Things in life until theyre gone. Three, two, one. Cheers to 2020 but maybe they should really say we dont appreciate what we have until its taken away. The signs of what was coming were out there. Portugal and belgium places in lockdown. Now to the crisis in new york city. We have seen this in other countries. This is queens, new york. Covid19 wasnt just another cold. The worst Global Crisis since world war ii. The u. S. Acted but only after waiting. They all have covid. We knew it was coming. Its too little too late. The world has never seen anything like this. There will be a lot of death, unfortunately. Its only a matter of time before it hits your community. This isnt going to get any better. Americans are not prepared. Even as some places see signs of hope, the question remains. Will life ever be the same again . This is what one of the most vibrant nations in the world looks like in 2020. Italy was the First Western country hollowed out by the coronavirus. A clear warning of what a pandemic could do to an open democratic society. And to a people who love life, love to socialize, and love their cities. With no vaccine, italy faced the outbreak the only way it knew how. It delved into its history becoming the first country in the world to put its entire population in quarantine. A medieval practice first introduced to battle the plague. [ speaking Foreign Language ] the word quarantine comes from italian for 40 days of isolation. At the start of this year no one here had heard of the coronavirus. Now they hear of little else. At 6 00 each evening the Italian Government announces the latest numbers of infections and deaths. The news is almost never good. To divert their eyes and maybe to save their souls when the 6 00 p. M. Bulletins come, many italians respond with defiance and solidarity expressing an almost primal need for hope in the face of news that no one wants to hear but that no one can afford to fully ignore. It is a sad moment because we knew in advance it is most likely not good to be good news, going to be really bad news. An Italian Journalist based in rome. A moment people dread, people try to avoid. Psychologically it is a lot of pressure on that moment of the day. The covid19 pandemic that dwan in china and swept through asia took several weeks to fully impact europe. It meant italy had some time to prepare. But like most nations italy didnt appreciate the full scale of what it was about to face. Unfortunately, italians like me, myself included, we started to take it seriously when we were forced to do so, when the lockdown came as a decree from the government. Sporting events were canceled, schools and universities shut, and italys famous cafe culture disappeared from the sidewalks. But italys attempts to stop covid19 came too late. The first recorded case was on january 31st when two Chinese Tourists from wuhan became ill. Almost three weeks later two clusters emerged in lombardy and the numbers blew up after that with hundreds dying every day. 51 days after reporting its first case italy replaced china as the global epicenter of the covid19 pandemic. One thing was unmissable as the world watched italy suffer. Even one of the best resourced Health Care Systems in the world simply couldnt cope once covid19 took hold. Nobody thought theyd be treating so many people so quickly. In the very beginning its been tough just because we received a number of patients which was absolutely unbelievable at the same time. So, for example, i spent four or five days without going home continuing on shift. It is the end of the day. After 12 hours of continuous duty theres a lot of patients here. A hospital intensive care director in lombardy. We have a huge number of patients with severe respiratory distress, and we received a sort of tsunami of patients submerging us. We are leading a mass casual scenario. That means theres a huge disproportion between resources and number of patients to be treated. The virus hit the city of bergamo with such speed and wide scale the cemetery quickly reached capacity. Churches filled with coffins. The army was called in to move the dead to neighboring towns. In a few, short weeks italy was utterly transformed. Just this past week the italian authorities have declared a nationwide lockdown. In milan american student anna engel found herself caught up in the lockdown. I am here in lombardy, which is known to be the epicenter of the pandemic. I want to send a message to the u. S. To please take this as seriously as possible. If we would have responded sooner, italy would have been in a totally different situation. Anna wasnt alone in trying to sound the alarm. Mattia ferrerasi feared other countries would soon be suffering just like italy. On march 13th, he wrote a column in the boston globe urging other countries to learn what would be called the eye talion lesson. We wasted time. We wasted few precious weeks in which we could have explained and understand better the importance of social distancing, the importance of staying home. Many countries did follow italys lead. In london after initially resisting a lockdown Prime MinisterBoris Johnson closed pubs and restaurants and advised citizens to stay at home. The government has a lockdown in force. You must stay home. France and spain did much the same. Even india, with its population of 1. 3 billion, decided on a lockdown. Everywhere covid19 was imposing a new reality. Im in my house all alone. I cant go to my grandchildren. I cant see my children. My name is brooke. I live in sydney, australia. Ive been inside going on three weeks. 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Breaking news tonight, the alarming headline of that mystery virus outbreak. The cdc confirming the first case in the u. S. What started on the west coast metastasized with hot spots breaking out all over the country. New york city was hit hard. We were looking at a Freight Train coming across the country. Were now looking at a bullet train. I want america to understand this week, its going to get bad. President trump seemed to be in denial. Its one person coming in from china, and we have it under control. Its going to be just fine. Looks like by april, you know, in theory when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. What do you have a very small number of people in the country right now with it. Its around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. Its like the regular flu that we have flu shots for, and well eventually have a flu shot for this in a short time. It will be down to zero. On march 17th, the president changed his tune. This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic. It was deadly serious. A hospital ship steamed up the hudson river, and makeshift field hospitals were set up in central park. Funeral homes couldnt cope with the number of dead. Meanwhile, the virus scientists believe originated in bats in china then jum toppped to human found a new victim, the global economy. Gold being down, rates going up, stocks getting drilled. The lowest point for the dow. The dow just suffered its worst drop this is worse than 9 11. Among the retailers across the country, layoffs mount. There were immediately comparisons with the 2008 recession when banks collapsed. Other economists reached further back to the 1997 Asian Financial crisis. Or the oil crisis of the 1970s sparked by an arab embargo during a war with israel. Or the big one. Discouragement, fear, depression haunted america. The Great Depression of the 1930s that ultimately led to economic deprivation and out of it fascism and world war. If this runs for much longer then youre going to get all those consequences, reverberations we got from the Great Depression. A historian who specializes in the crash of 1929, selwyn parker. Its a contagion, always finds the vulnerabilities. The 21st century economy is like a supercomputer. Its infinitely complex, interconnected and magically fast when it works. But one errant bit of code, one tiny virus can bring the whole thing to a halt. How bad is this for the economy . What do you think the real Economic Cost of this pandemic are and are going to be . In a word, enormous. Joseph is in lockdown but from his manhattan apartment he sees the impact of covid19 very clearly. The Unemployment Rate almost surely will soar in excess of 20 . Numbers we havent seen since the Great Depression. Worry about a lot of Companies Going bankrupt. Once youre bankrupt you dont quickly go unbankrupt. President trump tried to reassure the markets. Well, look, we were set to hit 30,000 on the dow. This is a number nobody even came close to. Now that its down 10 , 11 , its the highest its been. The more he spoke, the more he contradicted himself and the more the markets tanked. President trumps approach seems to be kind of all over the place. I think he is viewed by most responsible people as just out to lunch. He doesnt know whats going on. No one takes him seriously. Most states did impose lockdowns. But that comes at a cost that could kill the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors, industries that account for 20 of the american workforce. Were already living paycheck to paycheck, already behind in bills. Our Profit Center has dropped. It would not cover the mortgage payment. It would be terrible if i lost this job. I dont know. I dont know how long we can withstand this. Its a bit like chemotherapy, i suppose. Its pretty horrible for a start but works in the long run. If this thing isnt shut down quickly youre going to have massive economic consequences as well as Massive Health consequences. We could be the authors of our own economic destruction. This was a medical problem. We are not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem. If it were up to the doctors they would say lets keep it shut down. Lets shut down the entire world. We cant have the cure be worse than the problem. So whats to be done . The u. S. Has reported the most staggering rise in weekly jobless claims on a scale of increase im not aware has ever happened before. We have definitely seen a huge collapse in Economic Activity very quickly. Jim oneill was chief economist for goldman sachs. Hes now a member of the british house of lords. So are you talking about a global dip in about 20 gdp . I think we have a global dip of something in the vicinity of at least 10 baked in the cake. What is unknown is how long its going to go on for and that is of course the presumption we can get this thing under control. Congress did act quickly passing a 2 trillion financial bailout, the biggest in u. S. History. A very important day. Ill sign the single biggest Economic Relief package in american history. This funding will enable us to recover. What worries me is having passed this in three, four months time we may need a second one. Governments cant keep on printing money and governments cant keep on spending it. Eventually you have to balance the books. But the fundamental question remains. How could a virus do so much damage so quickly . We tend to think of our economy as relatively strong globally. But in a few weeks a virus brought the world to a standstill. The lack of resilience, many Auto Companies were selling cars without spare tires. You dont use a spare tire very often, so why have a spare tire . Of course the reason you have a spare tire is when you have a spare tire, a spare tire makes a very big difference. Americans are discovering that the cost of not having a spare tire, not being prepared for such a pandemic, could be devastating, and brings our entire way of life into question. Youre part of the inside crowd when it comes to capitalism but youre saying this has exposed some real systemic problems with the free market system. Ive become a passionate believer the movement of what i call responsible capitalism or profit with purpose is the fay of the future. Profit obviously is an important part of conducting business. But it cant be the sole purpose. The cost in dollars and lives will be felt for years to come. What we dont know is whether the pandemic will change us permanently. In a way this is our alien invasion, this virus is essentially malware attacking the source code of humanity. Whats up . 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Three months, four months, but then i would have to start digging in and pulling away from my long term. The long term you dont want to think of that. Thinking about the long term is precisely what professor amy webb spends her time doing and says a shift in everyday patterns could be the biggest challenge. I think we have to be willing to confront our cherished bleaches rig beliefs and be willing to imagine alternative futures, ones that may not mesh with what weve seen in the past. We are on a different path into the future than we were last month. And that impacts everything. That impacts transportation, that impacts school, that impacts our economy, that impacts investments, that impacts everything. Everybody, all of us. Lets not forget, you may not die from this but your way of life might be dead Going Forward. This is in the center of london. Ever since the swinging 60s this district was londons noisy beating heart but just listen now. The only sounds your own footsteps and the man who reluctantly hushed britains streets to fight the coronavirus has now become one of its victims. Uk Prime MinisterBoris Johnson carried on working a fuel schedule after being diagnosed with the virus. In my own case, although im feeling better and done my seven days of isolation, alas i still have one of the minor symptoms were working on the whole time on our program to defeat the virus. But after his condition worsened he was moved to an icu. Now making a recovery, he serves as a reminder of just how vulnerable we all are to covid19. There is now a significant portion of the World Population living at home. Is this what you expected this . This has been unprecedented in terms of the impact its having. Early on there were a lot of signs that were very troubling with this virus. To have this combination of something that could spread between people and have a severe impact is something we are putting at the top of our list. An epidemiologist, he uses mathematical models to track and prepare for Infectious Disease outbreaks. And thats why were not in a situation we can sit back and let this spread. It seems at the moment a lot of countries having this lockdown is the only way we can avoid our Health Systems being totally flat out on this. On average an infected person passes the coronavirus on to two or three others, and the cases grow exponentially so that if one infected person doesnt stay home over 1,000 people will have the virus within six weeks. But if that person stays quarantined, the number falls to just over 100. Were going to need to get average contact in the population down potentially by about 70 to have hope. Is this going to be with us Going Forward . I think this will have an impact on future perhaps the next year or two, hope flip not at the level in reducing interactions, but certainly until we have a vaccine or some other effective way of controlling this. We are going to have to change how we interact with infection. Already a new behavior has become Second Nature for billions. Social distancing keeping 6 feet apart from others to help stem the spread of the virus. In a matter of weeks covid19 had fundamentally changed the way people interact with each other. And most people have been willing to play their part. Although some countries have taken the measures and messaging to the extreme. In rome Mattia Ferraresi is breaking his lockdown for his hour of daily exercise, all part of the rules of the new normal. And he says he can see an upside. It is a strange feeling but in some certain way makes me proud whenever i have a glimpse of an empty street, it gives you a little bit of hope because it is the sign we are really understanding the best way to show solidarity and love is not touching and seeing each other. Italy still has a very family culture. People know their grandparents, live close to their grandparents, eat meals together. Has that helped . I think so. In my case for sure. Im getting together more with my family now than i ever did. Theres also an opportunity to rediscover that. Social distancing has forced us to rethink how we work and how we play. An historic first, the Olympic Games postponed in peacetime. The idea of the games to bring nations together suddenly not matching the new spirit of the age. We are fighting multiple issues here. There is the virus. There is the health care sector. There is the economy, of course. Not to mention what does it mean if we have kids out of school for an extended period of time . What does that do to their Cognitive Development . What does this mean for the birthra birthrate . Does it go up or down . We dont know yet. And how does that impact the workforce . Daily life the way we know it is on hold. Some airlines are start to go lay off employees. Nba, mlb, nhl and mls are now all set to go quiet. The coronavirus has forced us all to adjust almost overnight to a world turned upsidedown. Well, almost all of us. In parks, at markets and on the court, reckless defiance in the face of a deadly new threat all but guaranteeing an extended era of social distancing. What has this stress revealed about america . In a way this is our alien invasion. This virus is essentially malware attacking the source code of humanity. This should be something that brings us all together. Its strange to me that its not. This is the time, this is the cause, this is the reason to get Silicon Valley and wall street and washington, d. C. , working in lock step together. Thats going to take leadership, courageous leadership. And, unfortunately, we are not seeing collaboration coming out of washington, d. C. Covid19 isnt the first pandemic, and it wont be the last. For those working to fight it, its already changed everything. Im tired. Im stressed. Im scared. Im an icu doctor and i dont scare that easily. 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On behalf of american truckers, slow down, people, just get enough for a few days for your family. You dont have to load up on all of this stuff. Youre making our jobs harder. Things are desperate at the hospital. Were trying to save lives. Were all just doing what we can to save peoples loved ones. And i want you to see me like this because i want people to realize how serious it is. You need to stay indoors and stop spreading it. People need to stop catching it because were in need here. Panic in the face of a pandemic is nothing new. In the 14th century people fled to escape the black death, only spreading the deadly plague as they went. In just four years half of europes population died. What do pandemics bring out in humans historically . In a sense it brings out either or simultaneously our dark and our better signs, and some of the aspects of negativity that come out frequently in the history of pandemic disease have to do with scapegoating. Jewish people were burned during the passage of the black death that was also a time of great xenophobia. Do you think thats happening now when President Trump says this is the chinese virus . I think that is precisely what is happening. The World Health Organization issued clear guidance early on in order to prevent social stigma against an entire population. It specifically says not to attach locations or ethnicity to this or any disease. Not everyone got the message. I would like to given by announcing some important developments in our war against the chinese virus. Why do you keep calling this the chinese virus . There are reports of dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country. Because it comes from china. It is racist. Its not racist at all t. Comes from china. Thats why. It comes from china. Thats where [ bleep ] came from, china, china. Everything comes from china. Soon the president s words were being echoed beyond the white house. Time to move youre standing right [ bleep ] next to me. Leading to an alarming increase in antiasian hate crimes especially in the United States. I know youve been trying to track reports of antiasian incidents. How frequently are these things happening . There are at least 1,000 being reported against asians due to the coronavirus in the last five weeks and now the hate incidents are coming in at about 100 per day. Calling this the chinese virus is a rejection of International Public health and saying were not going to follow their lead. Were going to reject that. The Trump Administration didnt just reject the guidance it tried to make the rest of the world see things its way. Today is virtual g7. It wasnt the format we envisioned. When nations most need a collective economic response the group of seven failed to agree on a joint statement because of a Trump Administration sticking point. The german magazine was saying that at the g7 he wanted them to use the term wuhan virus and that comes some rift among the partners. The response, secretary of state repeating the very language in question. Everyone in the meeting was focused on making sure we not only solve the Health Crisis associated with the wuhan virus but also the economic challenges that face the globe as we confront it as well. At every press conference by calling this a chinese virus just because it originated in china doesnt mean that it is only impacting Chinese People or was only spread by Chinese People, continuing to do that is doing no good for the United States. In late march President Trump changed his tone and started following the World Health Organization guidance, but only after a phone call with chinese president xi jinping. If china refuses to retaliate by cutting off key supply chains in manufacturing areas, that puts us at significant harm, not just economic harm. 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Top of the list, pandemics. New and reemerging Infectious Diseases will pose a rising Global Health threat, it said. Its not a question of whether but when a pandemic will occur. But the very next year, americas attention was pulled away. And the United States went to war. A decade later, we had another warning. Health officials identified a severe shortage of ventilators in the national stockpile. But by the time covid19 hit, there were still far too few. While we cannot predict exactly what the next pandemic will look like, we can at least prepare a response. The truth is that the United States government did not engage in longterm planning. And that is part of the reason why we are in a predicament now. Reporter in the place where the covid19 pandemic began, life is starting to return. The virus has been defeated. At least thats the message from chinas ruling communist party. How has it been . Two months of being all alone, total isolation. But safe. Thats the important thing. Steve mcclure, an expat living in china, is one of the few americans whos remained in wuhan throughout the crisis. I could see the ambulances taking people away, the disinfection squads going around spraying. You know. Its scary. But i think people have to take responsibility to isolate themselves. If you do everything, dont go out, the curve will get lower, the hospitals get back into control of things, and we can start to get back to normal again. But regaining that normality cost freedom. Chinas incredibly stringent, draconian, authoritarian surveillance state apparatus is ultimately what has stopped the virus from spreading. Chinese officials are telling the world, they got it right, that their system was able to stop the coronavirus in its tracks. Are they right . There is no question, china got part of the coronavirus very, very wrong. Theres a piece of this they got right. Are people, governments in the future, going to say, hey, we should be like china. Darrenism isnt the only way to stop the pandemic. Democratic south korea managed to cab taken the first wave of the virus with preparedness, swift action, and widespread testing. The same story in germany, and then mark, and singapore, where earlier this year i visited virologist Danielle Anderson at her lab. Inside this lab here is where we people the live virus. We spoke, it feels like, 10 years ago. It was not so long ago. I wouldnt have thought it would get to be this bad. Whats surprising you now . I guess the thing to me thats most surprising is the rate of spread. Its not only the speed of the spread that has anderson concerned but its ability to reemerge. In many Asian Countries this virus seemed to be contained. And now the numbers are going up again. Whats going on . The numbers went down for us when containment measures were put in place. Now we have with other countries been locking down. People are wanting to return back to their home country or to their place of work. So those people are coming from different epicenters of infection. So now along with the suitcase, theyre bringing the virus back with them. And while america remains in the pandemics grip, the nation may benefit from learning from those once overwhelmed by the outbreak, but who now appear to have contained it. What would you say to americans who are going through tough times right now . My recommendation for americans is to protect yourself. This is a highly contagious virus. So it can spread within the community very, very quickly. What happens if you stop paying attention to this . In hong kong, the second wave, its actually even bigger than the first wave. Maybe we are already over the peak of the second wave, but we are not over it for good yet. People can get sick in the streets of hong kong. People starting to walk in the streets without any protective measures, thinking that everythings going to be fine very soon, because the number is coming down. And then in a couple of days time, we see huge influx of patients. If you get complacent, it bites you . Indeed, indeed. I first met dr. Alfred wong in february in hong kong when he was one of the early volunteers on the citys socalled dirty team. A group of medical workers dedicated to treating the victims of covid19. At the time, wong stayed apart from his pregnant wife. If they ate together, it was at a distance. Theyre now reunited with a new addition. My daughter was born on the 1st of april. She is healthy. Everything is going well. I mean, we are quite overwhelmed with all the parenting things. But i guess thats normal. Yeah, normal problems. People miss normal problems. True, true. So im a happy man. But im also a very worried father. While the vast majority of people who contract covid19 will survive, this is much more than a Health Crisis. Its an everything crisis. 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