The Virus: What Went Wrong? (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

[@JeffreyWallk]

This is what happens when corruption spreads like a cancer into leadership that impacts public health and well being. People die and No One is accountable

[@noemicollie8241]

Corruption is one thing but 10 times worse when ignorant corruption.

[@jg5571]

Guess what….Trump was right…came from a lab in Wuhan. Turns out, Fauci was the corrupt one.

[@jg5571]

Turns out DJT was right…came from a scientific building in China. KZbin is still blocking people posting this truth, so who’s the corrupt one?

[@88awesome]

My heart broke when they were saying 80,000 deaths was horrific. As I’m watching this in 2022, we’re up to over 800,000.

[@thysdebeer2911]

U.s. covid deaths are currently 930 000. in mid February 2022

[@clemclemson9259]

@@thysdebeer2911 thanks China we ought to nuke them for covid

[@deecobb9018]

Now in Sept 2022 it’s over a million in USA. World wide it’s what? 7 mill?

[@melmelanie7151]

@@deecobb9018 : More than that.

[@jacquessowhat3680]

@@deecobb9018 9 million people die from hunger every year in the world. Perspective, princess.

[@jkherold63]

Yet there are still people complaining that our government "overreacted", causing financial problems. Human lives do not have a price tag. We didn't do enough and we did it too late. Thanks again, DONALD.

[@diannalazan2846]

My husband caught COVID-19 in February of 2020 while working in rural Washington when Trump was claiming it's only "one person from China." I got him home to SoCal. He was patient #4 in the remsdesivir trial, saved his life.

[@peggyivey5828]

YOUR LUCK BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THAT EFFECTIVE. IT ALSO CAUSED KIDNEY FAILURE IN MANY.

[@diannalazan2846]

Again, it saved my husband’s life and many more when not much was available.

[@liberalguy513]

Causation is not correlation .. @@diannalazan2846

[@WarrenHolly]

Bless you and your loved ones 🙏🏾😏

[@WarrenHolly]

@@meyou4923 what about the people with lingering symptoms that stay with them for the rest of their lives?🤔

[@buenaondaoutdoors967]

I had a friend that was a nurse that went to go work in New York only to get infected himself and sadly passed away. RIP Marco

[@mojojeinxs9960]

That is so tragic. So sorry for your loss. I was an aid in the long term care facility the pandemic really changed on how I view the world. Walking into the first covid positive room for the first time scared the shit out of me. Almost quit that day. I needed that job. It was necessity that caused me to stay. Had a big problem with people on unemployment making more money than me just by staying home. Was not prepared to be taken care of infected residents during a pandemic I didn't sign up for that. But I survived can have pride knowing I made a difference. Someday I can brag to my grandchildren Grandma survived the pandemic by taking care of the infected. Not because I was brave, oh hell no needed my job. Anyone that voluntarily does covid care out of the kindness of their heart knowing the risks are the true heroes their bravery should never be forgotten. May your friend rest in peace.

[@cliffpadilla5871]

R.I.P.

[@WarrenHolly]

My condolences. It's down right disgusting how people down play this crisis because they want to worship a narcissist.🙏🏾😏

[@KimSyracuse-tc9tb]

My brother live in Virginia and he was😂 working in ER and my older brother kept in contact with me I always asked if he was okay but my brother was over work in ER dearly so much truth is the United States of America repubicans president Donald John Trump didn't do the right thing for it I feel that trump administration and CDC and every one of them killed the United States of America they killed the population all the world 🌎 😊

[@ServantProfessional]

So sorry for your loss. It’s a shame how politicized the virus became in the states. We still have people on the political right that simultaneously believe the virus was “fake” while having lost family and loved ones to the very virus. I’ve never been so let down by society in my life.

[@sahil98031]

This makes my blood boil. When will Americans put down their petty differences and work towards a better future.

[@mookiemorjax]

When indeed.

[@antwalk7772]

Making america great AGAIN implies we are not gonna change for the better, but go back to when trumps life was great. Not many Americans know when America was great. Maybe 1%

[@missshannonsunshine]

Nevaaaaaaaaaaa lmao. A lot of this new gen is fake and superficial. They don’t really care about eachother like that. Well, like half. The other half could really make some change.

[@mattturner5429]

Sahel When we cure the cancer of Identity Politics from our society.

[@kylew.4896]

Never

[@kylew.4896]

This is the time when we need reporting like frontline and public broadcasting the most

[@BlueUKLouis]

@@Jordan-vf4up It really is!

[@windwoman3549]

As long as the current mode of conservatism holds high offices that won’t happen. Frontline is, first & foremost, INTELLIGENT. The producers look at issues with an emphasis on facts & analysis - both of which have become politicized. Trumpian conservatism is about fear, control, & fantasy. Facts that don’t cater to their fears are rejected, their need for control is rooted in fear, & fantasies (conspiracy theories, interpreting religion to support a political agenda, scapegoating) are fed to them to allay certain fears & amp up others. The Trumpians who walk the halls of the capital buildings have an additional agenda they desperately try to keep on the down low; self-interest. Money & social position pretty much covers it. You could say that our Founding Fathers set up a fantastical system which has always fomented conflict via hypocrisy & inconsistency. Idealistic, beautiful prose resting on a foundation built from the opposite. The only demographic all that pretty prose uniformly applied to from the get-go? White males. FACT. Every other demographic was part of the foundation, the not-so-pretty REALITY. Blacks, women, the natives of this land, the mentally impaired, religions other than Christianity (American version.) Since the Civil War - when white men as a class were FORCED to give up slavery . . . CONFLICT. The violent kick-back of the KKK & their sympathizers, women’s suffrage, the practical application of non-Xtian religions, the Civil Rights movement, the right to hold political beliefs counter to democracy/capitalism, the ERA, the LGBTQ movement, and - last but not least - the enduring struggle between institutional religion & secularism. Every single ounce of actual equality has had to be fought for on the ground & in the courts. Why? That’s not what the prose of our founding documents promised, yet here we are, embroiled in another crisis. Trump’s elevation is a nostalgic triumph of (imo) of white, male-oriented privilege. That’s the reality of “MAGA”, while it’s being simultaneously & publicly denied. Feel a little familiar? It should. Behind the scenes, a lot of Trumpians are quietly raking in the money - the one thing that can ensure they stay above the privations of the hoi polloi. So, yay MAGA-STYLE CAPITALISM! For the good of the country & our future, Trump HAS TO BE an aberration, a one-off, our first & only novelty president. If he’s the start of a trend . . . wave bye-bye to our better angels because we won’t be seeing them for a long time.

[@eilenekellogg7017]

Everything is just hunkydory!

[@AccentYouLovingheart]

Think they are public? Think again. Better yet go 👀

[@dnetz2145]

@@AccentYouLovingheart - you are mis-informed. Mostly supported from public funds.

[@cassiemeigs5711]

Okay, I'm sorry of someone doesn't like this - not trying to start anything - but I never understood how he could call for a national emergency to build a wall...but not for a worldwide pandemic...

[@eldenlion5850]

The simple answer: He's a self-centered asshole. Admitting it was worse than he thought would be showing weakness, and hes desperate to prove to everyone he's not weak. Millions of people died on his watch because he couldn't get past his own ego, including my grandfather. He'll never see te I side of the white house again as far as I'm concerned.

[@Rugelacharugula]

Because trump. That’s it.

[@cassiemeigs5711]

@@Rugelacharugula yeah

[@ryanstatt9910]

​@@cassiemeigs5711because he's a sick individual who probably figured it would thin out the democratic herd, ensuring his remaining in power and becoming the dictator he aspires to be

[@diannemose244]

Exactly

[@FinancialShinanigan]

Non-scientists speaking over scientists. That's what happened.

[@otherstuff649]

Thank you for your sensible perspective. Comments section is full of rabid lunatics. I can't imagine worshipping a human like these people do.

[@SmackWaterJack001]

that is an excellent assessment. *nailed it*

[@DD-cf1pl]

@Brent Tanner You're a psycho-conspiracy theorist.

[@smuuthbrane7029]

Brent how did you watch this video with your tin foil hat on.

[@ALCRAN2010]

@Phillip S "it's just one person coming in from China. It's under control. I trust Xi" - 45. Just a few weeks before Trump uttered those words, Trump assassinated an Iranian general because of "imminent danger". It was a mistake. In baseball, Trump mishandled the ball and would have been marked an ERROR.

[@G20.kevv503]

Like if Frontline is underrated and better than vice

[@JESUSD6765]

kRu503 Do we comment if we like Vice more? 🙃

[@JokersAce0]

Might be a sign of maturity lmao

[@fake11end]

Vice went to shit 5 years ago at least. I think the episode of Documentary Now! on Vice is pretty accurate.

[@pauls9331]

Both is good

[@MyHeart1955]

Frontline

[@waveali5620]

There needs to be a part II of this. This was just the first act.

[@deborahkennedy9227]

P’eaoo u p

[@deborahkennedy9227]

PLEASE P L E A S E help us!!!!

[@osiris_blanche]

Part II: Everyone died.

[@osiris_blanche]

@@danelosullivan3408 Covid is just as fake as your account right?

[@openmind2542]

@@danelosullivan3408 Too bad that you did not contract that disease. I wonder if you still utter that stupidity when your breath stops.

[@hectornegron9155]

In my hometown in Puerto Rico, a relative of my daughters from their mother's side was the first case reported. He spent over a month in the ICU and to this day he has difficulty walking or standing up. He ended up having to resign from his job which required for him to always be going from one place to another. Hardly ever had a chance to sit down for more than a few minutes. Another relative refused to get vaccinated based on her religion and about 2 weeks ago (it's 2023) learned she had covid. A friend of mines and her mom also had it about 3 months ago so the virus hasn't dissapeared. Protect yourselves.

[@worldpeace8187]

Thank you for sharing as it is a stark reminder we are not out of this yet. Take care 🌍☮️

[@hectornegron9155]

@@worldpeace8187 👍

[@glenoraharge8364]

I just told my family I'm going start to 😢 wearing My mask for a while

[@markfrost2707]

But one day it's just gonna POOF go away

[@taritabonita22]

A dear friend of mine was hospitalized 1/20/2020, Sacramento, CA he was in ICU for weeks they had no idea what was up! He spent three months in a rehab, he had to retire from the law firm he worked for and died , 5/15/2022. LONG COVID is serious! So sad to watch someone slowly die! Heartbreaking situation we all where in and still are! i’m fully vaccinated and I’ve never had Covid!

[@Renee_L1966]

As I watch this, my anger at those in power, worldwide, grows all over again. 😡 I’m so tired of all the lies, all the coverups, mismanagement, corruption. I’m so tired of it. 🇿🇦

[@0108dylan]

It’s gotten larger under Trump.

[@believeitlandscapemaintena7636]

AMEN. Vote Trump 2020 and help him & us drain more crooked swamps. Now we have international predatory swamps too deal with

[@marianserra8371]

You've spoken for the vast majority of us!

[@trumpanzeehunter2559]

@@believeitlandscapemaintena7636 DOH!

[@davidroche8627]

I'm with you...but is there really anything we can do

[@matthew-jy5jp]

Extremely powerful episode. Thank you for all you do it Frontline to get the truth to the masses

[@ilovelalakers]

@@ChildOfTheLie96 Obviously, you're drinking the Koolaid provided by your hero.

[@healingv1sion]

I have been raised on PBS. They are truthful and it's comforting during these times

[@alexcarter8807]

@@healingv1sion Me too; they're the closest thing we've got to the BBC. I love PBS

[@heds8570]

It‘s no true

[@grandpa5508]

@@alexcarter8807 the old BBC. Not the new bbc like cnn and the rest thatt are geared more towards ratings, biased, and stimulated tabloid-like gossips than actual news.

[@cristoffL]

They may as well have put a part one at the end. This isn’t over.

[@MarkO-mg4rl]

So true !

[@civicgsr19]

Part two: "IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW LEFT ALIVE. YOU ARE PART OF THE RESISTANCE"

[@googleuser3473]

The worst is yet to come... Winter is coming.

[@trinityproj3ct]

Did you not watch the original frontline? This would be part two

[@nosuchthing8]

@@googleuser3473 yes we will look back on these days and the good old days. How naive we were.

[@JoshieMadhatt]

I wish all news media had this much journalistic integrity. Been binge watching Frontline lately

[@garylee12345]

Your brainwashing is going along smoothly !! %100 The government just loves ppl like you !!!

[@waterishdrake8693]

😂😂😂😂😂 who pays for these comments 😂😂

[@JoshieMadhatt]

@@waterishdrake8693 wdym? What's wrong with my comment?

[@eldenlion5850]

​@@JoshieMadhattNothing. The reply above you just prefers to deny reality.

[@synchronicity1470]

been binging on Frontline lately, too. We are reminding ourselves just how much of a failure donnie-boi was and still is.

[@LearningRest]

Frontline...easily the most captivating and impartial documentaries out there. Could literally watch these all day.

[@y.r.9401]

I am ;)

[@crim101a]

The truth is that trump thought he knew better. No test no accounting of people dying.

[@mb261]

The lack of humility is extremely painful in view of the death of every American. We created this custom to say thank you for the service military's efforts after 9/11. Today the shield of America is the health care member. You're our best. 400 of you gave your best effort and example of selfless service, again. Thank you forever.

[@t.l.1610]

Thank you for that. We lost a nurse last month from Covid & it’s infuriating when people call it a hoax or downplay it. Even if it were “only killing the elderly”, these are still people we’re talking about. The problem with statistics is the lack of human face.

[@lydiastinson6169]

Biden need to take responsibility for causing it ( covid-19 ) with his evil friends

[@hashimismail2124]

911 have killed 3,000 american in a day but USA revenge by killing 11 million muslim in 9 countries by listerning and advice by zionist advicer around US President.

[@hashimismail2124]

This covic 19 is punishment by GOD to ALL leaders who is crouel to humanbeing.

[@VelleyIndustrial]

How many health care workers lost their jobs due to mandates, not passed by Congress? An mRNA treatment that clearly doesn't prevent the spread of the virus.

[@virginiabaker627]

Again, thank you frontline for giving us the truth of the most important issues in our lives, of these times! You are the gold standard in reporting.

[@gioperdomo8353]

Finally!!...some one who speak the real truth for those tha think the Trump is not a threat...... Evey lie is a threat !!😳

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

Nearly half of the electorate still thinks Trump’s the best POTUS this country has ever had. We are already so screwed, yet the fringe wants to re-elect 45 in ‘24. What’s that sound I’m hearing? It’s the unmistakable sound of what little democracy we still have left being flushed down the toilet.

[@jacquessowhat3680]

@@gioperdomo8353 lolololol. I found the pillow biter.

[@Traderxau2000]

They lie a lot do some research

[@Traderxau2000]

They lie a lot do some research

[@mroselli7482]

The gov intentionally lied throughout the entire thing. That's what went wrong.

[@dionmcgee5610]

Trump and the repubs lied, yes.

[@mroselli7482]

@@dionmcgee5610 democrats lied as well Skippy.

[@badaxestar3532]

The memorial they did in China for Dr Li moves me to tears. I can never hate such compassionate, brave people as I saw in that part of this report.

[@kirtwilliams7775]

I never trusted Chinese. Just as I never trusted Trump.

[@shivaniad]

😢

[@lilys7431]

We have to remember governments are not the people of a nation.

[@gaylehudson7267]

@@lilys7431 We should all get he clue that a good government is the representative of the people. THIS current liar government doe's not represent the people, only it's own leftist interests.

[@kimdiedrich9712]

@@kirtwilliams7775 Try not trusting Dr Fauci & Nancy Pelosi, ETC.

[@oldaccountprincealy8497]

I feel so bad for the woman who lost her Aunt and her Mom and could've lost her daughter. I can't imagine how much pain she's in.

[@basedgodstrugglin]

@Valentina D. who do we charge for: HIV The seasonal flu Chickenpox Mumps Herpes Hell if I can chart my history back to Europe do I get damages for the bubonic plague? Fucking stupid what you just said.

[@craigwilson8255]

I feel bad that she couldn't see her loved ones in the hospital. This type of shit is still going on. Horrible.

[@sandife4nandes365]

Absolutely heartbreaking.

[@josephdelatorre3751]

It is sad! So in 2024 go ahead and elect bunker boy and see how many more people will die because of his ignorance, stupidity and moronic thinking.

[@kimwhitmore7505]

WOW! If you have or had all of those diseases, you should REALLY PAY ATTENTION, & follow the recommendations of medical professionals & scientists!

[@dblockvillin]

My wife and I were sick as a dog for Christmas and new year of 2019 to the point we didn’t celebrate the holidays. the worst cough I ever had to the point I downed bottles of syrup to try and break it, fever at 105 degrees, labored breath. The worst chills and body aches . After many Urgent Care and Dr visits strep throat test, flu test everything came back negative. All they did and could do was give us a proair-hfa inhaler. mind you we never had history of breathing problems or Flu like symptoms that severe. we truly believe COVID was already here since late November when we got sick mind you we live in NY and had been ice skating for my birthday Nov 30th in NYC and visited China town! I don’t care what anyone says COVID was here already and we will die claiming that. thank God we are young and healthy and was able to recover without knowing wtf was was wrong with us

[@jamiestewart1223]

I think so too.

[@dorothyrobinson517]

@@jamiestewart1223 Dear Mr. Stewart, You are SO right about what you feel was a bad case of the Covid-19 Virus👍 In November 2019 my husband was in a Care Facility when he started with a severe fever, chills, breathing difficulties, loss of taste and smell. He stopped eating for about 2 weeks as he was so sick he started coughing and so much mucus was building up in hus lungs they put him on the Respirator. He still could mit breathe with the respirator at full blast.. The Care Home did not tKe him to the hospital and he died two weeks later on Nov. 20, 2019. I also kniw now for SURE HE DIED wifh the Covid-19 Virus. The Care Home keep trying to say he died of Diabetes and Cancer? NO HE DID NOT👎 I know for sure that he died of COVID-19 AND I am currently working on getting hus Death Certificate tk be Changed to the TRUTH OF HIS PASSING OF THE COVID -19 VIRUS✌SO YOU ARE CORRECT IN YOUR THOUGHTS! Thank You For Your Informant Post🙏 Peace Be with You And Family👍

[@jamiestewart1223]

@@dorothyrobinson517 I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@carmennadel7636]

Thank you! I got the worst cold about mid November, my grandson supposedly brought it from school 😷 for three days he was sick went to the dr. he not even knew what was going on but it went through to one person to the other almost three wks of suffering being me 69 years old I got it the worst, pains,red eyes,coughing chest-pain fever, my daughter being a nurse I pull thru this painful virus 🦠 this is for real guys it’s not something to play with it, left NY as soon as got better which means this virus was here since mid November and not may like they argue wear the mask wash yours hands and be safe 🙏

[@dorothyrobinson517]

@@jamiestewart1223 Thank You! I Am just grateful to O👍ur Creator that he went quickly more so then to Suffer so long like many of others had to ENDURE👍 PEACE, PRAYER & PLEASE TAKE THIS VIRUS SERIOUSLY🥰

[@ladyk3140]

He was doing rallies while loved ones were dying! What a Disgrace!

[@DDEENY]

I don't relish being the bearer of bad news but the polio vaccine was known to be unintentionally contaminated with cancer virus and so the long history of cancer around the world from the 1960's forward. The U.S. government knew about it but could not reveal it to the American people. I learned about this by reading Judyth Vary Baker's book _Me & Lee_ . She was a young biochemistry prodigy working to find a cure for cancer and President Kennedy's alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's extramarital lover in 1963 and they both met coincidentally and worked together on a CIA project to develop an aggressive cancer virus to be used to assassinate Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Oswald was a secret U.S. government agent and he was assigned the task of delivering the perishable cancer virus to a contact in Mexico City in September, 1963 but the contact never showed up and Oswald tried his best to deliver the virus to Cuba himself to no avail. Oswald was later roped into a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy and was also part of an assassination abort mission. Needless to say he was thrust into a predicament and was set up and posthumously framed for the assassination in order to curtail suspicion of a conspiracy which is exactly what it was.

[@MaryMargaretMastin-fr8re]

Super spreaders that tempted people to group up when their 'natural survival instincts' were probably telling them to 'stay home, stay safe'. He KNEW what he was doing. Nothing has changed....it's always been about him feeling the 'adoration' of his fans (attention junkie that he is) and that remains true to this day. He is a 'user' and millions of people died as a result. Don't let him near the WH again. VOTE SOLID BLUE.

[@WilliamMacKenzie-dq6bf]

Remember Von Shitzenpants made the rally-goers in Tulsa Oklahoma sign a waiver, which absolved Von Shitzenpants from any legal liability if anyone caught Covid at his rally...

[@piratex4498]

At 0:17 you see the reason no need to watch further, just vote that thing out in 2020.

[@samanthaob87]

This pandemic really showed how weak we are here in America. We won’t do anything about it either.

[@julieann4616]

It showed how weak liberals are. End of story.

[@samoyed81966]

@@julieann4616 No, Donald Trump and his bunch of Republican cronies are really weak.

[@julieann4616]

@@samoyed81966 lol. We see things differently. 😊

[@julieann4616]

@Shonte Brent right, because everyone else (scientists, epidemiologists, etc.) knew exactly how to handle this novel coronavirus. You seem smart too. 😂

[@julieann4616]

@Shonte Brentyou’re right,, I’m so mad!! 😂😂

[@nancymorrison9978]

Having a fool and his enablers politicizing an epidemic is what went wrong.

[@JackDenn]

Morons

[@tammydee143allday]

👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿

[@randyarnold7082]

Now we have another fool

[@randyarnold7082]

Now we have another fool

[@randyarnold7082]

Democrats and biden

[@Didyoupray]

Documentaries like this one should be presented to all generations..to be able to see how horrible our country was for being late in closing borders and stopping flights everywhere

[@ChristopherBarrett-px3os]

To play with people's lives for political gain is absolutely disgusting and infuriating because life is such a precious gift and should be treated as such. There is no excuse to ever justify putting politics over informing people of the truth and facts when a virus with the potential to have deadly results reaches the shores of America and beyond. This is sickening and maddening at the same time.

[@river4462]

Start showing this in 6th grade through college

[@JasonDashnaw]

Trump

[@imagine.3076]

I can see this being played in a history class in the future

[@alicassidy8913]

It should be

[@leahkrym1014]

This is HW for my econ class rn

[@awright1216]

But will they teach kids that the real death rate is >1% and they shut down the country over politics or will they teach that orange man 👨 bad? The virus is the propaganda as is that Medicare for all and free college is something that would be good for the country and not destroy our great country and take us broke. I wonder if you will think Medicare for all is a good idea when they tell you that your tax rate has to go up to 70%+ to pay for more handouts? As Americans we are Guaranteed equality not equity your results depend or your effort as it should. If college should be free then as a college graduate you should make the same as someone working at McDonald’s, or are you leftist is equity what you want only when it benefits you?

[@debbiehorn8263]

Hope your right . They should be showing this on every network NOW . People are known for short memories .

[@krawl04]

@@awright1216 obviously someone posing as an American. Broken English rampant in the post.

[@johnhopkins6163]

FRONTLINE the best .Producing top class documentaries for decades.

[@tonyiacomi4822]

Sometimes

[@latainadeborique]

PBS is the worst propoganda ever!! (Yet, they do it so well)

[@mrp1924]

Thank you Frontline for telling it like it is, another great documentary, condolences to the families.

[@markcampbell8158]

A Howard Cosell quote is very timely. We pray for the families. This is a big American mess, thank to Trump. Mike Pence sure is a great help in this process. I know Trumps faults, does our VP have a brain ?

[@hectornegron9155]

4 years ago we were using freezer trucks as morgues and wiping ourselves with coffee filters. Anyone who thinks we were better off then is nuts!

[@calandratelemnar5413]

What went wrong? Idiocy in our gov is what went wrong!!!

[@Icien1]

Also people going around spreading the virus. That too.

[@Tuturial464]

Ignorance, cover ups, lies, and corrupt political power

[@t.l.1610]

Bonnie Holman I agree WHO and China seriously screwed the pooch on this one. BUT, it was compounded (in the US) when our POTUS decided to announce it was a hoax, nothing to worry about, etc. Then whoops! Not a hoax but it’ll “just disappear” & a thousand other untruths. He and other politicians made this a bigger disaster. Many of the public followed their lead. Hell, masks are a sign of party affiliation now! Craziness and failure in leadership.

[@farzana6676]

@@t.l.1610 BLM protests caused the virus to spread.

[@t.l.1610]

Google Google “It’s the new Democratic hoax” - Trump rally. Even his most ardent supporter has to admit the man is a walking, talking contradiction. Say one thing, do another. Reverse positions often, lie if needed. The hoax statement is less important than the continual misinfo like “It’s under control”. Confronted about that later, he spins it. Asked by a reporter at one point about lack of tests, he replies, “Everyone can get a test” (absolute BS at the time). All these things pile up.

[@StellarFella]

Trump is completely devoid of an important characteristic of a true leader. EMPATHY

[@nightingalecat]

In my personal timeline New Year 2020 seems to be like 3 years ago. I can hardly remember January.

[@awilson816aw]

We (kc) won the Superbowl in February.... That was the last Cool thing I remember.

[@Memphispep]

Crazy huh?!?

[@mrsmiley_1468]

The whole Iran fiasco and Australian wildfires

[@thedog2916]

I remember January seemed so long, it felt like the longest month to me, I was glad when February came, little did I know what was to come. I should have embraced January.

[@JasonFlorida]

For real 2020 feels like 2 years already

[@jackkomisar458]

This was well done, but they left out something important about testing. It wasn't just that the CDC made an unreliable PCR test and that the US would not purchase a working German test. In addition, the FDA prohibited hospitals from developing their own PCR tests for the virus.

[@sageakporherhe783]

Imagine chatting with your friends on a group chat, and then the police knock at your door and then makes you sign a hush agreement. Damn.

[@alysononoahu8702]

Exactly

[@elisabethbonamour6801]

In the US : you get sued.

[@screaminpman]

Trump’s management of this pandemic has been criminally negligent.

[@Raigeki-SC]

Didn’t he tried to ban flights from Asia on January and they called him a racist? 😂😂 people don’t let him do his job and then complain about it?

[@erikruizmd]

All he did was to blame WHO for his mistakes. He COULD have banned flights from Asia regardless of public opinion. I mean, since when does he pay attention to public perception

[@freedomfighter6413]

@@erikruizmd what were his mistakes?I mean he wasn't perfect but to me the most important thing is he stopped travel early (before anyone died)and while everyone was on TV saying he was wrong for doing it.

[@justinmopavich3685]

@@freedomfighter6413 exactly an why aren't these senators being held responsible either an can't be "all Trump's" fault. The news is getting old

[@mvvagner]

​@@Raigeki-SC China is not the same as Asia. He DID ban most flights from China; possibly the one right thing he has done through this pandemic. That likely bought him some time to get organized and get the country prepared but this time was squandered.

[@Diplomastronaut]

God seeing that womans mother and aunt die at the end was absolutely awful. Made me almost cry. It's this level of injustice that makes me wish I could bring the wrath of the heavens down upon the idiotic evil of Donald Trump and his administration.

[@evaacuna5829]

Well said things left to God are better

[@mitchellquartero]

That part was also heartbreaking to watch

[@Marco90731]

Listen to the science , not the politicians.

[@tclem2069]

Unless the science is biology. In that case feelings > science.

[@Marco90731]

@@tclem2069 My feelings are , Politicians who have less than stellar leadership qualities should probably leave Office ( like Menendez and Santos ) Corruption . 🐸 No Biology intended Buddy. But it's more Scientific than Capital Hill .

[@MyFavoriteColorIsBLUE]

My God, we're sitting at 370,000 dead right now in the United States. I am so disappointed in our government.

[@lisaratley4858]

I blame Trump ultimately but his cabinet and congress knew/knows he’s an idiot narcissist and should have stepped the heck up and done their duty. The Republicans are more afraid of a mean Trump tweet and his whacko base to do the right things.

[@alysononoahu8702]

Oh we had a frickin plan Obama created and developed a response team!!!! Any college student knows agencies and groups make Preparedness Plans Trump removed it

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I am very angry at the total incompetent Trump administration - the majority of deaths - his lies, his ignorance, his self-serving stupidity - his fault

[@skaterdavedownsouth]

@@Excellencengrace Our best virologists can explain to you how they know it wasn’t “made”. If you’d only listen...

[@tresse2936]

Like it started in China and they have less deaths than USA really the president/government really failed us very sad

[@sco0tpa]

"The American public needs to go on with their lives. The risk is low." Almost 3 times as many Americans have died as we lost American soldiers in all of the years in the Vietnam War. Our losses in Vietnam are a national tragedy. The extent of the lies and losses were hidden from the American people until the pentagon papers were released. The lies of this tragedy and administration are revealed to us every day.

[@ItsMe-sv3mp]

THE DEMS SPREAD IT WITH LIES IN NYC THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAID THE RISK WAS LOW AND PELOSI SAID GO TO THE CHINA PARADE. THEY CALLED TRUMP A RACIST FOR CLOSING DOWN TRAVEL FROM CHINA. AND THE WHO SAID CHINA HAD IT CONTAINED. THEY WEAPONIZED IT FOR POLITICAL GAIN. WHY DID CUOMO FORCE COVID 19 PATIENTS INTO NURSING HOMES WHEN HE HAD A MEDICAL SHIP?

[@LJ-ht4zs]

@@ItsMe-sv3mp Look at Frontline again.

[@tresse2936]

Soldiers signed up to fight. Therefore you kinda go in believing I might not make it out. The American citizen never signed up to catch COVID as a top wink wink country we should have been better to fight this virus instead of sending emails back & fourth. Thank u & have a great day !!!! Ppl 89 yrs old grandmother died cuz of this no excuse for tht buddy 👋🏽

[@mefford67]

@@ItsMe-sv3mp *Still working hard for your rubles and vodka? Thankfully, the orange turd LOST!* 🙄

[@Jedi_Pimp]

@@tresse2936 well said

[@davidtran2026]

After this documentary I can confidently confirm that the US of A is officially the most embarrassing Western developed country in the world. How our government reacted to this from the start, the middle of all this up to before the official shutdown was appalling compared to even other developING countries.

[@gxc26tube]

800K death still can not wake up this nation. We are still in the middle of it in 2022!

[@bobbyb5215]

The wrong person was in the White House to handle this pandemic Trump should be prosecuted and in prison

[@JamesJackson-uu3dc]

Remember when trump tried to shit shit down and control flights from infected areas, then the dems called him racist while Pelosi went to china town telling everyone to come on down, there's nothing to worry about? I do

[@bridgettjohnson7437]

YOU can stay in denial forever...donald trump is where the reponsibility of this mis-step, mis-handled of this...as you see it "third world country" lied.....in his hands...on his watch.

[@WarrenHolly]

I have to agree with you. Too many people went along with this tragedy.

[@AmberSaver]

This is what makes me so angry...Obama left a pandemic playbook for Trump and Trump threw it in the trash. The fact that Azar didn't try harder to be heard and that Trump refused to listen to Azar when it did come out.

[@scottjulie27]

I was anticipating this official Frontline episode on Covid-19. As usual, Frontline did not disappoint. Thank you, Frontline, and thank you very much, Mr. Martin Smith. It was also nice to see Dr. David Ho on this episode being interviewed. I personally wish that him, and Don Francis, could’ve led the charge in this crusade to fight against this virus, like they did with the AIDS epidemic; like Dr. Ho also did with SARS, and the way Don Francis did with Ebola in Africa.

[@Jimbo895-y3s]

I wait for Frontlines to come out too, they are the best.

[@francisphillips53]

Don't forget Dr. Fauchi.. He was there in the beginning with HIV too. He's still speaking truth to power.

[@mrsmiley_1468]

@Bonnie Holman did you even watch the documentary? Go to 52:32, Fauci literally said this is not enough, this only delays the pandemic. It will eventually hit our shores. Fauci knew the inevitable and called for an investment into our medical infrastructure to minimize the amount of human life lost in this pandemic. The point you make about Pelosi going to Chinatown and saying spend money is xenophobic. At this point, Trump was still holding campaign rallies which are bigger spreaders of the virus so you should blame him. Additionally, if Trump listened to everything Fauci was saying we would probably have a nation wide mask mandate, most schools would be online in the fall, and the Trump administration would have created a national plan to give out PPE to states and rapidly ramp up the United States testing capacity.

[@daniel3231995]

Flip-flop fauxi will fall like the rest, modern mengele

[@TX_BoomSlang]

@@daniel3231995 I heard this undue comparison about a month ago. Abject propaganda spreads just as fast as the virus.

[@jrey4703]

This doc makes me feel irate. I can’t believe how incompetent our government has been. The president is complaining about a mask. How dumb. If he doesn’t understand the most basic stuff how do we even stand a chance against this thing

[@Icien1]

It doesn't take a president to take proper precaution of spreading the virus.

[@alysononoahu8702]

And that was 5 months ago

[@GD1_3]

February 10th we've lost 460,000+ lives and will most likely break 500,000 by months end! This was a major inexcusable screw up by the government! Absolutely heartbreaking!

[@justbrowsing5963]

614,419 as of July 12

[@GD1_3]

@@justbrowsing5963 and those dying now are doing so due to straight ignorance and political stance. So sad.

[@conflagrationTuesday]

But, but, but.. Trump said if it wasn't for his intelligence and foresight, it might have even got as high as 200,000 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@francisphillips53]

@@justbrowsing5963 now 710 thousand. 10-21.

[@SuchDoge4242]

@@francisphillips53 because of legit political grandstanding we could hit a million.

[@Dspalten]

This is all so very sad. Being a Covid nurse (which I still am as our unit is full of Covid right now) it was very traumatic to watch people coding right and left and we were so unprepared for the intensity of this. Granted the rest of the hospital was empty and healthcare workers were furloughed. We absolutely did not have enough trained staff to handle the level of care the early Covid patients needed. I lost a cousin to Covid. I, myself, have been very fortunate that I have never caught Covid. Not sure why

[@GOODNOIGHT]

Seriously me too. Ive been lucky that I havent caught it yet

[@craigcook6233]

I am a health care worker in the hospital we still have covid patients coming in but not at the rate of two or three years ago. We have workers getting sick and me personally still wear my mask

[@johnhettrich1802]

Herb inmuteaty! You should know that silly!!😮😂

[@johnhettrich1802]

It's all a part of the job! I am in retail very simaler!! Crazy people running around hoging toliet paper and now creepy people still wearing masks!!

[@tabo01]

@@johnhettrich1802get an education.

[@GenXrCist669]

Rewatching this today. “Only” at 100K deaths then, now 700K+… Coulda shoulda woulda

[@59plexi]

trumps denial, delays, distractions have extended this way beyond .......the finger is pointed directly at him till this day, he let all of this chaos happen.....

[@GenXrCist669]

@@59plexi the only thing it seems he’s retained into muscle memory is the Cohn playbook. It turned him into the perfect Cohnman. Was it by design? I have a difficult time thinking he’s that smart, but the mere thought of the timeline of events and how everything bizarrely happened as if in a Twilight Zone or some weird reality show turned LARP, inquiring and enquiring minds want to know…who’s rolling the dice?

[@jayabacromby675]

@@59plexi Trump, notorious for not reading daily briefs. What a leader.

[@moodylicious]

@@59plexi only nine people openly agreeing with the statement? Pitiful & sad.

[@couptrump748]

The dope Herman Cain agree

[@ahwien]

2 moments say it all: a) system inadequacy 1:11:48 "...we've completely failed...the whole way that healthcare is set up in this country is the failure..." & b) Trump as a (non)leader 1:12:39 Peter Alexander berated for asking valid questions "I say that you're a terrible reporter." Sickening (pun intended)

[@biglu323]

@1:13:03 - Such a cowardly irresponsible response to a legitimate question dealing with a serious issue. 122 more days left until this clown gets voted out of office.

[@veronagomez9073]

Amen I can't wait until January 20th hopefully biden would be a great president

[@alysononoahu8702]

Not irresponsible Try SADISTIC & CRUEL

[@dianecollins2982]

I am just now watching this 01/2024. It still makes me beyond angry. Over a million people in this country lost their lives to covid thanks to an incompetent president and a botched health care system

[@mgreg8134]

What stands out most to me is how our own government (Trump) used the same tactics as the Chinese government but his supporters don't see it.

[@whitedeion598]

We were told that masks protect people from covid when the science never supported it. All treatments were "debunked" as being ineffective. The best ways to protect yourself was to get sunlight and exercise, but for some reason the "doctors" refused to ever mention that. Blaming Trump for covid is absurd.

[@etx007blue2]

What went wrong ? Every freaking thing !!!!

[@0108dylan]

You can always send your money back.

[@insidelinemx]

Yeah every freaking thing... like suckers who wear masks and push this bullshit agenda forward...

[@ILoveMorrissey]

LOL.. seriously!

[@kinglex2805]

“Well said” 👏🏾

[@darrell293]

What is the difference between Trump,and any person that is controlling someone? There need to be term limits on any government worker.

[@Cloudpaws3]

Martin never ceases to amaze me with his reportings and journalistic expertise.

[@menelvamovie]

Should arraignments and charges be brought against him for protecting his image instead of the lives of people who suffered & died? Where are we on Health & Safety & Human compassion?

[@Caroline-rt7qx]

Nancy Pelosi was in China town San Francisco February 2020 assuring people they were safe. Look it up. Democrats

[@MaryMargaretMastin-fr8re]

He may never be arranged for what he did to us all but voting him (once again) into LOSER status will hurt him 'biggley'! Sharing these covid documentaries will remind people of who he is, what he has done and why he needs to fail in the Nov. Election. We ALSO need to help people become aware of and access Project 25 info. I share info videos as I find them because folks are not likely to take the time to research and read so we need to do it like 'cliff notes' from back in the day. Meidas Touch Network has a few. (free on U-tube). Informed is empowered and it's time for us to 'shoulder in for a group push'.

[@JESUSD6765]

Man 2020 has been a year to never forget

[@thehistoryconisseur1154]

Yes, let's learn from it so that we never repeat this again.

[@JoseCruz-rj9cp]

2016 was the worst year. That's the year. That was the year that presaged the shape of thing's to come...

[@celestelongway7315]

PBS deserves a Pulitzer Prize for this.

[@Qzbub]

Well said

[@unique3279]

I agree Your comment is the reason i watch this

[@VirantRoss]

*Fauci lied. China did this on purpose. Perfect timing for the election. Why has China threatened us with nuclear war now US is considering a probe to find lut the true origins and original host??*

[@sebasramirez1812]

@@VirantRoss bruh. Come on you now better to excuse China of this, now China did start this by their way of trying to sell food. And the virus got us out by there. But come on look at how trump handled this, listen next time and stop saying that “ this was on purpose” and stop making excuses, deal with it and move on...

[@drinksnapple8997]

@@sebasramirez1812 Created in China. Spread on purpose. Trump was correct, but we hated Trump and blinded ourselves.

[@Eged282]

This program highlights the people who will have their name attached to mass killings throughout history.

[@marciegonzalez3967]

Trump being the main one.

[@arescyp]

I agree with you 100%..What I always wrote to trumps tweeter account: Adolf Hitler was man enough to put the trigger on himself when he realized he has lost the war. Donald Trump and his whole families are just cowards.

[@arescyp]

@Tracy Young Covid-19 apppeared the first time in Italy on january 2019. to be more specific it was in venice

[@VWorldWide]

@@marciegonzalez3967 I can't stand him. How do people still support this guy after he has killed their loved ones round business ruined the kid's mental health it is all on him. But nooo we thought it would be Cute to put this moron In Power. He's a businessman they said let's give him a shot they said. Well, look at us now. out of work out of school tearing at each other's throats.

[@user-ih3ys7bk8q]

👏👏

[@Maltsky3773]

Thank you Frontline. Korea had the right idea. Testing within days. A monumental failure in the states. RIP all those who died.

[@cgunugc]

I've never before yelled at the TV. In my life. For anything. Watching these administration officials bold-faced lie to us, and thinking about how many thousands of deaths each one of those lies likely lead to... I've discovered that I can yell at my TV. Thanks for this form of self-discovery, PBS!

[@justrosy5]

Dr. Fauci had already started to lose credibility with me this last week. Now, I'm done with him. He goes where the wind blows. Disgusting. It's every person for themselves now... Best of luck!

[@kevinburrell3359]

I miss the peace and quiet we had and also bring able to spend alot of time with that special someone you truly love especially since I'm an introvert, being able to get around NYC with barely any people in the streets made it so much better.

[@davidmekhtarian6377]

So true 😂

[@jrchmgn.]

I know this is a year ago comment but I agree 100%, and it also gives mother nature it's needed vacation from human pollution.

[@PeacefulPariah]

Well, don't worry, I'm sure we'll have another pandemic soon enough. Then you can enjoy your quiet time again at the expense of millions of lives.

[@aaattt8260]

Thank you PBS for such great & extremely important documentary!!!!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙇🙇🙇🙇👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@SittingWithDogs]

What went wrong. Everything! One thing I’ve learned through all this is just because someone’s a Doctor doesn’t mean they have a clue as to how to treat patients outside of their stupid protocols that a robot could do. All the faith in the world to nurses, paramedics, and a few doctors that question stupid things but only a few. The hospital has become a dangerous place to be in America. Truly dangerous

[@shadedskys]

I think the most insane and amazing thing is how a country like South Korea (right next to China) could do what it did for its citizens. Feverishly rushed without question, and quelled the spread, while here in America, an administration with a President so full of himself failed in the most tremendous fashion. To hear that possibly 80% of the death toll could have been saved, if it had been taken seriously from the beginning… My heart goes out to anyone who lost someone to covid during this political shit show… I don’t know how anyone can watch this, and still think Trump “made America great again”.

[@imkiller84]

1. Research world map, S. Korea is not next to China. 2. Dr. Fauci was not interviewed. 3. Dr. Fauci was in Trumps hear the whole time so you need to thank him for our poor efforts. Trump is an idiot, we already knew this. 4. Misleading fact that 80% could have been saved if we locked down sooner. States and our governors were not even prepared for when we did lock down and a lack of food, services, and supply chain would have been more detrimental to the citizens if it was earlier. 5. It's all insane on how political this has been since day one, and you can thank China for that.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

@@imkiller84 It is next to China. North Korea may be between S. Korea and China but South Korea is right beside China.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

And Trump said he played it down. He knew better and did nothing.

[@imkiller84]

@@anthonyfuqua6988 594.5 miles is "right next too", got it.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

@@imkiller84 its not 600 miles away. Get a map and look.

[@oneofus6924]

the more I see of Martin's reporting, the more I love him. I wish the ethics of proper investigation and journalism would more closely resemble this man's high level.

[@judiesuh6858]

Completely agree!!👍👏

[@donblack1571]

Absolutely

[@rossimarti]

Agree. Martin covers a wide range of issues, and does so very well.

[@shari6891]

I agree.

[@PracticalPerry]

I am not fooled. The only thing this guy does in a slick way to make people believe him is perpetuate the lie that is the "pandemic" from China interviewing only Chinese people. Just Wow. This guy did not properly investigate the so called vee rus from China whatsoever.

[@she103.5]

Thank you Frontline. It's the best television reporting bar none.

[@ASMODEUSDIVA]

FINALLY THE WORLD HAS REALIZED WHO IS THE TRUE ENEMY OF HUMANITY.

[@junglejane2824]

IMO, it's Trump.

[@TheTommyboy63]

IMO...it's people such as yourself!

[@Electoral-kh5vj]

That time square video is so chilling, I was there and the atmosphere was so happy and people were so optimistic. It went down the shitter in 2 1/2 months later

[@geraldmcdevitt3996]

I was in Hong Kong at the end of January. The atmosphere was so opposite of your experience.. very depressing. By the 28th, I was getting my temp checked every time I entered my hotel. I hope I can visit Hong Kong again in better times.

[@sharonhunter337]

How are you doing? Do you live in NY?

[@geraldmcdevitt3996]

@@sharonhunter337 no.

[@sharonhunter337]

@@geraldmcdevitt3996 Ok. I trust you are safe and hope you know Jesus. Lu 21.36

[@geraldmcdevitt3996]

@@sharonhunter337 thank you.. but never met him.

[@arvindsahai552]

This honest documentary had shown us as to how the leaders of different nations downplayed the pandemic knowing its gravity, whereas few countries acted rapidly and managed to contain the pandemic. A superpower like USA could not do what a country like South Korea had done. We are in 21st Century. People deserve and have the right to be told the things which can affect their lives. Even in India, the Prime Minister Modi did the same what Trump did in USA. Our PM even asked us to lit candles, torch lights on occasion and on another to make noise by beating kitchen utencils, spoons etc. from balconies to scare covid-19... All countries knew about the virus in January from their agencies. In India Govt. imposed Lock-down on March 23, 2020 resulting in India being second country in World in Corona virus infections. This documentary is stunning and above all is honest.

[@reconquistahinduism346]

You read only Rahul Gandhi I think 😂😂😂 No country knew that coronavirus spreads by person to person transmission because Chinese backed WHO said it didn't. Modi never said that lightening candles will drive out coronavirus. It was a moral booster and preparation towards complete lock down for which people weren't ready. Modi cancelled all flights to India way before the Chinese WHO said that covid is a pandemic He imposed lock down only when India had just 500 odd cases because he sensed the danger before hand. India being a massive and developing country would have fared 100 times more worse had it not been for Modis vision . When the whole opposition did nothing but added destruction and misery instead of fighting covid19. And you don't compete countries blindly. There is a lot of DIFFERENCE between India and other countries. Indian statistics in per capita terms is way below other countries. You compare the death rates and case rates with respect to the population and the development status. India with 1.4 billion people and a developing country did way better than most countries in controlling cases and deaths. Even in second wave , the case rate and death rate was quickly brought down even when the opposition spread corona with fake farmer protest. Don't think people today are stupid as they were in Congress rule. People know everything today.

[@cherylwilliams2787]

No! This is what they want you to know! If Medea is willing to not silence this! It’s bull shit all the way!

[@ed8676]

@@reconquistahinduism346 Fake farmers protest? Then why did the government took down the laws just before U.P elections. Govt failed miserably during 2nd wave and was busy doing rallies in Bengal. Remember this quote- Mai jaha dekh raha hu mujhe log hi log dikh rahe hai and on the opposite side bodies were burning all over the country and tokens were being distributed for such large queues. People know the pain who lost their relatives know how govt failed even when they knew 2nd wave is coming. I lost 9 people known to me in a matter of 12-15 days, U WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND IT. Before the 2nd wave began the top virologist in India even warned about 2nd wave but he was ignored and then he resigned. People like u are so blinded by politicians.

[@reconquistahinduism346]

@@ed8676 Modi took away the farm laws not because they were bad but because the fake farmers like the hooligans , terrorists and khalisthan separatists were becoming threat to national security. Real farmers supported the laws as seen with Bjp sweeping 80% of the seats of western UP farmland region and leaked Supreme court document that showed 87% farmers actually supported it. Coming to your "experts" , they were puppets and stooges of either the China , US or communist racist western media. They were proven wrong many times in 1st wave and also in 2nd wave. They had even said that , "Covid19" is non transmissible 🤣😂 Yes Modi did goof up initially , but he more than compensated by delivering free and largest vaccination drive in the world , and managing the second wave wonderfully as compared to ALL world leaders. All the opposition ruled states did NOTHING to tackle Covid. The opposition parties did absolutely nothing to tackle second wave nationally. Modi tried his best and the results were obvious. Today , Modi is the most popular leader than he has ever been. Modi swept all 5 major state elections , throwing Congress to dust. You said you lost family members but that's ok because your votes don't matter. Congress voters have no relevance today. Modi is ruling supreme. People compete between who did something and who did nothing. Not between ideal and real conditions.

[@ed8676]

@@reconquistahinduism346 Took down the laws coz of Khalistani and terrorists 🤣🤣🤣 then it proves that the leader is weak lol. Nothing is for free in this world for your info so get over this shit. The inflation and rise in fuel, gas prices, unemployment are what people are mainly suffering from. Popular coz of fake narratives which is now going down due to which the Likes and dislikes were closed for his Monkey Baat. Even made his old mother stand in atm line during demonization to gain votes. Even I voted for him, you need to realise that both current and previous govt are 2 faces of 1 coin. It's a shame and depicts of your background and upbringing that you mock and compare deaths of someone's family members to vootes. Follow a leader like APJ Abdul Kalam if you want. Someone not liking modi does not means he supports that never launching Rahul Gandhi who does not even knows what he is talking about.

[@asilencedvoice5185]

The message coming out of this pandemic is " Everything matters EXCEPT HUMAN LIVES"

[@AlexisVandom]

I came down with COVID in January 2020. The clinic I went to had no idea what was wrong with me. I got through it quickly, but boy howdy, it whooped my a**.

[@leealexander3507]

I started keeping an eye on what was going on from the first time I heard about the outbreak in China although few other Americans seemed to be paying much attention even after it hit Italy. Everyone around me except my son were shrugging it off because it was "over there". The world is a small place. Something you will realize if you've ever traveled. Because so many travel things can spread around the planet rapidly it's not like it was back when it took a long dangerous trip by ship a hundred years ago.

[@interestedbabble7501]

Watched it all unfold on disclose TV while it started in China, it was going on for weeks before it started to spread. Don't know why but the site is now completely different.

[@emminet]

I was fervently reading the news during that time. In school I would tell my classmates that it seemed worrying, though they played it off and said I was just being anxious like I usually was. I didn't care, I thought it seemed worrying, and the downplaying of it didn't make me feel any better.

[@sarahkorb]

Same! I was watching a news Chanel ran by Chinese but not in China. They were sounding alarms. I was telling people around me but no one cared

[@allcatz]

Same here. Especially since I live in an area where a lot of Asian people do also. I knew many went to their homeland to celebrate the holiday. Wasn't surprised it became a pandemic due to rapid travel. Much wasn't known about the virus and it was able to spread that much more quickly. And here we are two years later.

[@dirkdiggler9379]

@@allcatz considering it was released at a perfect time to disrupt the USA elections is highly suspect China stopped all travel in its country but allowed travel to other county’s just before thanksgiving and Christmas

[@juansolo8190]

Who is still watching this during the 2nd wave? 🙌🙌🙌

[@mefford67]

*Watching and so enraged that I have tears running down my face...* 😖

[@ericamezcua1792]

Still Learning... That's How NEW This Is

[@CounterSniper67]

4th wave

[@walterbo7687]

8th wave

[@warthog473]

Watching in September 2024...Yeah, it's still here. Not as many people dying, not like in 2020 when the whole country felt like a morgue, but it's still here. The only consolation is that while it's very contagious, it's less severe in most people.

[@susank.4945]

In mid-Feb last year I lived on Long Island in NY and had the WORSE flu-like symptoms I can recall. I ended up getting a chest x-ray and being diagnosed with "asthmatic bronchitis", buying $100 worth of meds, and going home. It took a few weeks to get better, and I was still coughing when Covid became a concern. My sister and her son who lived downstairs also felt a bit sick with something, so did my mother who hates taking over-the-counter meds due to her heart meds... I still wonder if I had gotten it and they didn't catch it.

[@ShaneM420]

You had it. Are you still alive

[@ericiidx]

By the time it had spread to that Washington state senior facility, I was paying attention... by the time it had reached New York City a week or two later, I was preparing for the worst. This was sometime around late January 2020. Knowing how integral public transportation is in NYC, I couldn't imagine it being contained without extreme & unrealistic quarantining.

[@tbc9096]

It was the biggest scam in history and I called it for what it was in April 2020. I knew it was bullshit from that moment forward.

[@bluefieldpride]

What also is not shown here is the states responses. New York being the worst. CDC and Trump gave guidelines to each State for shelter in place, social distancing etc. CA Newsome, adopted these early and was criticized by many. CA had relatively low cases per capita compared to the rest of the US early on. New York had an opposite response. March 16 Cumo still refused to approve stay in place orders. March 18, Cuomo reaffirmed that he would not approve a "shelter-in-place" order for New York City. "That is not going to happen, shelter in place, for New York City. For any city or county to take an emergency action, the state has to approve it. And I wouldn't approve shelter in place." On March 22, Cumo finally implemented the New York Stay at home order. Meanwhile cases had drastically spread nationwide wide. But folks only remember Cumo for his COVID response award. Later Newsome would be criticized again (this time legitimately) for having dinner parties while he ordered the rest of the state to be shutdown for extended periods of time.

[@swillie7141]

So sad on how this pandemic just got out of control. This virus is real and will kill you. Thank you frontline very informative episode.

[@swillie7141]

Apostle Tyrone that’s your experience. I know personally people that have died. The amount of people that have died is no small number. It will be a different story if it was 500 people total that died. There have been thousands of people dying in the United States not to mention the massive amount of people catching this shit! So fear is not the feeling I feel when I’m talking about COVID it’s more like angry!

[@dtoskar]

Apostle Tyrone Wow, your family must have a strong immune system! Take care, but covid is real and kills many people.

[@user-ih3ys7bk8q]

I heard that doctor and protected myself right a way. Thanks to him. 🖤

[@tracysimon7972]

This documentary has brought tears to my eyes.

[@Coolidge2329]

Joe Biden is racist

[@matthew-jy5jp]

Frontline is eye opening jouralism 😊

[@thomasemcdonald1]

@@Coolidge2329 Is the stay at home order causing you to troll?

[@awesomeaf1]

@@Coolidge2329 yes, we know but what does that have to do this this comment? 😂

[@juanfigueroa9148]

@@Coolidge2329 I see Joe Biden is starting to live rent free in your head... enjoy the next 4 yrs

[@deecobb9018]

Same in USA. I was of huge opinion churches saw their right to worship more important than helping prevent illness. Crazy bat s-- sense.

[@d4mdcykey]

Phenomenal investigative journalism, as always. Frontline continues to keep my faith in finding excellent reporting and high investigative standards. Thank you.

[@lankanexile]

Just wait till UNOHU label it “Fake News”

[@georgef1176]

Dr. Li is truly the hero too all

[@user-ih3ys7bk8q]

When I heard him, protected my self and didn't get covid.

[@TheGoodfellas.]

@PBSFrontline- You continue to execute brilliant journalism. I walk away enlightened on many topics. Thank you.

[@cheyennetapiasmith9056]

My friend told me the 1st of December 2019 that I needed to stock up on canned foods, tuna, alcohol, dog food, paper products, Tylenol, Advil and any other staples I needed. The 1st of February 2020 my local grocery store was void of paper products, canned goods and frozen prepared foods.

[@buckeyeschmave]

Wow, that was really early for your friend to say that! Obviously he or she wasn't wrong, but I don't even remember hearing about COVID until the second half of January. I admit I just kept living my normal life until the night Trump suspended travel to and from Europe.

[@jhonlee1056]

The sad thing about this movie this is real 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭

[@dtoskar]

Apostle Tyrone ?????

[@narutohenaruto]

This is not a movie, its a documentary.

[@jackiewilson6249]

And we are living in it.

[@dickgreen1895]

Yea,its real, a real bunch of bullshit!

[@realniggashit3]

Libya's Gaddafi predicted 11 years ago at UN general assembly and was laughed at. That's why he was killed by NATO 2 years later and Hillary laughed about it.

[@Macklive]

This made me so angry and sad for the ppl who perished throughout this whole pandemic. Presidential Negligence... A leader that simply ignored all the warnings and intelligence at his disposal -As any professional or any other person who's been put in charge to do the job right, and simply fails to do it, should be accountable for his MASSIVE mishandling. Trump not only mishandled the crisis, he made it even worse by spreading misinformation. That hurt the entire country. He ought to be persecuted*

[@opokuandrew5716]

i hear this narrator, and i know I'm about to learn

[@johnfarmer3506]

yes like shepherd leading the sheep to slauter

[@rchoper21]

Yes I agree and the other frontine narrators too, William Lyman and Jay O Sanders!

[@believeitlandscapemaintena7636]

No you will be hypnotized by dangerious leftist propaganda news & information rehethoric

[@Mutlap]

he read the Vietnam documentary which was BS, Vietnam was a political quagmire for President Johnson

[@maiworldbonjovi2145]

@@Mutlap the united states is built on lies and greed. The US is a business.

[@pankaschmidt9747]

FRONTLINE please please please stay in such professional manner. Very good job You deliver

[@thisisntsergio1352]

I'm so glad this documentary was finally released. The people deserved an explanation. Without it we would be headless chickens running around blaming and pointing fingers each other for the blunders committed by the leader who was supposed to protect U.S. citizens. When the entire world outside the U.S. has no faith in the leader of the U.S. then the entire U.S. populace suffers; and suffered we did. Suffering we are. Let's get out of this debacle and work on being respectable once again.

[@robertdurk6232]

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[@zzdoc2]

This is NOT an explanation. It's a biased, one-sided point of view which excludes a host of other facts, and events. and without a broad considerations of a dynamic, evolving circumstance across four months...December through March. Think back to mid-February, when the Diamond Princess was docked in my town, Puerto Vallarta, getting ready to return to SF and then on to Hawaii, and given the limited number of cases known in the USA at the time, and quoted in the narrative, what would you have thought of a government order for a nationwide physical isolation policy? Even now, people want their lives back.

[@Jimbo895-y3s]

Like someone else mentioned, it should be required watching for all Americans.

[@louises9911]

Although the president of the US could not order people to stay home or ware a mask, he can make these masks and PPE ready for people to buy, he can persuade people to do so but he did the opposite! He held an election assembly

[@mefford67]

*Well said!* 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@drshelockwho]

South Korea is amazing! We need to learn from them.. proactive, intelligent, and organized. 👏👏

[@antisuz183]

Yes. Here in the Republic of South Africa the Army was called in to assist the police in enforcing the regulations. And that is what they did. Killed a man inside his own home because he had a beer in his fridge. Violence and force. The police shot and killed an autistic teenager because he did not answer their questions, then the policewomen claimed she thought the firearm was loaded with rubber bullets. South Korea should be proud.

[@MPerry-ox9qb]

When you live next door to China where all these viruses 🦠 are coming from you have to be proactive and prepared.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

More people have died from the COVID Vaccine in South Korea than in any other nation.

[@bobcallahan2274]

They are also a much smaller country and far more homogenous.. What worked there would likely not work here.

[@emcemc7506]

@@bobcallahan2274 South Dakota has less than a million people but has more deaths and cases than South Korea.

[@virginiatyree6705]

6 17 20 Hello to the Frontline Team, Thank you for the clear and concise report; required viewing for all citizens of the USA. Stay safe, keep calm, & be well everyone. v P.S.: RIP; all the souls gone & the living that are grieving...

[@peachymeechie1844]

I'm almost certain, without a doubt, that we had the virus here before they even knew we did. My uncle died here in Indiana in February when we were just being told that it was a few cases in NYC. We all got sick, with a horrible cough, and he was 69yrs old, but a healthy, and vibrant 69 yrs old, but he got it so much worse than the rest of the family. We have a weird situation, but he lived with my stepmom after my dad died. So she was gonna take him to the hospital when she got home from her 10 to 6 shift st work. She got home and found him slumped over in the bathroom, and the only thing anyone could think of was that he passed out while coughing, and he died. She had spoken on the phone to him an hour before getting home. She immediately called paramedics but nothing they could do for him. We all wonder to this day if he wasn't one of the 1st to pass from it here in Indiana. Then a few months later we lost the pastor of my mom's church. My spiritual father, who taught me all i know about faith and the Bible. So another big loss. Then a few months later we lost our great grandma. Again she was old. She was 81, but she was a healthy, vibrant, still a mover and shaker, 81. She caught it, and 24 hrs from the development of a cough she was gone!! Just too much pain and loss for our family!! We just had it for the 2nd, or possible 3rd time last month. This time it wasn't anything more than being tired and cold symptoms. But its so sad when we look back. The whole family thought i was crazy when I started wearing a scarf to go in the stores in early Feb 2020. I knew once Wuhan shut down that it was bad and I'm just an idiot layman! How they thought we wouldn't get it was just ridiculous to say the least. So many good people lost because of the governments slow and frankly on Donald Trump's behalf, criminal, down playing of the virus. I think Pence wanted to tell the truth, along with Fauci, but the others were liars thru and thru!!! May all the people we lost, R.I.P. You'll never be forgotten! We who loved you, will always remember!! 😢

[@godswrath1244]

What went wrong: Donald J Trump!

[@dannypak9690]

How? Can just balme someone without more detail. Smh

[@vivalarazausarmyvet4453]

This documentary really highlights how incompetent trump is.

[@eduardoPerez-ej4bw]

True

[@meebrbey]

@@dannypak9690 so, you didn't watch this video apparently

[@bigpoppapump4060]

Truer words have never been spoken.

[@coreyadams1982]

Don't vote for a reality TV personality as president.

[@jacqdanieles]

Elect a drama queen, expect a soap opera.

[@jimwheeler6094]

@@jacqdanieles, ANYONE could have done a better job managing this pandemic than Dotard Covidiot has!

[@ALCRAN2010]

@@jimwheeler6094 , absolutely, any of the 2016 GOPers could have done better.

[@yengsabio5315]

Did all US politicians have just played their best acting roles during this COVID19 pandemic?

[@KM-wf9yx]

TRUMP 2020 AND BEYOND! OR THEY WILL KILL US ALL!

[@ceasarnunez5652]

I am so sad for that lady that passed away. May she rest peace

[@dmrenterprizes4101]

Still amazes me that I've lived through this.

[@martica6755]

Tears and more anger has this documentary caused. My prayers to all 🌎🙏🏼🌏🙏🏼🌍 Stay safe everyone and God bless 🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏻

[@PaulRizzo504]

My rage at 55min in and what happened. CDC told them it was getting out of control and they did nothing.

[@TVStreamingNews]

When Trump loses in November, Americans citizens should sue Donald for dereliction of duty.

[@hannesH3]

He will not lose. Not saying that’s a good or bad thing, but he will be re-elected.

[@hannesH3]

sadf asdf no that will not happen.

[@screaminpman]

Trump’s gross mishandling of this pandemic pisses me off so bad. It’s criminal, and he needs to be held accountable.

[@screaminpman]

hannesH3 - You’re making an assertion without evidence. What leads you to believe he’ll be re-elected? Polling data suggests people are turning on him big time. The gap between Biden and Trump is far wider than it ever was with Clinton in 2016, and he barely squeaked out an electoral college win.

[@hannesH3]

@@screaminpman I agree that he messed up big time, and he managed to make it a political issue. There are countries everywhere, including my own, Sweden, that messed up worse though. And yes it's an assertion, and basically a guess, but I don't think Biden has any momentum, all eyes are on trump. Polling data was pretty wrong last election, in fact is looks exacly like it did last year.

[@brisguzman9216]

I was avoiding this episode. So disgusting how it was handled.