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It's not unusual for us to
hear of a new virus emerging in these wet markets of China. They can spill over
into the human population, especially the people working
in those wet markets. But then we started seeing
China take actions like build hospitals
rapidly, urgently. All I could get at that point
was anecdotal stories on Twitter, for example. But anyone who'd worked
in preparing for pandemic outbreaks knew
that we were dealing with something very unusual, very
concerning, and very deadly
hear of a new virus emerging in these wet markets of China. They can spill over
into the human population, especially the people working
in those wet markets. But then we started seeing
China take actions like build hospitals
rapidly, urgently. All I could get at that point
was anecdotal stories on Twitter, for example. But anyone who'd worked
in preparing for pandemic outbreaks knew
that we were dealing with something very unusual, very
concerning, and very deadly
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It's not unusual for us to
hear of a new virus emerging
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in these wet markets of China.
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They can spill over
into the human population,
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especially the people working
in those wet markets.
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But then we started seeing
China take actions
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like build hospitals
rapidly, urgently.
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All I could get at that point
was anecdotal stories
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on Twitter, for example.
00:00:26.459 --> 00:00:28.762
But anyone who'd worked
in preparing
00:00:28.796 --> 00:00:31.831
for pandemic outbreaks knew
that we were dealing with
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something very unusual, very
concerning, and very deadly.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
