How America Bungled the Plague | NYT Opinion

[@MarkReviews]

It turns out I'm not actually just a fan of Vox, or The New York Times...I'm a fan of Johnny Harris! I'll watch him anywhere. Good move picking him up, NYTimes.

[@Cole_Bailey]

Same!! Congrats Johnny!! This is amazing.

[@EsmePalaganas]

SAME

[@uhhhhh262]

He has his own channel, check it out

[@rounaksharma5701]

So true bro

[@MarkReviews]

@@uhhhhh262 I'm subscribed there too!

[@ElenaTaber]

A Johnny Harris & NYT collab?! Today is a good day

[@harrisonbates559]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@franzmeier4472]

suspected he was a shill. now i know.

[@mattwaf]

Sadly Johnny Harris lost me as a fan 40 seconds into this video. Edit: I'm pretty sad about it , I loved his borders series.

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@franzmeier4472 He's an independent journalist. He alternates between news outlets. It's well known he's a liberal if you see his twitter feed but tries to keep things less political most of the time. Sad that borders ended. I liked that.

[@kenhiett5266]

Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeyYoapbsefnqs

[@2002alexandros]

NYT won't regret having Johhny on board, excellent choice

[@TonyShyaka]

Ikr?

[@hafizgilangsantoso295]

Indeed

[@eqton729v]

:o so this is where he's going! amazing. This video is a lot more Voxy now :D

[@lloydthurstondinwiddieakag297]

I like this. Very voxy.

[@mdjay1000]

Hes fwiiiiiiiiiiine hello Johnny

[@Arander92]

The fact that you didn’t mention Cuomo’s screw up with the nursing homes when talking about NY really bothers me, not gonna lie

[@jimmlygoodness]

They filmed this before anyone knew about that.

[@xdxdsheep]

@@jimmlygoodness Everyone in NYC knew that last year. Just nobody knew how bad it was. Turns out, it was really bloody bad

[@Treddian]

That and Pelosi telling people they're racist if they didn't want to go party in China Town.

[@robdowns9339]

Political hit piece. Objectively, Biden team has done NOTHING to flatten the curve. Deaths still going up, solutions are obviously not there.

[@jimmlygoodness]

@@robdowns9339 Because we had to nip it in the bud before it spread and mutated, which might have happened if we had an adult for president at the time. Likely though it wouldn't have changed much since half the country thinks that wearing a mask and social distancing temporarily is too much of a sacrifice to make for the country that they claim to love so much.

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Johnny Harris is phenomenal. A great benefit to anyone that works with him!

[@markgupton1313]

Who is Johnny Harris? The young propaganda pusher.

[@adrianmacrel5950]

I came here just to see him

[@Clown81178]

@@markgupton1313 your mom

[@CaptainWooow]

so... this dude is cool ok, nice graphics and pacing and soundtrack. but. at 4:55 that reporter said that China was indeed concealing information but, somehow, we (who is 'we'?) had channels inside China and the WHO to know what was really happening.... sorry mate, but those 2 sentences make you not trustworthy . so how do you trust any report from these channels? how do you trust Xi Jingping when Beijing told WHO there is nothing to worry? how do you trust WHO? how do you trust the so called test kit coming from China? The whole focus of this "Opinion piece" (so it is not journalism, it seems) was to tell people how America faced the covid 19 (tw, it's not a plague guys, numbers are not so high fortunately, please stop instilling fear on people s mind) but Why not mentioning how each single State in the US handled the situation? What about Fauci and his team? why not mentioning how allowing all those protests was potentially dangerous? I dont see any numbers when it comes to test, people positive and death from covid19. Also you cant compare USA and Europe. 1. way moooore chinese people travel to and from US. 2. How do I know numbers from each single European countries are accurate? This is not journalism.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Vox’s loss is The NYT’s gain.

[@RyanNgFilms]

Johnny Harris was open for the market and NYT jump on that so fast LOL. Amazing piece of work.

[@mr.nav2226]

And that was a really really good move by NYT

[@petrichor259]

@@mr.nav2226 tbh vox was stupid to let go of him

[@nowshadshahariarpavel5473]

Game changing desition .

[@andreylucass]

Vox is failing.

[@HenningGu]

I like how the NYT allows him to keep his style.

[@dhruvadebbarma5050]

Yes yes very important

[@daniellehurrell6620]

I'm surprised I'm saying this, but I'd venture to say that the U.S. would have fared much better with Bush in this situation. It seems he actually took it seriously.

[@piotrd.4850]

Given how things are going, Bush and Obama will be (?) remembered as last functional Presidents of USA.

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

I have criticized Bush in the past and now I regret that Jeb Bush lost the nomination, if I could have a time machine I would go back to 2016 election and champion Jeb Bush to win the nomination and ultimately the presidency. The country would be better off if it happened.

[@daniellehurrell6620]

@@pamelqtaylor8335 Yeah, that's a scary scenario, but I think we are in a much scarier reality. The Republicans of the late 90s and early 00s are much different than they are now. At least then they operated in some base of reality, I guess.

[@chihayakenji1893]

Goes a long way to show how far the GOP has fallen. Say what you want about GW Bush, but at least he cared enough about the country to prepare against a pandemic. Present day GOP only cares about catering to the insanities of the noisier part of their voter base.

[@FJFuentesCO]

Comes down to we had the wrong president....oops. I don't think historically there could have been a worse choice in terms of President or administration.

[@SuperPillage]

Scientists: "Flatten the curve" America: "vertically?"

[@vinaygonela1473]

Alan Lee, do you know what are the port of entrees of USA that highest number of people come to from abroad, visit or transit, then you will know why people like Andrew cuoumo. Port of entrees are dictated by federal regulations.

[@stourleykracklite7663]

Scientists: "Masks won't help you." America: "Are you f'ing kidding me??" Scientists: "Lol, too late- we sent them to China. Except ours."

[@ehoc5248]

@@alanlee67 look at those numbers again friend

[@adamsmith3413]

Missed Milan I suppose.

[@adamsmith3413]

There is very little data to support the use of cloth masks which is why the CDC was on record opposing their widespread use in March 2020. Nothing since has changed.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Issac Asimov

[@puyakhalili]

Wow That quote cuts deep! When did he say it 😔😔

@@puyakhalili 1980

[@MoBahar687]

I could not put it into better words then this. This is literally what america is dealing with and its sad.

[@MarcoTheMediterranean]

So true

[@Lichking1019]

I'm a teacher and I see this first hand

[@robinprice6879]

The NYT was smart to work with Johnny Harris. He is brilliant and his level of curiosity is a wonderful asset

[@wolfgangkranek376]

pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2020/08/31/the-new-york-times-does-accidental-journalism-on-covid-19-testing-n867152

[@rofidganteng1]

yeah. its good piece for campaign against trump. as we new NYT is left leaning / democrats. but its is good video. good campaign. Not like any other LEFT media or usual NYT that just say ORANGE IS BAD - TRUMP IS BAD without good argument

[@bobbart4198]

@@rofidganteng1 Coming up with Anti-Trump arguments isn't difficult .... The Donald does half of the work for you, just with his general behavior, and that BIG, BIG mouth of his ...

[@carpejkdiem]

Is there even a possibility we can eliminate the lft/rt paradigm provided us that both are on the same team of totalitarianism as the end goal furthering their THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY BACKBONED ● UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVE OLD BIBLICAL FIRST ATTEMPTED BY NIMROD NEW WORLD ORDER AGENDA??? I think the majority are uneducated and love to fight instead of WAAAAKE UUUUP to whats really actually taking place over the last 70 yrs.

[@bobbart4198]

@@carpejkdiem The Left / Right fixation in America is not really necessary, but given the diversity of the population AND the way it formed (conquest and slavery) it was probably inevitable. In the meantime, events in recent years (without mentioning names) and the polarization they have awakened in the United States - and the Western World - have not improved the situation.

[@mairedaly4926]

I cannot imagine how Bush, who set out to prepare his country, must have felt watching all this unfold....

[@amarrevolver4452]

Don't worry about him, he loves death and destruction so pretty sure he's okay

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

It’s his party that decided that corruption was the very point of government.

[@sdefonta]

I honestly don't think he cares

[@mrose3299]

Yes, he began the playbook of response to pandemics. As a Dem, I never thought a president would make me miss Bush Jr. But dear God, I did. I'll take a competent leader I completely disagree with over a demagoge any day. Long live our Democratic Republic...

[@mairedaly4926]

@@mrose3299 Thank you, that's a clear thinking answer. I'm a left leaning, old school feminist & was appalled at the invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 etc., but, credit where credit is due on this issue.

[@vylbird8014]

All was lost the moment face masks took on a political meaning.

[@michelleashford6730]

From an outsider perspective all was lost when trump took office.

[@alisonselje2809]

@@michelleashford6730 from an insider perspective, all was lost when Trump took office.

[@azahias9]

Exactly. You CANNOT politicize common sense and expect progress.

[@dinamosflams]

@Kris LVgirl he was winning, now It is time for him to start to lose, he is an enemy of decency, the US and the world

[@Supercon57]

He did point out Trump's live white house address where he unnecessarily stated (and reiterated multiple times) it was voluntary "I won't be doing it", but didn't emphasize just how much of an impact that really had on the nation Within the same breath Trump downplayed it's severity and undermined the advice of the health experts effectly making it taboo to wear a mask The issue is how you gauge something like that We'll never really know just how things would have been different if Trump would have just stepped aside and let the health experts do the talking He put his two cents into just about every live address, the most powerful man in the world, the leader of the US, people look to him for leadership, when he speaks people listen..and yet here we are.

[@tixx8175]

I am here for Johnny Harris and his magic on Story telling

[@TonyShyaka]

Same

[@kenster8270]

He's a national treasure!! 💚 Vox are gonna regret their choice to let this talented contributor slip away.

[@rana-rq8on]

This is a good documentary but I find it extraordinary that Europe is held up as the "good example" when so many Asian countries have been doing way better from the very start and have continued to keep COVID numbers low.

[@AndersHenke]

I do second this, as especially Singapore and Taiwan did a really great job. However, it’s easy to downplay their performance with “but that country is an isolated island with less citizens than a single US state, of course it’ll do better” or similar things. From that sense, comparing the US to the EU is much more approachable or relatable for most US-Americans: dozens of individual states with their own governments (“just like the US states”) and a slightly higher population than the US, and with cultural relationships between the US and many European countries (just think about how many US citizens consider themselves to be of Irish, German or Italian heritage, just because an ancestor of their did. cross the Atlantic 150 years ago…).

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@AndersHenke culture is a big factor yes & should be included, but in reality, for accurate comparison, they should have listed city sizes, travel numbers from China, diagnosed cases in January etc for Australia & America, cause America was on par with Australia at the start of this! Both were island continents, with no virus able to enter, other than by flying in through controlled airports & number of people/cases flying into Australia from China at that time of year was higher than for the US. Europe comparison I guess is easier for them to stomach though Also, Singapore did well, along with all the "early movers group" countries, but Vietnam is in fact the best performer & always gets missed, because they did SO well that they don't even get noticed at all! 95 million people & a land border to China & almost no covid cases or deaths!

[@AlessandroSartori82]

Asian countries were prepared to a pandemic. I Just think about the good work in South Korea: they already had an app to track the desease and a lot of quick corona virus test. Here we are talking about political decisions. I live in Italy and we were the first EU country hit so hard. We couldn’t fight back the virus testing or tracking, so we decided to shut the country down. I lived closed in my house for almost 60 days. Our government decided to act for the good of our population. Trump is a populist, he takes choices for votes. He doesn’t care about Us people and you should always remember this.

[@lilaclizard4504]

​@@AlessandroSartori82 South Korea & others had experience with SARS1 & lots of deaths with that, so that was why they were prepared, but in reality South Korea is a bad example, they came to attention due to failing to contain the virus & then managing to get control later. Most Asian countries did far better, never losing control in the first place. South Korea spoke of apps, but in reality they were tracking phones & atms & invading privacy & despite all of that, their contact tracing was in fact a disaster. The only reason they managed control was because their virus was confined to a religious cult, so they only had to track down all cult members to track down all virus cases, which was pretty easy when the cult insisted on attending their church each week despite the outbreak. When the virus in South Korea made it out of that cult & entered a rainbow person bar, they found that their discriminatory practices against those people lead to a total failure in all tracking systems & loss of control of the virus & a need to close almost everything down to contain it. South Korea did well with PR, but in reality that's all. They also benefited greatly from the world effectively banning anyone from traveling there, which prevented any re-introductions of the virus. Other countries did much better than them. Italy, like you say was caught out, same as Asia was with SARS1. Could have happened to anyone, nothing Italy did wrong other than wrong place, wrong time. Countries like Greece are in fact far more impressive than South Korea when factoring everything in, in particular location & difficulty in preventing further introductions, not to mention health system & available finances

[@MajorMlgNoob]

Vietnam and New Zealand should be the gold standard smh

[@funkball]

Would love to see an update to this now, almost 1 year later. So much has happened. And so much has not changed too.

[@Techninjaspeaks]

Johnny Harris!

[@mouyeii]

didn´t even notice this was NYT until the end wow

[@raybinas3315]

YASS THE SAME REACTION I WAS SHOOKT!

[@RolandoCocom]

Excellent work Johny Harris

[@kenhiett5266]

Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeyYoapbsefnqs

[@MuerteBolonesa]

@@mouyeii I 100% thought it was Vox

[@nimishkhokhar4009]

Yay Johnny Harris, nyt was wise to use your talent

[@fl.sal.27]

NYT, this is your best recruit of the year. Congrats Johny.

[@kenhiett5266]

The largest International travel industry in the world is what happened. The most citizens and green card holders abroad at any given time is what happened. As long as we are the center of world commerce we will aways be vulnerable to heavy early seeding to a virus with an R0 in the range of Covid. It's just an inconvenient fact Trump was one of the first world leaders to shut down flights from China. Only bested by Italy. In fact, he actually made the decision the same day as Italy but it took a couple more days to implement due to our much larger travel industry. This was during a time the Democrats and media were calling Trump xenophobic and overreactionary for doing so.

[@alang9480]

@@kenhiett5266 The U.S. got most of its cases from Europe after that happened, so can't say it was a complete response. Better than nothing I suppose.

[@kenhiett5266]

@@alang9480 Except Trump was early to shut down flights from Europe as well. Trump would have been crucified if he didn't allow our citizens and green card holders repatriation. You obviously don't remember how little we knew at that time. Trump followed ALL the recommendations of Fauci and Birx. Just another inconvenient fact. Epidemiologists and virologists all over the world were flailing wildly. South Korea had strong policies already in place because of their much closer connection and history with other viruses from China, so kudos to them on that. However, the world's experts were overwhelmingly late to get this right. Hindsight is always so convenient.

[@kenhiett5266]

@@alang9480 Some European countries are doing better than others just as some U.S.states are doing better than others. People forget we live in a Republic. Trump hasn't been running policy on Covid, our individual Governor's have been running policy on Covid. Minus the Democrat controlled states of N.Y. and N.J. we would have Covid mortality rates we could brag about on the world stage.

[@noahbowie5985]

I can't believe I'm saying this but George W Bush was really smart to prepare for this

[@jasonwilkins1969]

As much as I dislike George W Bush, he did care about the job. Trump just doesn't care. He ignores reading presidential briefings, he dismisses experts. It's like having Joffrey Baratheon as king

[@doctorwholover1012]

Yep. I'd rather have a broken clock that's right twice a day than a broken clock that sets the house on fire 🙄

[@dalpz205]

@@doctorwholover1012 🤣 That was good

[@r.p5380]

@@tuckerbugeater ...

[@joxysurge9631]

I can't believe i'm saying it either , but George Bush READ A BOOK AND TOOK ACTION !

[@lisamed88]

As a health care provider in the EU with a degree in global health, I'm sorry to burst your bubble....but the US doesn't have a great health care system. But most importantly you also don't have a great any system. In these situations health care is just as important as social systems, the economy and the general level of education of the people. On average, that is just better in the EU 🤷‍♀️

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

You can’t tell that to Americans that makes you a woke communist in this country.

[@thirtythree680]

Americans switch off when they’re told they’re not the best at everything. Their leaders have brainwashed so many into believing a healthcare system for everyone is a radical leftist idea.

[@just__alina]

I lost my father due to covid and this documentary literally gave me chills and tears. This documentary is definitely otherworldly.

[@rachel_sj]

I’m so sorry for your loss. You and countless others didn’t deserve to have your father die as a result of apathetic incompetence.

[@nommomuntu]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

[@eave01]

I am so very sorry for your loss.

[@rafaelvicho3551]

Sorry for the loss....

[@hermes5275]

Hope ur ok.. sorry for ur loss

[@ThatSilentGuy]

Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar, was a doctor before becoming a politican. After he stepped down in June 2020 he even went back to the hospital and worked as a doctor again. That's probably why Irish people would listen and stay at home?

[@speedier3478]

Soo true

[@glee3349]

That’s awesome :0

[@susantoohey2710]

I'm from Ireland and I can assure you that Leo did that for the papers and nothing more. Our government are one of the most corrupt in the world. Nothing has been invested into our healthcare system in the last year and a half.

@@susantoohey2710 True. I detest Leo. But at least he had a coherent statement. We took the pandemic on as the serious problem it was. Though of course a big part of why it was so dangerous to us is our shambles of a health system.

[@susantoohey2710]

@ for sure I agree with what you are saying also. When the first Irish statement was made I was watching it online while trying to get out of Asia asap. I had been in lockdown in China a month prior to that. I was so proud of our country but at things progresses it's looking more and more clear to me that our government had no idea what they were doing from the onset. That their decisions are based around the possibility of staying in power and not for the good of the people. I also believe that the Irish government are not making the decisions for our country, the EU is. Since returning from living in China I'm seeing so many commonalities between Europe and the CCP. I don't trust our government for a moment.

[@sophsbookss]

this man is so well-read his bookshelf is literally sagging

[@rogerdavidsmith8942]

Nice being in a country where you can read,worship,and get your news how ever you please.. But why do it ,if you hate America so much,go to one you like. I here IRAN has a lovely library with plants of anti American literature and stories how Jews ruined Hitlers career. Man stop holding yourself back,Leave !

[@Lanidoinglife]

@@rogerdavidsmith8942 what even are you saying

[@rogerdavidsmith8942]

@@Lanidoinglife just like our media,free to change the facts,as long as you go along. . So many haters.But dont leave. Not till Trump we never had plagues, viruses,Fires,Hurricanes and anything we can blame a man who's not a politician and has only been here barely 4 yr?. Not 30yrs of Democrat that's seen Colorado River drained, race riots instigated by a bias media, people calling for socialism ,that has no idea the people at our southern Border are fleeing from. A Travel ban back in February would have slowed down the virus,not stop it..But our doctors could start getting ready. But he was called a racist. .

[@ghostlyducky362]

Roger Smith A few things I want to point out, it was meant as a joke maybe you should look into the internet before you comment on these things and also some people aren’t lucky enough to just move when they don’t get their own way, if they were America wouldn’t have anyone living in it apart from dumb Trump supporters.

[@LuLu-yg2qh]

So well read!!! He is just repeating what the new York times told him to say. Scripted and misinformed report to influence the masses to vote for the Democrats. A complete disgrace. Never read anything on the new York times about how the Obama, Clintons and bushes administrations where the most corrupted.

[@THEchiQ]

Watching this now is possibly even more heartbreaking than it was at the time 🥺

[@THEchiQ]

@@NeganJeff who said shocking?

[@NeganJeff]

@@THEchiQ I accidentally replied to the wrong feed.😢😥😰

[@THEchiQ]

@@NeganJeff oh whew! I thought I was missing something! 😝

[@NeganJeff]

@@THEchiQ 🤭 Sorry

[@rboydphotography]

even worse now. the number at the end of this piece was 'just' 200k, it has since surpassed 5x that and still growing 😥

[@dominickshinal7074]

Johnny Harris is working with the New York Times! I’m so glad!

[@LV_Allure]

Oh yes, 2 liberal minds working together, not biased at all!🙄🙄🙄 please give me a break, stoping listening to the mainstream media.

[@dominickshinal7074]

The New York Times is rated by media bias fact check as Left Center and highly factual reporting. Johnny Harris has done some incredible work abroad with Vox as well though you can infer he might be a liberal fellow. So there is some level of bias but this is also clearly marked as an opinion piece. And I make sure to keep that in mind as I view it.

[@FilmPeak]

I find it absolutely huating and on-point that when they start talking about deaths, they start with a photo and a name, then only photos, then only numbers...

[@simondrexler3272]

As someone who lived in the US for several years, "learning from other countries" seems to be a fundamentally un-American philosophy.

[@nicholaslalhmingmawia1289]

Oh.... conservative 😂😂😂

[@ThePinkBinks]

As a country, they're a bratty teenager. Every other country needed a few wars to settle down. Don't get me wrong, I think they should skip straight to peace talks, but still the anthropomorphic description fits.

[@jhca4671]

@@ThePinkBinks Excuse me, with that logic we should all listen to Japan, an country and a state continued for more than 2200 years uninterrupted? Is this what you meant?

[@ThePinkBinks]

J H C A No my logic says look at the rest of the world, don't just look at one part of it. At the moment America is only looking to America for answers. It would be just as daft to only look at Japan for answers too. You misunderstood my train of logic.

[@skye.s2515]

Yup welcome to anti-intellectualism

[@no_name4796]

"How does the richest and best country to handle a pandemic ends up with such a graph?" My brain: "trump?"

[@bernadettesandoval3990]

DR FAUCI!

[@JAW-i5z]

@@bernadettesandoval3990 No: Trump.

[@nguyeninhhung2091]

stupidity?

[@beddythecorgi4269]

Obesity

[@NewAgeDIY]

Americans keep shouting “ we are the greatest country in the world” The fact is they’ll probably end up being a Third World country in a few years if they don’t smarten up and pay attention to science. A global pandemic and climate change is double threat a serious one at that.

[@JordanDeMello]

Johnny Harris + NYT + Data + Criticizing the COVID-19 response? Yes please.

[@CaptainWooow]

so... this dude is cool ok, nice graphics and pacing and soundtrack. but. at 4:55 that reporter said that China was indeed concealing information but, somehow, we (who is 'we'?) had channels inside China and the WHO to know what was really happening.... sorry mate, but those 2 sentences make you not trustworthy . so how do you trust any report from these channels? how do you trust Xi Jingping when Beijing told WHO there is nothing to worry? how do you trust WHO? how do you trust the so called test kit coming from China? The whole focus of this "Opinion piece" (so it is not journalism, it seems) was to tell people how America faced the covid 19 (tw, it's not a plague guys, numbers are not so high fortunately, please stop instilling fear on people s mind) but Why not mentioning how each single State in the US handled the situation? What about Fauci and his team? why not mentioning how allowing all those protests was potentially dangerous? I dont see any numbers when it comes to test, people positive and death from covid19. Also you cant compare USA and Europe. 1. way moooore chinese people travel to and from US. 2. How do I know numbers from each single European countries are accurate? This is not journalism.

[@denzeltan4190]

something that can give Trump a heart attack

[@a.h.tvideomapping4293]

Will Farnaby II Woah chill shill

[@Anis-zc9rw]

@@CaptainWooow Dude Johnny Harris is probs the best Journalist and journalists dont need too be non-biased

[@Ockto_]

@@CaptainWooow what do you mean we can't compare America to Europe? 80% of that graph was after china, america, and the eu closed their borders and stopped travel. After that chinese infected play no role in determining the amount of cases in a one of these areas.

[@tinkerer7813]

Sorry to jump on to the Johnny Harris bandwagon, but I do so because he, in all honesty, seems like one of the most impactful communicators in new age journalism. He can put things in perspective and place the importance and weight of a situation beautifully. Thank you.

[@geneshifter]

I'm a scientist and professor here in the US. We are trying as hard as we can to educate but when people PREFER to be ignorant there is very little we can do.

[@dennisduran8500]

Are you a left wing educator or do you use common sense?

[@benjaminmontenegro3423]

@@dennisduran8500 not everything is political.

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@dennisduran8500 Funny considering right wingers are anti common sense

[@NoCluYT]

200,000 deaths at the time of the video's release. 1,140,000 deaths in total

[@sketchy.wanderer]

The idea of "Corona did not affect me, so it must be a hoax" is a complete lack of empathy

[@koharumi1]

Trump says it is real so if he says it is real as well asothers then it is real

[@cymbalbell1270]

Complete ignorance

[@Matt-fl8uy]

OP - Agreed. It's also truly cruel to those who have lost people they cared about to COVID to then essentially argue that they are lying.

[@jungkooks_microwavephobia]

There are ppl who have died of Covid who refused to believe they had it until the very end so it isn’t really driven by any form of logic..

[@jasonwilkins1969]

Sadly common thinking among conservatives. It doesn't matter unless it hurts me...then it is real

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

The fact that George Bush could've done a better job speaks volumes.

[@jarehelt]

Bush killed enough Iraqis to make up for it...

[@LittleB2007]

He read a book. That only puts him way above Trump.

[@DarknessUnresolved]

Um, Katrina would like a word...

[@johnsampaio2106]

So could've Obama which shouts volumes.

[@lolarusna4828]

LB2007 BAHAHAHAHAHA 💀

[@simran6382]

I literally screamed!! One of the best storyteller out there with his editing skillset, everything gets so much more interesting!! ❣️

[@JAW-i5z]

The answer, in a single word: Idiocracy. Or Trump. It's just the same.

[@joshc441]

Yess, Donald dropped the ball. Now his cult members making it even worst.

[@jaywilliam411]

@@joshc441 let’s not forget how democrats were in constant fight to unseat a president during this exact time, thus taking away his attention, then blaming said president for not having his full attention. Typical hypocrisy of democrats to blame everyone else yet not take inventory of their own actions.

[@richardlee9825]

@@jaywilliam411 and lets nor forget when Trump was focused on COVID he suggested injecting BleAch and suggested mask was optional and the virus will MAGICALLY disappear!

[@krejados1]

The answer: shock doctrine. Create a crisis to profit from it

[@bennygunawan7211]

@@richardlee9825 I agree,he is the most idiotic president,and so all his MAGA followers, today they still don't believe in the solution

[@Street0yster]

this is just what happens when you politicize something that has no reason to be politicized.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

The GOP likes to politicize serious issues

[@LuLu-yg2qh]

Covid is just a political tool to detail the election. The new York times is pro Democrats. Trying to influence the sleepy masses with scripted, misinformed report. They are all in it. Never seen so many politicians and the media being afraid of one man. Obviously he knows things that they are afraid he might bring to light. Hummm can't wait to find out. The best is still to come!!!!!!

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@@LuLu-yg2qh I've seen toddlers with better critical thinking than you

[@lindasmith2240]

Have seen toddlers with more common sense than all of you combined. Good luck with the election!!!! Not a Trump or Biden supporter by the way.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@@lindasmith2240 ok Linda

[@dylanm1174]

Here after this got nominated for an Emmy!!

[@cc9615]

Same!

[@Floppedd]

What is an emmy?

[@K100-b3e]

Whoa really??

[@dvoyles7399]

Notsticking up for anyone The Us leader tryed to block the traveling from China and got called out at being racist so here we are today.It all planned people do not see that .

[@DalsoKajason]

The guy in the video has got so many books that the shelf is literally bulging at the sheer gravity of knowledge stored in it.

[@deshaunjackson8188]

Maybe he should actually read some of them?

[@Kenneth_James]

Those are magazines on that shelf

[@Trund27]

P. Enisenvi Troll

[@emilychb6621]

@@deshaunjackson8188 How is one supposed to be reading a hundred books and magazines at the same time?

[@nancywutzke5392]

@DBR Liamg Oh...bam...snap! Good come back. These people that don't read think books are just for show. I remember my stupid ex taking one look at my shelves and said, in wide eyed amazement, "Have you read all these?" I was like, Yeah, duh!? That's why they're here. Should've been my first clue. He didn't last long. I prefer my men to have brains.

[@always_b_natural703]

Even sadder, is that at the beginning of September 2021, denial isn't just a river in Egypt, and US covid deaths are edging to 700,000.

[@FranciscoSantos-hs1ci]

The New York Times please do more videos with this guy!! Johnny all of your videos are amazing. Congrats for having this oppurtunity

[@FLEABONE]

Someone should look at Idaho's response. I've had road blocks at every level when trying to understand my husband's death. He died on March 8th 2020 of acute respiratory distress after coming down with neurologic symptoms, fever, cough, and a persistent headache. I was told he didn't need a covid-19 test because it wasn't in our area yet. March 7th his Dr at the hospital said his imaging "looks somewhat like pneumonia". He died 12 hours later. The coroner canceled his autopsy and refused to test for covid-19. Now the hospital's patient relations is saying, as of September 10th, my husband didn't have respitory symptoms. I got push back from the health department, zero response from CDC and stonewalling from the coroner and the hospital.

[@MO-vr5bf]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Forgive me for asking what did they put as cause of death on his death certificate?

[@carmenponcedeleon2693]

Sorry for your loss. This is unbelievably horrible.

[@lazeroad]

White people!!!

[@StewNWT]

please keep contacting major media like the New York Times, as i suspect the only way your husband's death and the hsopital's incompetence will get the attention it deserves is through media pressure

[@aprilgraceortega7301]

Ask for an autopsy and test. It is your right.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." ― George Bernard Shaw

[@sizzla123]

Luke 8:17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

[@lalakuma9]

Just because the US has all the best things, it doesn't mean that everyone will get a share of those things.

[@RobertMJohnson]

which was neve promised by anyone

[@anchouse94]

@@RobertMJohnson sure. Have fun living in the US

[@RobertMJohnson]

Anna Braudo how can I not with all that I have?

[@anchouse94]

@@RobertMJohnson Glad for you! But remember that it's only a matter of luck. Should anything happen to you, you're on your own. Unlike in most of European countries. And even with luck, there is a ton of things you don't have in the US that make life so much easier and more enjoyable. And these things are a given in Europe P.S. Also... ehm... the video above?

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@anchouse94 a ton of things? like what? the autobahn?

[@FTBLETSAS]

I am with the Johnny Harris squad! Amazing video maker!

[@kenhiett5266]

Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeyYoapbsefnqs

[@terramater]

We couldn't agree more!

[@fandastik2157]

Έλα ρε Ευτύχη πες τα.

[@romarbetc123]

@ Not really, since Johnny does independent research.

[@kenhiett5266]

@@romarbetc123 He does independent erroneous research and spreads disinformation. Is that what you mean?

[@FrancyKanae93]

Being Italian, I can attest to the statement about the effectiveness of the lockdown. In March, while we were locked in and scared, I used to spend hours on KZbin to destress, just to find all of my beloved American youtubers living their best lives outside, having parties. Not a word about corona. That was a major red flag that things weren’t going to pan out as they should have. I’m so sorry the actual outcome of this pandemic is a disaster. Use this anger and frustration to fuel a movement for change. This November, VOTE America! Vote!

[@rajuseth1683]

thanks to itallian n spanish,indian govt showed them as reference that situation is getting dire,and thus won the confidence of indians to shut whole country down for next 3 months,it is unfortunate that we arent rich so couldnt close it forever,and now cases are rising we feel another lockdown should be done in winters

[@N0GG1N]

Vote for who though. the GOP has shown to be pretty incompetent but Biden is literally fighting against the things he created.

[@Merlin_Chhana4]

Actually When Trump announced closing of economy... The left is barking like a dog.... Now all the blame goes to Trump... Do you smell something fishy.... Talking from political point of view.... The left Democrats are the worst enemy of the United States... Their governor refused to close the economy Trump can't do anything about it if you understand how things work here... Now after so many people contract and died the left put all the blame to Trump... If I am not mistaken among the Western countries Trump was the first to ban travel across China.. And you know what the left Democrats called him Xenophobic.... Have you seen a so called peaceful rally... People were gathering uncontrollable while the virus still spreading nobody care... After few months there's Republican rally... All the Fake medias and leftist shout out the red didn't maintain social distancing bla bla bla.... Hypocrites..... And this particular Video is a big Lie.... I'm Indian American.. Never have a political feelings before but then this time a realised what is happening exactly between the Democrats and republic... I will vote for Trump this time.... This videos is Lie stupid lie... You know what he said Trump was informed by both WHO and Xi Jing ping as early as January..... Ufffffff..... Ufffffff..... As if Trump was the only President warned by Who and China... What about the rest of the world... When Trump imposes travel ban WHO accused him.... You know what WHO at last announces its pandemic at last on 11th March.... It's too late... Meanwhile the Chinese communist Party never ever announce it's contagious and pandemic until late March .... On January Taiwan find out on their own that it's contagious human to human... When they informed about this to WHO... It was rejected..totally rejected from the WHO.... It's so sad to have A Democrats party here in USA... I feel myself a citizen after 15 years of being work here... I love India as well as America... I don't wanna see the fall of America... Trump is the only one right now who can make America Great again.... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@atomusbliss]

For Who?? I'll be voting 3rd Party, again. The greatest threat to American Democracy is our Democratic Party! The other choice? Double D Donnie Drumpf.

[@atomusbliss]

@@N0GG1N Orange is the New Black Lives Matter! Kamala too.. he made his career locking up Black Men, she hers locking up Black Women! Hey Hey My My

[@demven04]

What a remarkable journalism. My respect.

[@bigwilly528]

When George Bush comparatively looks like a genius.... well just “oof”

[@dmclegg66]

Yeah if he looks good oh boy!

[@bprclr01]

I take back every bad opinion I have of President George Bush. tRump really makes me regret how bad I felt having a president like GW.

[@NischhalPradhan23]

ooooffff

[@projectcountersign5791]

back when POTUS still read books

[@bananaempijama]

Bush reading a book is something astounding imo

[@kaiplue]

This feels a lot like a Vox video and I'm not complaining

[@jamesbedford7327]

Welp, Johnny has previously done work/worked for Vox

[@Ockto_]

The issue is? The main problem with vox is their bias. This video may feel "voxy" but it's just stating fact.

[@onlythegracee]

Beheeyem yeaa it’s just the same type of video presentation format

[@CD3MC]

Johnny's Vox show (Borders) was literally cancelled 2 weeks ago.

[@kenhiett5266]

The largest International travel industry in the world is what happened. The most citizens and green card holders abroad at any given time is what happened. As long as we are the center of world commerce we will aways be vulnerable to heavy early seeding to a virus with an R0 in the range of Covid. It's just an inconvenient fact Trump was one of the first world leaders to shut down flights from China. Only bested by Italy. In fact, he actually made the decision the same day as Italy but it took a couple more days to implement due to our much larger travel industry. This was during a time the Democrats and media were calling Trump xenophobic and overreactionary for doing so.

[@pyramid_iremide]

Let's be real, a bunch of us are just watching because of Johnny Harris

[@zxyatiywariii8]

That's why I'm here! 🙋🏾‍♀️

[@kenhiett5266]

Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeyYoapbsefnqs

[@Picturehubzw]

guilty

[@Wally-pu2hh]

Who's John Harris 🤔 never heard of him . . But , he's obviously spreading disinformation

[@kenhiett5266]

@@Wally-pu2hh Spreading disinformation is something you highlight in your resume when you're hoping to work for the New York Times.

[@Sgb-oq3oy]

i disagree with their opinions. We locked down so much of our country that it destroyed our great economy which preceded it. We learned who the most vulnerable were. I followed the survival rate each day the reports were given for my state and other states. Survival was very high. The most vulnerable in our country were the primary casualties of the virus. I believe we are the most unhealthy in the world because of lifestyle. Many of us older people are still alive because of modern medicine. We live with several comorbidities with medicines keeping us alive. The virus defeated what science gave us. Each one of us has the responsibility to avoid diseases. It is not the governments. My doctor's advice was clean hands which I followed. My wife and I did not lock down and avoided masks where they were not required. If you avoid crowds you could avoid the virus. This opinion seems to be confirmation bias although I agree with other opinions from this source.

[@Cheyenne-jh4hv]

This video just got nominated for an Emmy! Congrats Johnny Harris!!

[@piyushyadav9006]

Yes it does .... But disappointed that he had hidden so many facts in this video .. Like the exponential boom in cases in the month of June after the BLM protests and media completely ignoring Covid at that time and even saying that those protests are much more important than actually saving American lives.

[@Rohishimoto]

@@piyushyadav9006 Studies showed that the areas where the protests were held were not were COVID was surging. Mask use was observed to be high and it was almost all outdoors, lowering the likelihood of transmission. As for media coverage, well the media is always pretty trash.

[@bobinpune]

@@piyushyadav9006 Piyush ji, thoda bhakti kam kijiye aur aankhe khol ke dekhiye.

[@Hawijack]

@@piyushyadav9006 I surprised you are not blaming Hillary Clinton. Trumpnazis are dangerous and destroying America! Beware!

[@PostWarKids]

what cat was he in?

[@oladimejiolaolorun243]

I lost my mum to COVID-19, she was a nurse and got it from work, Johhny this is amazing! Thank you ❤️

[@recluseren]

Oh my I am so sorry :'( she is truly an american hero, thank you for sharing her story. We let her down, but she refused to do the same. Much love to you and yours

[@JJonathansanderSS]

I'm here because of Johnny Harris' personal channel.

[@romarbetc123]

Same!

[@williamdavis1250]

G A Y - L I B

[@ren3362]

William Davis ??????? wha

[@lindasmith2240]

Good luck!!!!!

[@Showtunez]

And yes, as I see other commenters here point out, the central graph in this presentation is CASES! And NOT morbidity per capita (which we have poor numbers for anyway, in large part because the US tracks "died WITH Covid", not "died FROM Covid"). That appears to be inexcusably flawed "journalism".

[@Cps1402]

The quality of Johnny Harris' videos keeps getting better and better.

[@mim8312]

Germany, Taiwan, etc., all demonstrate how few Americans could have died, if America had a competent, honest, national leader like they have had.

[@Fengsuave_]

Primal Power it is literally a low income country, you have to be stupid to use India as a comparison

[@Fengsuave_]

Primal Power it’s not whatever you say, it’s true, I’m sorry you’re not able to understand something so simple😭👍

[@kcggaming5138]

Your talking about countries with small populations compared to the u.s therefore it isn’t accurate to compare them.

[@JK-gu3tl]

@rajini talaivar So capitalism FTW?

[@nastyayoyo4963]

@@kcggaming5138 I dont think it's about the population but population density.

[@oceanstaiga5928]

Yeah I'm really glad to be in South Korea right now. A country that reacted immediately, very strongly and thoroughly. Look what happend here? Very few cases too this day and all of that with half of the country (25 million) living in Seoul metropolitan area.

[@NEIL_F]

Yes. To put in contrast Colombia has almost as much population as S. Korea but they did way, WAY, worse. Colombia is now on track of surpassing a million cases. All sources are from www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries : Colombia population: 51,047,333 Colombia cases: 974,139 S. Korea population: 51,282,744 S. Korea cases: 25,333

[@WesMordine]

@@NEIL_F so sad. As a Hispanic, I would expect that from a Hispanic country, but what the US "achieved" is mindblowing.

[@NEIL_F]

@@WesMordine the Latin American countries did horrible with the virus as well, but the US probably had one of if not the worst pandemic response I have seen.

[@danielmorris8748]

@Shane L China probably lied about their death toll, and definitely used some very unsavoury pandemic control tactics but I would still posit did far, far better than the US. But I very much doubt it is to the level they claim.

[@r.p5380]

@@danielmorris8748 China probably had 50,000~ COVID deaths and 50-100,000~ cases (not including deaths) that's what's stated in the Chinese government reports. China had a long but highly effective first lockdown and now China with 1bn people did better than the richest country with 300m

[@michaelambrosano938]

I don't find the incompetance heartbreaking,..I find it INFURIATING!!!!!

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ― Daniel J. Boorstin

[@MagDrag123]

"Give me freedom or give me death!" Well, they got both.

[@bamparan]

No, we didn't. Less than 6% of all Covid deaths were from Covid alone. Survival rate of over 99%. But it's okay, Stay Home, Stay Safe, Obey.

[@debasishchapeyar4826]

Mr. Chow : But did you die ????

[@dictatoribenevolo8394]

@@bamparan I guess u're on of those idiots that will vote for trump again?

[@Obscurai]

More Trump rallies to infect and cull Trumpsters please.

[@rynsoo4310]

BenzieBawks This is a misguided understanding of CDC data. Comorbidity is not the same as cause of death. Please ask your doctor.

[@pdpgkeeper]

Nick Kristof’s collapsing bookshelf is making me nervous

[@slypear]

Every single time I refer back to this video - and his bookshelf - omg

[@cross2833]

I love his bookshelves! So laden with knowledge and information!

[@andrewdunckley]

Best quote from that time period... "America is going to be sick of winning" DT... Congratulations,,, you won...

[@hardy95852]

Vox messed up letting Johnny H go

[@themandikat]

Big time.

[@TheLiamster]

Did he leave Vox? I never knew about this.

[@Seskoi]

I thought he left by himself? Also, it's normal that Vox isn't able to continue its borders series for now...

[@themandikat]

@@Seskoi Johnny addressed it in a statement on his personal channel. He is grateful to Vox for the opportunities they gave him. (and you're right, borders would be very tough right now!) Definitely worth watching his video if you have the time for it. It sounds like it was complicated but amiable.

[@drylvlnc]

borders was cancelled

[@thedanieljojo]

Johnny Harris is the best I swear to God this guy and his skills in story telling and explaining are uncanny

[@kenhiett5266]

Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeyYoapbsefnqs

[@RegularVeteran]

This is an incredible video. Our country needs to watch it. Like, the whole country!

[@Rakanishu2]

This video will not reach the feeds of the Qanon right-wing unless we share it to them directly. Just saying

[@indrek12345]

What about the fact that the media was misleading the people by saying that BLM protest are fine, but opening small businesses is not?

[@markmaish6087]

Not surprised here in America more concern was harming the economy.

[@waflletoast11]

Who's here from the Johnny harris channel😎😎

[@jonathantowes2787]

Waffle - Johnny be making moves

[@bo_mieke]

ME!!!!🙌🙌

[@rubycarnation8325]

Me

[@gingerelvira6587]

Doctor Smith has a channel?

[@bo_mieke]

@@gingerelvira6587 no Johnny Harris😂

[@User-of-internet]

We are here because of Johnny Harris.

[@bo_mieke]

We are brothers we unite

[@lindasmith2240]

Bias journalism. Nothing new from him or the new York times.

[@SHGames97]

You guys should put "Johnny Harris" in the title of the video. You'd get more views.

[@rafaell7028]

i love this guy he’s so good

[@SvetlanaKoshkareva]

Agreed

[@kingace6186]

lol the only reason I clicked on this video was that he was in the thubnail

[@ecb3828]

Love him

[@juliannekchen]

rewatching this in october 2021... by now almost 700k americans have died from the pandemic (according to new york times). please get vaccinated.

[@sgtjohnson49]

This twenty minute Opinion piece used more facts, data, and credible sources than some entire 24 hour cycles of Fox News.

[@DJiNstncT]

Faux news

[@vivalarazausarmyvet4453]

Fox entertainment news knows that their viewers don't care about facts. They know that it's easy to control trump supporters through fearmongering, alternative facts, racism and religious fervor.

[@Freezy310]

Or cnn

[@Freezy310]

Or any major mainstream media like nyt the only reason why this is goods is cause of my boi Johnny

[@sgtjohnson49]

@@Freezy310 NYT is definitely left leaning but their journalistic integrity is second to none except the WSJ, which is right leaning.

[@josephm.6453]

hey NYT im subscribing because of Johnny. Just letting you know, so you take care of our guy and be nice to him...

[@claramoura872]

Hey NYT, Johnny Harris is a keeper!! Make him a permanent staff member. He’s a pretty awesome filmmaker.

[@thespecialone86]

The best youtuber .. period

[@viniciusbueno293]

When you realize you're not a actually a fan of Vox, or the NYT, or anything. But that you are a fan of Johnny Harris

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Exactly. NYT and Vox are hit-or-miss, sometimes good, sometimes bad. But I do like Harris.

[@slim11shock]

Glad he is not with VOX. The VOX content is more and more baised.

[@TheNorthlander]

Whatever political side you stand on, you have to agree that the handling of the Coronavirus (and not just in the US, I would argue here in Sweden as well alongside countries like Brazil) has been incompetent.

[@dianeshelton9592]

Uk too

[@sanghamitramohapatra4825]

Add India to that list..!

[@bernadettesandoval3990]

Sweden was the most reasonable

[@WhakataneMaori]

@@bernadettesandoval3990 new Zealand hold my coffee...

[@TheDarkDresser]

There was absolutely no reason for the US, of all places, to have lost half-a-million lives to the virus. Of course, lives would have been lost, but it should not have been several hundreds of thousands, considering that the previous administration had been warned of the possibility of a pandemic. When COVID-19 showed up, the previous administration played ignored/downplayed it, lied about it, played the blame game and made it political.

[@circularpath]

People wildly underestimate the danger of inconsistent / incorrect information in a time like these.

[@rocklandrodgers]

I’d love to see this updated for today.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Or today, now that we know where it came from and whether masks were effective

[@MasonsTurtle]

It’s hard for Americans to understand that other countries can be better than us.

[@nikkigriffin08]

and as an American, the fact that it is so hard for other Americans to grasp that, leaves me so bewildered to this day.

[@Daarkdevil93]

Well, the facts is that this expert got wrong aswell. It's fun that they don't mention us here in sweden which never made an lockdown has one of the lowest deathrate right now in the western world and while the rest of europé goes for the second wave, we are nearly at zero right now. Funny that they don't mention it at all. You don't need to lockdown the country. We here in Sweden are the proof of it.

[@ehsan_kia]

Honestly their public education is so bad that many of them don't even know that other countries exist.

[@usersays8599]

America is famous for its wealth and opportunity to gain wealth, not for its society's average intelligence

[@markgupton1313]

Why don't you move to one ?

[@__dane__]

This isn’t the best comparison but remember when we all were watching the Chernobyl HBO miniseries and people said that level of lying and mismanagement of a disaster could only happen in the USSR? Edit: The US has never been immune to this sort of situation. To be truly informed is to know the history of US intervention and malicious actions.

[@chenguo8019]

It's about about the ideology, it's about an antiquated system imploding.

[@RyanTheHero3]

When I saw what I assume was an image of coffins being buried I immediately thought back to the Chernobyl scene where they did the same thing. I now view the virus to be even worse.

[@Namsomnia]

Don't forget the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945, USA killed almost 200,000 , so just desserts for USA!!

[@RyanTheHero3]

@@Namsomnia To save the lives of potentially 1,000,000 Americans.

[@mikehascats26]

umm this virus started in CHINA but you leftists love china

[@federicoganora6936]

As an American that lives in Italy the contrast couldn't be any clearer. When you have extensive community spread you have to lockdown EVERYWHERE with Federal authority for an extended period of time, that never happened in the US. Leaving it up to the states is the same as leaving it to chance. The reality is that a "personal responsibility" approach cannot work because the behavior of irresponsible people affects the health and liberty of responsible people.

[@hannyhawkins7804]

Deriath32 Spot on. You nailed the reason why America’s approach cannot work against an epidemic or pandemic. This is why laws aren’t ‘voluntary’ either, even though most people choose to obey them.

[@jonblaze333]

You can see the states who did things the right way. You can also see who didnt have the population to worry about it. You can also see the states that bungled it.

[@bigmini2870]

As a Swedish person I can tell you "Personal responsibility" worked really well, better than most countries who had lockdowns even. Life went on with no restrictions and we have pretty much passes this pandemic.

[@TuhljinTampergauge]

No. Tyranny isn't okay no matter how scared you are of a virus with well over 99% survival rate. There is no virus exception to the Constitution. The smackdownlike by Wisconsin Supreme Court needs to spread to all states. People like you are why we have the Bill of Rights. 1 and 2 most obviously applicable, here.

[@hannyhawkins7804]

Tuhljin Tampergauge Good lord,how ridiculous. Temporary public health measures many of them known and used for centuries, are not tyranny. America is turning into a failed state, with attitudes like yours. Meanwhile China is edging out America in power as it sends pandemic help to countries around the world while the world watches America flounder helplessly, fighting each other, not the virus. It’s so sad.

[@KangaJack-ns9gd]

It is unbelievable Covid was so politicalized in America. In Australia most of us chose to band together. 97% of us are double vaccinated. SO, many lost lives unnecessarily.

[@icemule]

No! People were forced to get that b.s shot in your dictatorship of a country.

[@Ramsiusthx]

Your government forced people into camps at gun point if there was a belief of exposure. I’ve also seen stories of people who were questioned in buildings threatened with deletion trying to escape a fire by soldiers. Let me guess it’s ok suspend freedoms at anytime right? Liberty or Death!

[@furfoxsake1175]

After some years have passed, this should be shown in history classes. I was never taught about past pandemics in high school, nor were most people I know. If we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it...

[@jamesfletcher1689]

I'm from the UK we have been taught about the black death and the plauge we also learn about virus vaccines and how they work in school

[@martavillanueva1062]

The network of about 6 colleges that make up City Colleges of Chicago here in the United States pretty much made all the office workers still show up to work during the initial two week lockdown🤷. Yeah, one of them had Covid and died🙏. What would have added insult to injury would have been if they made the science/health instructors show up, too, being the group of people who teach the basics of the (viral) infection/contamination.

[@LocherYT]

We can all watch then but it's not helping much if the people in charge are not acknowledging it

[@Ccc_b124]

Neither did my school except when we went through our books for social studies in fifth grade for one day but my teacher made it into a 3 month thing and then the day that we watched a videos on the viruses and pandemics and epidemics of the past we were given the first news that school was canceled for 2 weeks that day.

[@Ccc_b124]

@spirals 73 ikr in my elementary school we had 2 blocks and math and science were in one class and Ella and history are in one class but almost every day we would spend 2 hours or more on math/eat but we would only spend like 10 minutes on science and social studies.

[@terramater]

Really interesting video, Johnny! An interesting point apart that we're currently experiencing is that journalistic focus shifted from pandemic prevention to response. That totally makes sense at the point in history we're in right now. However, we should at some point get back to the root of all this mess, especially wildlife trade, wet markets, factory farming etc. When we first covered this topic in march, we realized that a couple of other media channels did so as well but none of these issues were covered on a political level so far.

[@oliverquach9614]

That’s true to an extent, and those roots would go on to cause at least some damage to every nation on the planet. But at some point there has to be some responsibility. One of the richest, smartest and well prepared country in the world is helpless in mitigating 200,000+ deaths? Our leadership made it abundantly clear. To them, the economy/stock market was a bigger priority. Wet markets didn’t somehow cause us to do a halfass lockdown.

[@phuongho3338]

1p0

[@RealLexable]

I Wonder how much this Artist got Paid for this advertised Video which is called a Researched documentation for sure

[@RealLexable]

@J J of course it was pure irony my friend ;)

[@squirrelattackspidy]

I thought the msm reports the same information as dictated by their overlords?

[@GuccciSombrero]

This is not an opinion piece these are all facts! Truly sad and maddening!

[@growingmelancholy8374]

Well, it is an opinion piece based on the title. This is not a plague.

[@sikerslalatm3147]

@@growingmelancholy8374 lol it kind of is

[@growingmelancholy8374]

@@sikerslalatm3147 It kind of is a plague? Do you even know what the meaning of plague is? "Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis." Last I checked, Covid-19 is not even a bacteria.

[@chrsfavel5506]

theres no facts only perspective.

[@ntscho_tschi1009]

@@growingmelancholy8374 but the word plague is also used as a synonym for Pandemic

[@PonzooonTheGreat]

Loving these videos. A great example of show-don't-tell journalism.

[@BR-cq2hm]

America is like the Klingon homeworld. You look around, see advance tech and vast resources, then you meet the people and marvel that they even learned to walk upright.

[@armandosoria7993]

Not even close. Wtf

[@bufosp]

oh look. a klingon commented!

[@ja4nice]

k'can Tsui'll abe'cku'chet

[@soundautomatic1]

Fantastic post

[@agalah408]

Well, they do have that "Today is a good day to die" expression. Not sure I agree with it though...

[@LH-mn3cc]

"Sierra Leone in West Africa had an effective test before the United States did" Let that sink in.

[@bamparan]

You mean the place where they believe intercourse with babies cures AIDS? It's weird, no TV = no pandemic.

[@dnickaroo3574]

Germany offered an effective test to the US at cost price, but the US refused the offer. There was a shortage of masks and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), and the US stole a shipment of this equipment which Germany had bought from China. China donated PPE to New York City. Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd advised the US to help China contain Covid19 in January, but the US refused to do so -- this is not just about Trump.

[@taytsay1]

BenzieBawks You’re mad that a poorer country had a better test sooner than the USA, and your reason for being so mad was justified with a bigoted response. I have no further points, it’s just astonishing to see that kind of racist thought so blatantly communicated.

[@gorak9000]

People are saying that in November, The Congo will send election monitors to the US to ensure things go well. They won't actually help though.

[@bamparan]

Ojal That i mentioned a common belief in a specific country. who said anything about race? lol

[@lldd11]

US is NOT mots prepaped country on Earth. US doesn't have Health Care system, it has comercial medicine. Its not the same things.. System that cares about quality of health care for general population of the country is not the same as a system that cares about capitalizing on the providing medical services to those who can afford them..

[@rogerdavidsmith8942]

Well tell that to the thousands coming here across the dessert .We wouldn't need a fence. Tell them to go to Venezuela and let there Socialist health care enroll them. They wont half to worry about people voting the wrong person . The Government will decide for you. America isn't for someone who thinks everything should be free as long as someone else pays for it.

[@ankitachatterjee8412]

@@rogerdavidsmith8942 People in your country are dying ...how can you be so blind .

[@rogerdavidsmith8942]

@@ankitachatterjee8412 people don' die anywhere else from this virus? No such thing has ever occurred before 2016 ? When you can't get a travel ban or secure your border,without being called racist. These things happen. People aren't dieing from lack of freedom ,starvation or persucution for free speech,peacefully protesting or voting .

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@rogerdavidsmith8942 Australia made health care free for covid treatment for EVERYONE, cause anything else is false economy! Just look at the difference in costs between the 2 countries because of the control we could get by encouraging people to report symptoms! We get paid $450 to take a covid test in Australia, plus another $1,500 if we test positive, conditional to staying at home for 14 days, so we all stay home when sick & so sick leave use has actually been well below average this winter, no-one's getting sick, cause everyone's getting tested & getting paid to stay home while sick, so no viruses circulating, so far fewer sick people in the community

[@rogerdavidsmith8942]

@@lilaclizard4504 unless Australia has all the money it needs. .might not want to advertise that loudly, You do have a little refugee problem with people who aren't open to others differences. You have or at least most of you handed over your weapons and freedom to protect yourself for now,but covid 19 is least of our problems. The problem with North Korea have eased a little,but lot more could have been done if not for people losing their minds because we all didn't let CNN pick our President. When ever you hear someone from America say the word WE, Its a lie. No one speak for all,there is no WE,But ME. Some agree with me but I don't expect all or lose sleep if they don't. I like people who speak their mind but don't apologize for having an opinion.

[@testthisfordecficiencies]

Johnny is killing it!

[@AshLilburne]

From the rest of the entire world: Hey America, thank you for this accurate and responsible journalism. We knew you had it in ya..

[@kaikyouto4670]

I look forward to more John Harris on NYT. Do not disappoint me.

[@shubhreetlalli8671]

Was just watching the new JRE episode but had to pause to see Jhonny's first NYT video. !!! Congrats to NYT for getting him.

[@kenhiett5266]

Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKeyYoapbsefnqs

[@joshc441]

Basically, we had the play book to win the game m, but Coach Trump didn’t even look at it.

[@earvetta]

The reason he didn't was that it was written by Former President Obama anything that had his name on it DT destoryed it

[@noelgenoway9360]

@@earvetta It was written by Bush and besides Humpty Dumpty Trumpty ..........can't read!!!

[@helpmereach10ksubswithnovi41]

“Best health system on health” yet one of the only first world countries with no free health care.

[@helpmereach10ksubswithnovi41]

And before ppl argue with me I hear stories of ppl I’m America losing their jobs getting severe COVID symptoms and getting 30k in debt due to having to pay for healthcare.

[@hubble-scope]

@@helpmereach10ksubswithnovi41 Oh i agree with you. I believe he was just referring to the raw medical service, not the absurd costs. I think that the medical centers in the united states may be among the best due to sheer money, but the costs to go to a hospital is absurd and this country NEEDS nationalized health insurance/medicare.

[@helpmereach10ksubswithnovi41]

Chris R but the thing is their doctors aren’t better than in other countries. Everyone in America just assumes they’re better than everyone else at everything when in reality they are the poorest country in the world 10 trillion in debt. Germany’s health system is better than America’s for example

[@hubble-scope]

@@helpmereach10ksubswithnovi41 I never said doctors, i said raw medical service. As in technology. As in John Hopkins and Harvard. Not doctors. Doctors are just good in general around the world. But in the U.S., technology is still the most advanced. Aside from that, costs are a disaster and i couldn't afford to go to that high tech. I never said U.S. was number one country for medical. It isn't. As I explained early, despite the U.S. having the best medical technology, it is too expensive for anyone to access it.

[@helpmereach10ksubswithnovi41]

Chris R but I still don’t think the technology isn’t the best considering the number of,ventilators in comparison to the number of ppl, here in the uk we have a way higher number and I know many other countries do too.

[@shugrin8096]

2:00 - Finally, a news organization that knows how to record audio properly. Microphone is in the room with him instead of recording zoom audio.

[@NateandNoahTryLife]

Was sad to see borders was ending, very glad he’s getting picked up for awesome stuff again.

[@user-ff6kg4bx4j]

your thesis is simplistic. I think the real reason why there were so many deaths in the US vs the EU is because of the required implementation of the intubation early on. Doctor's were saying that that type of treatment would not have been normally recommended with the symptoms that were presented. The US was too aggressive with their use. Basically they freaked out. Another thing to think about is that americans would rather be free and die than to be like socialistic EU and be locked up and live.