The problem is that it's inevitable that most people will get infected at some point.

[@monkeyatanofficedesk9253]

3 months later, 12.5 MILLION cases

[@AnnaLVajda]

Yeah and it might just continue to mutate indefinitely here to stay in variant forms like the flu.

[@gushernandez25]

@@AnnaLVajda agreed, I just read about the Mu variant.

[@lunalovegood9269]

13:18 So the world learned about SARS not from China and WHO, but from a concerned responsible citizens. tsk tsk Thank you Dr. Seteven

[@breeeezzyyyy]

As long as we have politicians that put business before the people, we will never learn from situations like this

[@cindys2995]

Different year, diferent disease (COVID19) - Same timeframe, SAME cause, SAME effect. Perhaps we should operate differently??? Now, there's a novel idea!

[@himanshu11876]

They both are same family virus

[@cindys2995]

@@himanshu11876 Same family but different strain. But basically....same.

[@gushernandez25]

It's basically the same scenario but this time it is worse.

[@cindys2995]

@@gushernandez25 Exactly

[@neal6473]

Actually the new virus is SARS 2 but also they called it COVID-19 or Coronavirus it does the same thing as the old SARS virus but more deadlier and stronger.

[@avocadodip2157]

Why can’t we just ban flights to China and out of ?

[@trinitybroadwater3059]

gilbert v 😂😂now we did

[@pratapramachandra223]

Absolutely ban all flights from China for 10 years until they can prove that they are not Flu Carriers

[@cw5894]

It's to late. We should have did it in December, 5 million people flew out of wuhan before China restricted travel.

[@ethimself5064]

Wellll, China could substantially increase the health regulations for the food system and the distribution system.

[@matthewschiebout7384]

maybe they could.

[@Specogecko]

All countries should

[@edwardcastillo3717]

I came here to compare the reaction of news reports to now of the coronavirus and it’s scary the same. Almost as if it’s planned.

[@chickennugs1714]

Boxing & Boombap that’s interesting, where’d ya get that from?

[@filip9564]

@@boxingboombap6511 wheres the link

[@dwynepen7626]

USA has the patent for CoVid-19

[@emanrodr2736]

Boxing & Boombap conspiracy theories much??

[@lunalovegood9269]

Boxing & Boombap lol fictional baseless accusation

[@mariawong6965]

Really like this reporter! Outspoken and professional,

[@ann-mariemystik_majick_lun747]

100% agree Shes great, need more like her

[@ronaldgamer6430]

@@ann-mariemystik_majick_lun747 indeed!

[@pinkydiengdoh7040]

This is so frustrating!!

[@wadejohnston4305]

You can not follow up on every outbreak he says. THATS LITERALLY YOUR JOB!

[@zoneyak]

History is repeating again

[@shannonthomas4320]

Same time of the year too

[@Carolina-uu3wk]

Rapper Zy fr

[@JoJo-dj9ek]

The world learnt absolutely nothing. There is NO point in having practise pandemics as nothing will change anyway.

[@wakeupmofoers691]

no is not in 2003 nobody in most countries give a damn and nobody i know that knows somebody died, plus china is "communist "and can withhold information galore just like the Cayman panama Swiss banks etc.. or create any false information or regulate any thing literally including disease and outcomes wich are very likely monetary gains out of people suffering... think again west world corrupted domination cartels

[@keirmerikh666]

that is true

[@curiousgirl6010]

WHO with an annual budget of $2.2B?? What did u do with that money??

[@cactusok]

First Class Airfares / Hotels etc

[@cruisertechgt]

I only recently thought the WHO was too political because I did not know about what happened in SARS I was too young. This video truly explains the problems of the WHO , and we will see another video about Covid-19 SARS2 in the future. The WHO took too long to declare Pandemic and now Italy and so many other countries are suffering . People are dying because countries rely on the WHOs word

[@yesman3993]

Why is it always china

[@decipherman1013]

They always had there chin up know matter what....lol communist 👿

[@Enigmatism415]

Are you forgetting about Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East?

[@mikecorbeil]

Very fine report, appreciated! I think that it's definitely good to INFORM the general public in this manner. Why? Well, not sure, people may have varying reasons, but as for myself, and to keep this simple, I appreciate being informed about risks to health. It's quite sad that many people were badly infected with SARS when info. about it was known as of Nov. 2002, but it took months for the health "autorities" to do what they evidently should've done from the start, early anyway. It might be interesting, however, to get more info. about the relationship between such health problems and non-human animals, such as for explanations about the " Why and how? ", f.e.

[@kymieemmanuel9522]

They had ample situations before this to correct their reaction to pandemics, they choose to let this spread and claim lives.

[@ozdemirsalik]

Wildlife markets was the reason and still is the reason.

[@snehamalik792]

It was lab now...

[@eggcellentperson2302]

I'm shooked that I did not give up my dream of becoming a doctor even though its Corona. (I'm 14)

[@brayan9645]

History repeating itself. We humans can be hard headed for sure.🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@pratapramachandra223]

We are fools

[@WahkeenaSitka]

WOW. This is incredible. Mind blowing in fact.

[@wonderfulwenna2710]

Those markets are horror stories and should be banned

[@mariawong6965]

The worst thing about this issue regarding Hong Kong is : Hong Kong turns this issue political, totally different from the time of SARS. The medical team on strike against the Health Department，citizens not cooperate and protest against the decision of the government ，it seems that Hong Kong is handling it in a political way not a health issue.

[@KyleTO7]

How come we know patient zero for SARS but we don't know patient zero for covid?

[@brandonwilson3248]

Literally the exact same thing happened again here in 2020. Only it’s really bad this time. The dates are extremely similar, it’s scary.

[@mcdeo1208]

Simply showed how incompetent WHO ... ever since the SARS outbreak, now we have ncov...shut them down

[@Deneteus]

Where is this lady now! We need her to tell the world what happened.

[@pianowhizz]

SARS-1: 3 month delay in reporting SARS-2: 2 month delay in reporting We're improving, next time we'll be right on top of it :)

[@pallaviprashanth3490]

Legends r watching this in 2021

[@1378natalie]

Sound familiar anyone?

[@user-fk3ji8eu4c]

WHO does more damage than good.

[@TheBeastMan-nt4mv]

These people eat anything that moves. 🦇🐒🦍🐺🐕🐷🐮🐁🐿🐀🐉🐲🐾🦇🦏🐓🐔🦎🐊🐸🦆🐰🐹🦉🐢 Now the whole world is paying a heavy price.

[@Billmakesvideo]

The long lost Zodiac

[@carrieblue4131]

It is all about zoonosis. Humans will never totally stop eating meat- but most of us are genuinely concerned about animal welfare- we could be looking at a society in the not too distant future where all animals are truly free range and yes- killed in a dignified manner and eaten at the end of their happy lives.

[@TheCanuckBrothers]

SARS: I’m so deadly! Covid 19: Am I a joke to you!!!

[@Ramsoholic]

SARS was not close to Covid19, only 8000 cases in 2003

[@davinyu7889]

it had a higher death rate, but probable less of an incubation period.

[@vincently1995]

17 Years Ago: 2003 SARS outbreak

[@bribeltran7353]

We are gonna have another outbreak in 2023 ish

[@stephanie.u6805]

I thought this video was uploaded at 2003...

[@gaipou6982]

Life vs. Money

[@Neil542]

⚠️ Warning video may induce fear and or panic among viewers

[@escpat]

The fact speaks for itself. Unless you are living under a rock, you should be living in fear (to some extent) but not panic. A certain level of fear is needed otherwise, we will become complacent and let our guards down. The video just reports and we are free to draw our own conclusion.

[@dorisdady8758]

2003 play out again in 2020

[@johnwireman2660]

The background music is strikingly close to what they used in the 2011 pandemic film Contagion. It’s a bit eerie considering this news report is from 2003.

[@nina2x]

3:51 History repeating itself

[@matthewschiebout7384]

A lot of influential/important criminals in this world.

[@whodunnitdesigns4323]

also if flu viruses come from china because of the conditions and close proximity with animals....why is it allowed? don't they only allow 2 children per family?

[@mlang28]

That what I thought🤷

[@mattwroe4776]

They have a spare kid in case they get hungry

[@stellastolidakis2133]

One kid

[@checkchanne0115]

China did the same plot the dead silence ! The period of knowing pandemic is clearly relatively the same pattern and we never learned.

[@markm.9458]

I was totally unaware that blame must be assigned to to everything. I stand corrected.

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

And we may worry about flying on the new Boeing 737 with the MCAS issue. I wonder how safe are the Chinese airplanes?

[@mresurreccion5471]

Its not xenophobia, but this chinese people is really something and out of this world, they need to change some of the way they live for goodness sake.

[@unownnnn]

WHO Director General needs to resign he's had enough of CCP money.

[@CARTALKUK]

The world should see this video

[@cass__8691]

This is why I’m never going to China 🙄

[@coletteann3946]

2003 looks like 1992

[@guepardo8648]

Wow..that was absolutely grotesque.

[@ethimself5064]

The WHO's Men's Club is quite interesting, perhaps a New non Men's Club based on something much more effective could very well be an answer.

[@ethimself5064]

@Emmawat What A reset of this system to set the realities straight

[@ann-mariemystik_majick_lun747]

@Emmawat What O.P. I'd referring to 16:18. The gentleman refers to WHO to a mens club with political contacts

[@m2han]

How is China never held accountable?

[@Tylnorton]

They will when Covid is no longer a threat.

[@Fabrizio_Ruffo]

"They can't keep getting away with this"

[@sanmyconde6672]

Why most of the virus star in China

[@jonarchdeacon3761]

I am fairly sure she is referring to WHO as the World Help Organisation, which is an even more ironic name!

[@omaewamoushindeiru5937]

Guess what? Wet markets in Hubei province China reopen and selling exotic animals. 🦇🍲

[@abdikachannel9777]

its the same same place that corona has started

[@klausadam728]

Once the heat of the incident blows back on the production company they blame the people for not properly taking care of their meat or by not cooking it thorough enough to kill the harmful bacteria that THEY created. Another question that popped into my head during this video was how do we start the process of ending these super bugs?

[@MNightbirb]

Bruh this documentary was released two days after I was born..wild dude

[@Divinicus1er]

Am I the only one who feels like Alan Schnur is lying every time he says a word in this video?

[@sondreknutsen9355]

Well, now we are here again!

[@xydoit2024]

China did the same in 2003. How the doctor was infected at first?

[@reconn8035]

Now, there's Corona Virus. SMFH

[@mkccv]

Young BD SARS is caused by a coronavirus, the name of the Virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 is called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

[@abc_cba]

3:13 How did WHO didn't do anything for Covid-19 in 2020, 17 years later ? Speaks for it.

[@that_gmc5498]

Virus-Fever,Cough,and symptoms

[@monamooo]

This compared to the coronavirus is mad

[@Jokerz3]

FLX Hatred SARS falls into the category of a CORONAVIRUS along with MERS

[@monamooo]

brendan collins yeah I know

[@matthewschiebout7384]

Oh, he knows.

[@steveinsbrook2479]

Chine - Game over, Boycott..... Boycott...... Boycott...... Its 2020 why do we allow these despots to exist.

[@annetteslife]

Sounds similar??

[@TheJediAndTheNinja]

I like to think this was prelude of what was to come

[@nirajg8468]

They just intentionally mutated the SARS infection which can cause high cansequences...

[@ianofliverpool7701]

Now lets revisit this video inlight of the Coronavirus , CCP and WHO

[@carpo719]

SARS was nasty, but it spread after symptoms were showing, so they could corner it. But the death rate was much higher. What we have now is lesser in its death rate, but higher in infection. Perfect storm.

[@xydoit2024]

Covid 19 is also a Sars. Its name is Sars 2

[@suigeneris2663]

I wonder how this reporter’s feeling right now. 😅

[@DeAngeloStevens]

Social Platform Media (MySpace, KZbin, Weibo, Facebook, WeChat, Twitter), Streaming Devices (Roku, Apple tv, Amazon Fire TV) didn't EXEIST during the SARS in 2003 when I was in the 7th Grade Huffman Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama

[@oliberrr]

8:27 ".. didn't raise it strongly.. no emails.. written correspondences.." How about phone calls then you write the minutes yourself???

[@stoney1962]

So why not interrupt all TV broadcasting show This and several other Documentries about The orgin of Viruses And what was done in the Past!.

[@andreamoscoso4065]

Honestly we've all seen it now. Even in America we all save face!

[@timurtheterrible4062]

We never learn, do we?

[@lunaticairi3047]

Why does the WHO still exists???

[@HarlemSexyBlaqkat]

My goodness SARS and Covid timeline is even the same everything shuts down in March.

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

It's seems safe to say that the Beijing Heirarchy will only acknowledge an outbreak or the emergence of an unusual or unknown (Novel) strain of a virus ...when the Western Media is already reporting on it for at least two to three weeks. So perhaps rather than expecting the CCP to be open and transparent and proactive, Western Media simply has to have a permanent China Watchdog group looking into the appearance of any irregularity, possibly through paid informants and usuing a Bounty system to reward verifiable and accurate information. Seems that Money motivates the Chinese over Social Responsibility or Morality. REMEMBER, the CCP is a single political heirarchy, with total control of internal media, judician, education, police and regulatory branches of government.

[@sakshidhawle7586]

History repeats it's self

[@williambarrios7824]

I'm watching this for how it was dealt with 2020

[@mark4m557]

If they would stop eating every animal every they pull out of a trash can or they’re neighbors pets we wouldn’t have all the viruses I understand it’s a different culture but it has affected my culture so I feel I have more than a right to put my 2 cents in

[@Bluestoneklutz357]

Why IS THIS THE SAME AS THIS TIME

[@zizzolizzo1]

Those who do not understand how organisms spread are doomed

[@OHA367]

Idk why Mongolia still surviving COVID-19

[@Spright91]

sequel is better

[@TearFoX]

After 2020 covid 19.

[@enchainedtreasures]

This killed what 700... it was just a feeble strand....

[@skijoe5149]

This is one of those times that festers racism in some people. Sadly due to the Chinese governments poor decisions, the Chinese people are being portrayed as selfish, untrustworthy, and unwise, but this is simply untrue. The Chinese government seems to push industrial progress and world status as a super power more than the well being of its people, and therefore the world. And this unrelent drive to fulfil these goals is ultimently and ironically harming there reputation and economy.

[@CatBox235]

We should wear and sanitize our hands even if there is no viruses mabye there is one we dont know about and the person infront of you right now has it... i mean its really dangerous

[@matthewschiebout7384]

and it's happened again. Same story!

[@baileywasson7885]

Notice it was covid-2 in 2002-2003 and now it’s covid-19 for 2019-2020 it’s named in years almost like they knew it was coming

[@carrieblue4131]

WHO already knew that a pandemic in gonna emerge soon but they did nothing. There has been so many warnings and predictions about it but they ignored all.