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Swing your partner
around and 'round. And around.
And around. While federal agencies failed to talk to each other, the
virus swirled in mid-February through a series of square
dances in suburban Seattle. With every do-si-do,
the virus changed partners. But without testing, scientists couldn't
follow the spread. The emergency steps meant
for speed and innovation slowed the process down
to a crawl. The White House could have
cut through the red tape. The mystery
is why those in power didn't force the bureaucracy
to find a quick solution. While we were on pause, the anxiety level
of our members just increased exponentially, day after day. There was just more
frustration, concern, frankly sadness,
because we weren't able to do our job
around and 'round. And around.
And around. While federal agencies failed to talk to each other, the
virus swirled in mid-February through a series of square
dances in suburban Seattle. With every do-si-do,
the virus changed partners. But without testing, scientists couldn't
follow the spread. The emergency steps meant
for speed and innovation slowed the process down
to a crawl. The White House could have
cut through the red tape. The mystery
is why those in power didn't force the bureaucracy
to find a quick solution. While we were on pause, the anxiety level
of our members just increased exponentially, day after day. There was just more
frustration, concern, frankly sadness,
because we weren't able to do our job
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Swing your partner
around and 'round.
00:00:04.837 --> 00:00:06.372
And around.
And around.
00:00:06.406 --> 00:00:07.774
While federal agencies failed
00:00:07.808 --> 00:00:10.978
to talk to each other, the
virus swirled in mid-February
00:00:11.999 --> 00:00:14.882
through a series of square
dances in suburban Seattle.
00:00:14.915 --> 00:00:17.985
With every do-si-do,
the virus changed partners.
00:00:18.999 --> 00:00:19.519
But without testing,
00:00:19.553 --> 00:00:23.999
scientists couldn't
follow the spread.
00:00:23.999 --> 00:00:26.093
The emergency steps meant
for speed and innovation
00:00:26.125 --> 00:00:29.462
slowed the process down
to a crawl.
00:00:29.495 --> 00:00:32.465
The White House could have
cut through the red tape.
00:00:32.499 --> 00:00:34.401
The mystery
is why those in power
00:00:34.433 --> 00:00:38.471
didn't force the bureaucracy
to find a quick solution.
00:00:38.504 --> 00:00:40.673
While we were on pause,
00:00:40.707 --> 00:00:43.609
the anxiety level
of our members just increased
00:00:43.642 --> 00:00:46.779
exponentially, day after day.
00:00:46.812 --> 00:00:50.095
There was just more
frustration, concern,
00:00:50.984 --> 00:00:55.922
frankly sadness,
because we weren't
00:00:55.955 --> 00:01:00.056
able to do our job.
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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.
