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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2020
  • A year ago, the United States was regarded as the country best prepared for a pandemic. Our government had spent nearly two decades strategizing for a doomsday scenario. So what went wrong?
    How is it that America, which wrote the global playbook for pandemic response, accounts for just 4 percent of the world’s population yet more than 20 percent of the world’s coronavirus deaths?
    One of the most important functions of journalism is to provide accountability, so in the video above, Johnny Harris dives deep into an exploration of what went wrong and when, and who’s to blame and why.
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  • @vylbird8014
    @vylbird8014 3 года назад +3751

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

    • @michelleashford6730
      @michelleashford6730 3 года назад +462

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

    • @alisonselje2809
      @alisonselje2809 3 года назад +368

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

    • @azahias9
      @azahias9 3 года назад +172

      Exactly. You CANNOT politicize common sense and expect progress.

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 3 года назад +21

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

    • @Supercon57
      @Supercon57 3 года назад +35

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

  • @SuperPillage
    @SuperPillage 3 года назад +3765

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

    • @vinaygonela1473
      @vinaygonela1473 3 года назад +31

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

    • @stourleykracklite7663
      @stourleykracklite7663 3 года назад +6

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

    • @ehoc5248
      @ehoc5248 3 года назад +25

      @@alanlee67 look at those numbers again friend

    • @adamsmith3413
      @adamsmith3413 3 года назад +2

      Missed Milan I suppose.

    • @adamsmith3413
      @adamsmith3413 3 года назад +8

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

  • @Arander92
    @Arander92 2 года назад +78

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

    • @jimmlygoodness
      @jimmlygoodness 2 года назад +19

      They filmed this before anyone knew about that.

    • @xdxdsheep
      @xdxdsheep 2 года назад +10

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

    • @Treddian
      @Treddian 2 года назад +6

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

    • @robdowns9339
      @robdowns9339 2 года назад +3

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

    • @jimmlygoodness
      @jimmlygoodness 2 года назад +2

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

  • @mairedaly4926
    @mairedaly4926 2 года назад +233

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

    • @amarrevolver4452
      @amarrevolver4452 2 года назад +19

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

    • @JustMe-dc6ks
      @JustMe-dc6ks 2 года назад +7

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

    • @sdefonta
      @sdefonta 2 года назад +3

      I honestly don't think he cares

    • @mrose3299
      @mrose3299 2 года назад +14

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

    • @mairedaly4926
      @mairedaly4926 2 года назад +11

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

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +1487

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

    • @puyakhalili
      @puyakhalili 3 года назад +21

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

    •  3 года назад +26

      @@puyakhalili 1980

    • @silentkilla14
      @silentkilla14 3 года назад +26

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

    • @MarcoTheMediterranean
      @MarcoTheMediterranean 3 года назад +6

      So true

    • @Lichking1019
      @Lichking1019 3 года назад +15

      I'm a teacher and I see this first hand

  • @HenningGu
    @HenningGu 3 года назад +450

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

  • @daniellehurrell6620
    @daniellehurrell6620 2 года назад +261

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

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 2 года назад +20

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

    • @pamelqtaylor8335
      @pamelqtaylor8335 2 года назад +21

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

    • @daniellehurrell6620
      @daniellehurrell6620 2 года назад +17

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

    • @chihayakenji1893
      @chihayakenji1893 2 года назад +23

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

    • @FJFuentesCO
      @FJFuentesCO 2 года назад +10

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

  • @THEchiQ
    @THEchiQ 2 года назад +95

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

    • @THEchiQ
      @THEchiQ 2 года назад

      @@NeganJeff who said shocking?

    • @NeganJeff
      @NeganJeff 2 года назад

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

    • @THEchiQ
      @THEchiQ 2 года назад +1

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

    • @NeganJeff
      @NeganJeff 2 года назад

      @@THEchiQ 🤭 Sorry

    • @richardb7854
      @richardb7854 2 года назад

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

  • @2002alexandros
    @2002alexandros 3 года назад +3619

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

  • @MarkReviews
    @MarkReviews 3 года назад +7376

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

    • @Cole_Bailey
      @Cole_Bailey 3 года назад +52

      Same!! Congrats Johnny!! This is amazing.

    • @EsmePalaganas
      @EsmePalaganas 3 года назад +11

      SAME

    • @uhhhhh262
      @uhhhhh262 3 года назад +59

      He has his own channel, check it out

    • @rounaksharma5701
      @rounaksharma5701 3 года назад +5

      So true bro

    • @MarkReviews
      @MarkReviews 3 года назад +12

      @@uhhhhh262 I'm subscribed there too!

  • @funkball
    @funkball 2 года назад +18

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

  • @no_name4796
    @no_name4796 2 года назад +97

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

    • @bernadettesandoval3990
      @bernadettesandoval3990 2 года назад +2

      DR FAUCI!

    • @joanandreanoweyland57
      @joanandreanoweyland57 2 года назад +17

      @@bernadettesandoval3990 No: Trump.

    • @nguyeninhhung2091
      @nguyeninhhung2091 2 года назад +7

      stupidity?

    • @beddythecorgi4269
      @beddythecorgi4269 2 года назад +2

      Obesity

    • @NewAgeDIY
      @NewAgeDIY 2 года назад +12

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

  • @RyanNgFilms
    @RyanNgFilms 3 года назад +410

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

  • @LauraTeAhoWhite
    @LauraTeAhoWhite 3 года назад +1258

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

    • @jarehelt
      @jarehelt 3 года назад +26

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

    • @LittleB2007
      @LittleB2007 3 года назад +113

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

    • @DarknessUnresolved
      @DarknessUnresolved 3 года назад +18

      Um, Katrina would like a word...

    • @johnsampaio2106
      @johnsampaio2106 3 года назад +15

      So could've Obama which shouts volumes.

    • @lolarusna4828
      @lolarusna4828 3 года назад

      LB2007 BAHAHAHAHAHA 💀

  • @anetgom6
    @anetgom6 2 года назад +5

    All Johnny Harris videos for me desrrve an award. His work is amazing.

  • @lauralebron2554
    @lauralebron2554 2 года назад +6

    This is a gross over-simplification of a very nuanced and complex issue. Remembering what I have seen on reports for that time period it does also seem to cherry pick data that supports a particular narrative. I’ll would bet that if he compared US state to US state there would be a very different graph. I am skeptical that this is accurate reporting.

  • @tixx8175
    @tixx8175 3 года назад +415

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

    • @TonyShyaka
      @TonyShyaka 3 года назад

      Same

    • @kenster8270
      @kenster8270 3 года назад

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

  • @robinprice6879
    @robinprice6879 3 года назад +2033

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

    • @wolfgangkranek376
      @wolfgangkranek376 3 года назад +1

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

    • @rofidganteng1
      @rofidganteng1 3 года назад +7

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

    • @bobbart4198
      @bobbart4198 3 года назад +5

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

    • @carpejkdiem
      @carpejkdiem 3 года назад +4

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

    • @bobbart4198
      @bobbart4198 3 года назад

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

  • @lisamed88
    @lisamed88 2 года назад +6

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

    • @Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman
      @Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman 2 года назад

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

  • @rbwirth12
    @rbwirth12 Год назад +1

    Two years later, we know A LOT more. It might be a good idea to revisit and adjust this opinion video.

  • @sophsbookss
    @sophsbookss 3 года назад +1037

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

    • @rogerdavidsmith8942
      @rogerdavidsmith8942 3 года назад +4

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

    • @nunpuiisingson298
      @nunpuiisingson298 3 года назад +84

      @@rogerdavidsmith8942 what even are you saying

    • @rogerdavidsmith8942
      @rogerdavidsmith8942 3 года назад +1

      @@nunpuiisingson298 just like our media,free to change the facts,as long as you go along. . So many haters.But dont leave. Not till Trump we never had plagues, viruses,Fires,Hurricanes and anything we can blame a man who's not a politician and has only been here barely 4 yr?. Not 30yrs of Democrat that's seen Colorado River drained, race riots instigated by a bias media, people calling for socialism ,that has no idea the people at our southern Border are fleeing from. A Travel ban back in February would have slowed down the virus,not stop it..But our doctors could start getting ready. But he was called a racist. .

    • @ghostlyducky362
      @ghostlyducky362 3 года назад +13

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

    • @LuLu-yg2qh
      @LuLu-yg2qh 3 года назад

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

  • @noahbowie5985
    @noahbowie5985 3 года назад +1557

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

    • @jasonwilkins1969
      @jasonwilkins1969 3 года назад +269

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

    • @doctorwholover1012
      @doctorwholover1012 3 года назад +182

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

    • @dalpz205
      @dalpz205 3 года назад +12

      @@doctorwholover1012 🤣 That was good

    • @r.p5380
      @r.p5380 3 года назад +1

      @@tuckerbugeater ...

    • @joxysurge9631
      @joxysurge9631 3 года назад +81

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

  • @stev6963
    @stev6963 2 года назад +2

    Impressive work as always, Johnny. Congrats on the nomination!

  • @andrewdunckley
    @andrewdunckley Год назад +2

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

  • @Hoodoomoo
    @Hoodoomoo 3 года назад +966

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

    • @williamfarnaby
      @williamfarnaby 3 года назад +7

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

    • @denzeltan4190
      @denzeltan4190 3 года назад +1

      something that can give Trump a heart attack

    • @a.h.tvideomapping4293
      @a.h.tvideomapping4293 3 года назад +4

      Will Farnaby II
      Woah chill shill

    • @Anis-zc9rw
      @Anis-zc9rw 3 года назад +2

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

    • @Ockto_
      @Ockto_ 3 года назад +6

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

  • @rana-rq8on
    @rana-rq8on 3 года назад +2924

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

    • @AndersHenke
      @AndersHenke 3 года назад +405

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

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 3 года назад +119

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

    • @AlessandroSartori82
      @AlessandroSartori82 3 года назад +101

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

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 3 года назад +39

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

    • @MajorMlgNoob
      @MajorMlgNoob 3 года назад +67

      Vietnam and New Zealand should be the gold standard smh

  • @ingeborgpadgett7079
    @ingeborgpadgett7079 2 года назад +1

    Great reporting Thank You

  • @rocklandrodgers
    @rocklandrodgers 2 года назад +3

    I’d love to see this updated for today.

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler Месяц назад +1

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

  • @simondrexler3272
    @simondrexler3272 3 года назад +1495

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

    • @nicholaslalhmingmawia1289
      @nicholaslalhmingmawia1289 3 года назад +17

      Oh.... conservative 😂😂😂

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks 3 года назад +62

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

    • @jhca4671
      @jhca4671 3 года назад +6

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

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks 3 года назад +41

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

    • @skye.s2515
      @skye.s2515 3 года назад +33

      Yup welcome to anti-intellectualism

  • @just__alina
    @just__alina 3 года назад +535

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

    • @rachel_sj
      @rachel_sj 3 года назад +56

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

    • @nommomuntu
      @nommomuntu 3 года назад +27

      I'm very sorry for your loss.

    • @eave01
      @eave01 3 года назад +15

      I am so very sorry for your loss.

    • @rafaelvicho3551
      @rafaelvicho3551 3 года назад +15

      Sorry for the loss....

    • @hermes5275
      @hermes5275 3 года назад +10

      Hope ur ok.. sorry for ur loss

  • @michaelcombrink8165
    @michaelcombrink8165 2 года назад

    I really appreciate Johnny's work, I have some questions about this vid though

    • @michaelcombrink8165
      @michaelcombrink8165 2 года назад

      How many tests were being administered in America and Europe along this chart
      Did Europe run out of tests, or hold tests at any points along this time frame
      If USA was testing say 10k a day and Europe was testing 5k/day for dinner stretches then that could make a big difference

    • @michaelcombrink8165
      @michaelcombrink8165 2 года назад

      What tests comprise these numbers at each time
      Some tests bias false negative, others bias false positive
      Loads of people were getting crazy results saying positive one second, negative the next etc

  • @demven04
    @demven04 2 года назад +22

    What a remarkable journalism. My respect.

  • @ThatSilentGuy
    @ThatSilentGuy 3 года назад +769

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

    • @speedier3478
      @speedier3478 2 года назад +4

      Soo true

    • @glee3349
      @glee3349 2 года назад +8

      That’s awesome :0

    • @susantoohey2710
      @susantoohey2710 2 года назад +29

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

    •  2 года назад +19

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

    • @susantoohey2710
      @susantoohey2710 2 года назад +5

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

  • @FilmPeak
    @FilmPeak 3 года назад +226

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

  • @kevindrone
    @kevindrone 8 месяцев назад

    Congrats Johnny on your emmy! Stellar piece.

  • @sta5011
    @sta5011 2 года назад +3

    Funny how none of the media outlets are able to do stuff like this good job Harris

  • @sketchy.wanderer
    @sketchy.wanderer 3 года назад +2059

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

    • @koharumi1
      @koharumi1 3 года назад +2

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

    • @kevins3821
      @kevins3821 3 года назад +61

      Complete ignorance

    • @Matt-fl8uy
      @Matt-fl8uy 3 года назад +49

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

    • @jungkooks80dollarmattress42
      @jungkooks80dollarmattress42 3 года назад +42

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

    • @jasonwilkins1969
      @jasonwilkins1969 3 года назад +9

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

  • @ElenaTaber
    @ElenaTaber 3 года назад +8385

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

    • @harrisonbates559
      @harrisonbates559 3 года назад +26

      Couldn’t agree more!

    • @franzmeier4472
      @franzmeier4472 3 года назад +21

      suspected he was a shill. now i know.

    • @mattwaf
      @mattwaf 3 года назад +11

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

    • @rickardkaufman3988
      @rickardkaufman3988 3 года назад +105

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

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад +10

      Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: ruclips.net/video/FvO1Ss9blhI/видео.html

  • @michaelambrosano938
    @michaelambrosano938 2 года назад +4

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

  • @bdempster44
    @bdempster44 2 года назад +3

    I'd like an updated video. With all the omicron surges, and everyone saying it's inevitable, it seems like only one country in the world has actually contained it without massive shutdowns and economic disruptions. Can we get a 2022 Taiwan video?

  • @dominickshinal7074
    @dominickshinal7074 3 года назад +275

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

    • @LV_Allure
      @LV_Allure 3 года назад +3

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

    • @dominickshinal7074
      @dominickshinal7074 3 года назад +8

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

  • @ThisIsTechToday
    @ThisIsTechToday 3 года назад +4969

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

    • @markgupton1313
      @markgupton1313 3 года назад +12

      Who is Johnny Harris? The young propaganda pusher.

    • @adrianmacrel5950
      @adrianmacrel5950 3 года назад +35

      I came here just to see him

    • @Clown81178
      @Clown81178 3 года назад +51

      @@markgupton1313 your mom

    • @williamfarnaby
      @williamfarnaby 3 года назад +14

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

    • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
      @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 3 года назад +39

      Vox’s loss is The NYT’s gain.

  • @joshc441
    @joshc441 2 года назад +6

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

    • @earvetta
      @earvetta 2 года назад

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

    • @noelgenoway9360
      @noelgenoway9360 2 года назад

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

  • @elana137
    @elana137 2 года назад

    You did an amazing job producing this video.

  • @nimishkhokhar4009
    @nimishkhokhar4009 3 года назад +685

    Yay Johnny Harris, nyt was wise to use your talent

    • @fl.sal.27
      @fl.sal.27 3 года назад +4

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

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад

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

    • @alang9480
      @alang9480 3 года назад

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

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад

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

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад

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

  • @geneshifter
    @geneshifter 3 года назад +54

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

  • @vannk73
    @vannk73 2 года назад +2

    And today over 630,000 deaths, most of them due to the same incompetence.

  • @testthisfordecficiencies
    @testthisfordecficiencies 2 года назад +1

    Johnny is killing it!

  • @bigwilly528
    @bigwilly528 3 года назад +1856

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

    • @dmclegg66
      @dmclegg66 3 года назад +14

      Yeah if he looks good oh boy!

    • @bprclr01
      @bprclr01 3 года назад +71

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

    • @NischhalPradhan23
      @NischhalPradhan23 3 года назад +3

      ooooffff

    • @projectcountersign5791
      @projectcountersign5791 3 года назад +49

      back when POTUS still read books

    • @bananaempijama
      @bananaempijama 3 года назад +12

      Bush reading a book is something astounding imo

  • @Techninjaspeaks
    @Techninjaspeaks 3 года назад +2159

    Johnny Harris!

    • @mouyeii
      @mouyeii 3 года назад +18

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

    • @raybinas3315
      @raybinas3315 3 года назад +3

      YASS THE SAME REACTION I WAS SHOOKT!

    • @RolandoCocom
      @RolandoCocom 3 года назад +2

      Excellent work Johny Harris

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад +1

      Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: ruclips.net/video/FvO1Ss9blhI/видео.html

    • @MuerteBolonesa
      @MuerteBolonesa 3 года назад +2

      @@mouyeii I 100% thought it was Vox

  • @PonzooonTheGreat
    @PonzooonTheGreat 2 года назад +4

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

  • @papiyoda2530
    @papiyoda2530 2 года назад +1

    I watched this video the day it came out. 1 year later, on the sept 29th, my Dad's best friend passes away.

  • @tinkerer7813
    @tinkerer7813 3 года назад +30

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

  • @DalsoKajason
    @DalsoKajason 3 года назад +210

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

    • @deshaunjackson8188
      @deshaunjackson8188 3 года назад +4

      Maybe he should actually read some of them?

    • @Kenneth_James
      @Kenneth_James 3 года назад

      Those are magazines on that shelf

    • @Trund27
      @Trund27 3 года назад +4

      P. Enisenvi Troll

    • @emilychb6621
      @emilychb6621 3 года назад

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

    • @nancywutzke5392
      @nancywutzke5392 3 года назад

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

  • @matony19
    @matony19 2 года назад +1

    is there part 2 or sequel to this video? Would be interesting as well

  • @ejoffroy
    @ejoffroy 2 года назад

    Great work!

  • @Street0yster
    @Street0yster 3 года назад +542

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

    • @MajorMlgNoob
      @MajorMlgNoob 3 года назад +21

      The GOP likes to politicize serious issues

    • @LuLu-yg2qh
      @LuLu-yg2qh 3 года назад +6

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

    • @MajorMlgNoob
      @MajorMlgNoob 3 года назад +56

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

    • @lindasmith2240
      @lindasmith2240 3 года назад +5

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

    • @MajorMlgNoob
      @MajorMlgNoob 3 года назад +3

      @@lindasmith2240 ok Linda

  • @pyramid_iremide
    @pyramid_iremide 3 года назад +252

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

    • @zxyatiywariii8
      @zxyatiywariii8 3 года назад

      That's why I'm here! 🙋🏾‍♀️

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад

      Inconvenient facts for those who like to scapegoat a single human for a worldwide pandemic: ruclips.net/video/FvO1Ss9blhI/видео.html

    • @Picturehubzw
      @Picturehubzw 3 года назад

      guilty

    • @Wally-pu2hh
      @Wally-pu2hh 3 года назад +2

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

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад

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

  • @hiomation
    @hiomation Год назад +1

    This video shouldn't have been more than one minute long.
    "How did America bungle the plague? Bad leadership." *Roll credits.*

  • @NH-bh5zq
    @NH-bh5zq 2 года назад +2

    I recently watched the tv series about Tschernobyl and although this crisis was very different what stroke me most was how leaders tend to deny information that doesn't fit their agenda. It's very frightening and frustrating to watch...

  • @oladimejiolaolorun243
    @oladimejiolaolorun243 3 года назад +50

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

    • @recluseren
      @recluseren 3 года назад +5

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

  • @kaiplue
    @kaiplue 3 года назад +552

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

    • @jamesbedford7327
      @jamesbedford7327 3 года назад +38

      Welp, Johnny has previously done work/worked for Vox

    • @Ockto_
      @Ockto_ 3 года назад +11

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

    • @onlythegracee
      @onlythegracee 3 года назад +2

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

    • @CD3MC
      @CD3MC 3 года назад +2

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

    • @kenhiett5266
      @kenhiett5266 3 года назад

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

  • @jayh1391
    @jayh1391 Год назад

    Great Report

  • @joanandreanoweyland57
    @joanandreanoweyland57 2 года назад +64

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

    • @joshc441
      @joshc441 2 года назад +9

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

    • @jaywilliam411
      @jaywilliam411 2 года назад

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

    • @richardlee9825
      @richardlee9825 2 года назад +9

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

    • @krejados1
      @krejados1 2 года назад +1

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

    • @bennygunawan7211
      @bennygunawan7211 2 года назад +2

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

  • @FrancyKanae93
    @FrancyKanae93 3 года назад +186

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

    • @rajuseth1683
      @rajuseth1683 3 года назад +6

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

    • @N0GG1N
      @N0GG1N 3 года назад +5

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

    • @Merlin_Chhana4
      @Merlin_Chhana4 3 года назад +7

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

    • @atomusbliss
      @atomusbliss 3 года назад

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

    • @atomusbliss
      @atomusbliss 3 года назад +3

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

  • @FLEABONE
    @FLEABONE 3 года назад +237

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

    • @MO-vr5bf
      @MO-vr5bf 3 года назад +7

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

    • @carmenponcedeleon2693
      @carmenponcedeleon2693 3 года назад +4

      Sorry for your loss. This is unbelievably horrible.

    • @lazeroad
      @lazeroad 3 года назад +1

      White people!!!

    • @StewNWT
      @StewNWT 3 года назад +22

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

    • @aprilgraceortega7301
      @aprilgraceortega7301 3 года назад +6

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

  • @theayesha147
    @theayesha147 2 года назад +2

    11:39 this part is just... i have no words

  • @MrChad69420
    @MrChad69420 2 года назад

    Great video!

  • @User-of-internet
    @User-of-internet 3 года назад +38

    We are here because of Johnny Harris.

    • @bo_mieke
      @bo_mieke 3 года назад +1

      We are brothers we unite

    • @lindasmith2240
      @lindasmith2240 3 года назад

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

  • @JJonathansanderSS
    @JJonathansanderSS 3 года назад +152

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

  • @vaibhavumbarkar3712
    @vaibhavumbarkar3712 2 года назад

    This is heart breaking 💔..

  • @rolandcreasy2055
    @rolandcreasy2055 2 года назад

    Good Info!

  • @dylanm1174
    @dylanm1174 2 года назад +321

    Here after this got nominated for an Emmy!!

    • @cc9615
      @cc9615 2 года назад +8

      Same!

    • @That1HotMF
      @That1HotMF 2 года назад

      What is an emmy?

    • @user-jo3go8fe3g
      @user-jo3go8fe3g 2 года назад +2

      Whoa really??

    • @dvoyles7399
      @dvoyles7399 Год назад

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

  • @mim8312
    @mim8312 3 года назад +196

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

    • @primalpower177
      @primalpower177 3 года назад

      Look at india then.

    • @primalpower177
      @primalpower177 3 года назад

      @rajini talaivar sure whatever you say.

    • @primalpower177
      @primalpower177 3 года назад +3

      @rajini talaivar indea has one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. So why is income relevant I have no idea. Care to enlighten me?

    • @Fengsuave_
      @Fengsuave_ 3 года назад +12

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

    • @Fengsuave_
      @Fengsuave_ 3 года назад +7

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

  • @frankG335
    @frankG335 2 года назад +2

    It's not just extraordinary incompetence. It's sociopathy.

  • @George-jn7qm
    @George-jn7qm 2 года назад +2

    Gerring rational for one second. The NYT has to admit that our health data is so incomplete. The level of infection noew needs to be compared to the pre pandemic levels. Analysis needs to be done as to how the background data compares to the present hospitalizations!

  • @pdpgkeeper
    @pdpgkeeper 3 года назад +306

    Nick Kristof’s collapsing bookshelf is making me nervous

    • @slypear
      @slypear 3 года назад +5

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

    • @cross2833
      @cross2833 3 года назад +2

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

  • @viniciusbueno293
    @viniciusbueno293 3 года назад +94

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

    • @zxyatiywariii8
      @zxyatiywariii8 3 года назад +1

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

    • @slim11shock
      @slim11shock 3 года назад +1

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

  • @kashisharora4950
    @kashisharora4950 2 года назад +6

    Kudos for the emmy nomination man, you deserve that award and even more. Keep doing what you do, you're the best.

  • @edwardhardy3469
    @edwardhardy3469 2 года назад

    This video needs to go viral, everybody in USA must see it! Please keep up this kind of reporting! Thanks to you guys, we might be more careful who we elect on both sides of the isle.

  • @MagDrag123
    @MagDrag123 3 года назад +284

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

    • @bamparan
      @bamparan 3 года назад +4

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

    • @debasishchapeyar4826
      @debasishchapeyar4826 3 года назад +1

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

    • @dictatoribenevolo8394
      @dictatoribenevolo8394 3 года назад +23

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

    • @Obscurai
      @Obscurai 3 года назад +6

      More Trump rallies to infect and cull Trumpsters please.

    • @rynsoo4310
      @rynsoo4310 3 года назад +10

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

  • @lalakuma9
    @lalakuma9 3 года назад +153

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

    • @RobertMJohnson
      @RobertMJohnson 3 года назад +2

      which was neve promised by anyone

    • @anchouse94
      @anchouse94 3 года назад +11

      @@RobertMJohnson sure. Have fun living in the US

    • @RobertMJohnson
      @RobertMJohnson 3 года назад +4

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

    • @anchouse94
      @anchouse94 3 года назад +9

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

    • @RobertMJohnson
      @RobertMJohnson 3 года назад

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

  • @ciarosemuniz5898
    @ciarosemuniz5898 2 года назад

    Thank you for your though investigation.

  • @kathykimes5724
    @kathykimes5724 2 года назад +1

    Great video! Best video to give a guideline and timeline how the virus blew out of control

  • @LH-mn3cc
    @LH-mn3cc 3 года назад +107

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

    • @bamparan
      @bamparan 3 года назад +1

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

    • @dnickaroo3574
      @dnickaroo3574 3 года назад +3

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

    • @taytsay1
      @taytsay1 3 года назад +14

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

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 3 года назад +1

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

    • @bamparan
      @bamparan 3 года назад

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

  • @simran6382
    @simran6382 3 года назад +105

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

  • @goat9295
    @goat9295 5 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @nfeliciano8601
    @nfeliciano8601 2 года назад +1

    Fun fact: the CDC had an initiative to send 5 masks to every household in America via USPS. 5 white reusable masks packed and labeled with guidance and prepostmarked. Those masks never went out to households. They did go out to some essential businesses. My job still has some we use when we forget ours. It’s a weird feeling looking at the label and thinking about what could have been.

    • @MFK1967
      @MFK1967 Год назад

      The masks were basically useless against Covid

  • @hardy95852
    @hardy95852 3 года назад +92

    Vox messed up letting Johnny H go

    • @themandikat
      @themandikat 3 года назад +10

      Big time.

    • @TheLiamster
      @TheLiamster 3 года назад +1

      Did he leave Vox? I never knew about this.

    • @Seskoi
      @Seskoi 3 года назад +7

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

    • @themandikat
      @themandikat 3 года назад +4

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

    • @drylvlnc
      @drylvlnc 3 года назад

      borders was cancelled

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +61

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

  • @markmaish6087
    @markmaish6087 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @phg0922
    @phg0922 2 года назад

    Watching Don't Look Up made me check this out again. Sheessh
    The similarities in response is soooo accurate

  • @FranciscoSantos-hs1ci
    @FranciscoSantos-hs1ci 3 года назад +30

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

  • @waflletoast11
    @waflletoast11 3 года назад +569

    Who's here from the Johnny harris channel😎😎

  • @jennifercuddy5663
    @jennifercuddy5663 2 года назад +1

    I think it might help tenants if they had some kind of tenant insurance to cover costs during crises like these. It could even be federalized like social security tax withholding but separate.

  • @KangaJack-ns9gd
    @KangaJack-ns9gd 8 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @icemule
      @icemule 4 месяца назад +1

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

  • @MasonsTurtle
    @MasonsTurtle 3 года назад +189

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

    • @nikkigriffin08
      @nikkigriffin08 3 года назад +29

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

    • @Daarkdevil93
      @Daarkdevil93 3 года назад +8

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

    • @ehsan_kia
      @ehsan_kia 3 года назад +19

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

    • @usersays8599
      @usersays8599 3 года назад +13

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

    • @markgupton1313
      @markgupton1313 3 года назад +1

      Why don't you move to one ?

  • @circularpath
    @circularpath 3 года назад +40

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

  • @ptrkmr
    @ptrkmr 2 года назад +61

    I love how easily Trump could’ve been re-elected had he just listened to science and urged others to do so

    • @A.C.Lawrence
      @A.C.Lawrence 2 года назад +7

      Early January the WHO told the world covid doesn't spread human to human.

    • @bsqwahlE
      @bsqwahlE 2 года назад +21

      @@A.C.Lawrence WHO is dependent on information from member countries. WHO did say human to human transmission was not indicated, but more case studies were needed.
      On January 20th, WHO reported that COVID spread thru human to human contact.
      New information changes situations. Somehow that's not accepted in America.

    • @burnellbrowne4303
      @burnellbrowne4303 2 года назад +7

      I'M GLAD trump is GONE HE HAS DONE NOTHING IN HIS 4yrs but LIE and CHEAT America

    • @krugersavage6347
      @krugersavage6347 2 года назад +1

      Dang

    • @theRealUmpZY
      @theRealUmpZY 2 года назад +8

      @@jonatoieri 200 people out of every million infected with a

  • @edgarmichael3276
    @edgarmichael3276 2 года назад

    Another look now please? Love this piece.