[转发ENG SUB] Chen Qiushi: Wuhan is short of test kits, beds;

Transcript from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AI3R41dGnU, copy-pasted for easier reading.

00:01 Hi everyone, I am Chen Qiushi
00:04 It's now Jan 30th, 11AM something
00:07 The video today might be a bit long. I'll be more talkative
00:11 Sorry about that
00:13 My videos before were usually vertical and below 5 mins
00:18 Because my main audience is mainland Chinese
00:21 I am not too focused on how audience abroad will view the video
00:23 vertical video is more the Mainland Chinese way of viewing videos
00:28 5 mins is the longest Wechat can load
00:31 So I had wished people would download them and spread them on Wechat
00:36 When I was talking about rule of law, equality, checks and balances...
00:40 This time in Wuhan
00:42 I've seen a lot. It's my 6th day in Wuhan.
00:48 My name has been flagged in China
00:51 If the content contains "Chenqiushi" or "CQS"
00:54 or my face
00:55 It will not be sent on Wechat
00:57 Many people told me
00:59 Anybody who spread my video, will have their account deleted
01:02 Because there have been a lot of rumors on Wechat
01:06 You can watch this video
01:08 I don't recommend forwarding it on Wechat
01:11 Because if you do, your wechat account will be deleted, like mine
01:14 I have lost contact with many people
01:16 Today it's the 30th. Let me talk about my experience in the pat couple of days
01:20 My first two days in Wuhan, I went to
01:25 Wuhan Central Hospital (on New Year's Eve)
01:28 I went to No.11 hospital twice
01:31 I went to supermarkets in Wuhan
01:34 I went with volunteers to donate supplies, to Xiehe Hospital
01:38 I went to the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital
01:40 This is a while back
01:42 Yesterday
01:44 Jan 29th
01:46 I went to Wuhan's No.5 People's Hospital
01:49 The place where many doctors are rumored to have been infected
01:53 but
01:54 I can't...it's impossible to ask the doctors
01:57 "Did your colleagues get infected?"
01:59 Doctors are busy. And it's impossible for me to interview leaders of the hospital
02:02 None of them will take interviews
02:05 Becuase...I heard..that all medical workers received orders not to take interviews
02:11 In some hospitals, they confiscate doctors' phones
02:14 keeping them from spreading news
02:15 Now we already know, the 8 "rumormongers" arrested at the beginning.
02:17 Seems like they are all doctors
02:19 They talked about the virus in their wechat groups
02:23 I made a video a few days back, saying
02:28 civilian groups in Wuhan are disorganized
02:32 Soon I was proven wrong, some volunteer groups reached out
02:36 Some drove medical workers to work
02:40 Some are in charge of transporting and unloading goods
02:43 Because there are supplies coming in from Wuhan
02:45 They are in charge of unloading them and sending them to the hospitals
02:48 That's what the volunteers are doing
02:49 I added them on Wechat, I will participate in their activity
02:54 But I could see...they are under tremendous workload
02:57 The volunteers have a lot to complain, they don't have it easy
03:01 The Chinese public don't trust the Red Cross
03:04 So they sent small packages to the hospitals
03:08 We saw, in the hospitals' receiving room
03:11 There were many small packages. But in fact they are very inefficient
03:14 Think about it, hospitals have to get workers to open them one by one
03:17 Masks, hazmat suits, of different models, different types
03:21 Different qualities...they have it all
03:23 They had to categorize them, inspect them, figure out how to use them
03:28 The best way is of course from org to org
03:30 A truckload directly to the hospital. This is the best scenario
03:34 Volunteers had to help with these things. Small packages from all over the nation
03:38 It's already a lot to do
03:41 I saw a volunteer's wechat moment
03:44 saying that the police is asking them for supplies
03:47 He was saying "where are all the donations received by the government?"
03:49 Why is the government asking us civilian groups for supplies?
03:52 The situation is still...a mess
03:54 Like I said, I visited people on the Huoshenshan Hospital construction site
03:59 Workers on the site are working so hard
04:02 Workers are on 2 or 3 shifts, working 24 hours
04:05 Mid- to low-level managers, unlike workers,
04:09 They have no time to rest
04:11 When they saw us, their eyes were red, their voice shot
04:14 Saying "I've no time to take care of you. Leave the masks and look around as you wish"
04:19 "I've not gone home in 3 days. I sleep 2 or 3 hours a day
04:22 The guy who brought me there works in construction. He knows people in the field
04:28 The head worker on the site said
04:30 "We are all from Wuhan. If we die of overwork here. I guess we are martyrs"
04:34 "If we can do something for Wuhan, then good"
04:38 Chinese people are really...
04:40 I hate the saying "Do the labor, don't complain"
04:43 Why the fuck should they do the labor and not complain?
04:48 Then
04:49 I'm going to answer a stupid question
04:52 "Why couldn't we convert hotels into hospitals?"
04:56 Because, hospitals for infectious diseases
05:00 Need to be sectioned into "Red zone", "yellow zone" and "green zone"
05:04 Places that hold infected patients, cannot let any air out
05:07 So ordinary hotels cannot hold people who are infected
05:11 They can be used to quarantine suspected cases, sure
05:14 The 200 something Japanese people who returned to Japan are now quarantined at a hotel
05:18 But the hospitals being built now are under "negative pressure"
05:21 Air pressure inside is lower than air pressure outside
05:25 Air only goes in, not out
05:27 They have to have special drainage systems, ensuring
05:30 all contaminated air, water, etc, won't leak outside
05:34 This is what they are building
05:37 In just several days
05:39 They are racing with time
05:40 Now I don't know if there will be accidents on the construction site
05:43 Because all of these companies are working together to build it
05:46 The requirements are so strict
05:48 The speed is so high, it's hard not to
05:50 have hiccups
05:53 Now let's talk about
05:55 Yesterday
05:56 Yesterday, on the 29th
05:57 I went to Wuhan's NO.5 People's Hospital
06:00 In No.5 Hospital, there were not many people
06:03 But I talked to some patients, this time more in depth
06:06 Before this, I went to
06:07 Wuhan Central Hospital, there were fewer people due to New Year's Eve
06:10 Then I went to other hospitals, fewer people as well
06:13 This is due to a few reasons
06:14 First
06:16 most people were "sealed away"at home
06:19 Some people were not allowed to leave their apartment
06:22 So
06:23 how can you go to the hospital if you don't have transportation?
06:26 This is the first reason
06:28 The second reason, if you are in the hospital, you know even if you get there
06:32 You can't get a bed or a diagnostic test, why go at all?
06:36 I made a video before, complaining that
06:39 In local chat groups, stupid people were
06:42 saying whatever they want
06:44 Then my friend says "Qiushi, you joined a group full of crazies"
06:46 So he added me to a chat group made of local taxi driver
06:50 Taxi drivers have the most up-to-date news in the city. Right? Though sometimes they spread rumors
06:56 These drivers told me
06:58 Many of them, as early as mid-December, heard from friends and family about the virus
07:03 Because their friends and families were locals, they knew about the infectious disease
07:07 They suspected it was SARS
07:08 Why couldn't we call it SARS?
07:10 It is SIMILAR to SARS, alright?
07:12 Why should an ordinary citizen distinguish between SARS and the coronavirus?
07:16 Now, the Wuhan police
07:17 doesn't even apologize one bit
07:20 They only said "your rumormongering is not a serious offense"
07:22 "Because you mistook the virus for SARS"
07:25 For example,
07:26 somebody says "there's a Northeastern Tiger in the mountain, don't go there!"
07:30 Then
07:31 A gov official says "there's no tiger!" And then the tiger kills a bunch of people
07:34 After the gov wakes up to it, they say:
07:36 "It's not Northeastern Tiger, it's a Huanan Tiger"
07:38 "You made a mistake. So your rumormongering is only a light offense"
07:41 You mistook the type of the tiger
07:47 Let's go back
07:48 Some taxi drivers knew about it in mid- to late- December
07:52 Among the taxi drivers, they start to
07:54 telling each other not to go to Huanan Market
07:57 Some who used to shop there no longer went there
08:00 I don't know if Hunan Market is the real source of the virus
08:04 But it is really a source of the outbreak
08:06 Understood? I don't know where the virus comes from
08:08 But Huanan Market is where many people got sick
08:11 This is why when I went there, the locals were terrified
08:15 Tha taxi drivers
08:18 There are about 20,000 taxis in the city.
08:21 Tens of thousands of Ubers (Didis and the like)
08:23 The latter were private vehicles
08:24 Taxis were a public service, belonging to Taxi companies
08:27 They requisitioned 6000 taxis to "ensure supply"
08:30 "Ensure transportation needs"
08:31 But how they went about doing it?
08:34 Every neighborhood has 4 taxis
08:36 One neighborhood jurisdiction has at least several apartment complexes
08:40 For example, Tiantongyuan of Beijing
08:44 With it's zone 1, zone 2....in total it has 600,000 to 1 million people
08:48 Wuhan has 11-14 million people
08:52 Let's say 5 million have left the city, 9 million remain
08:56 A neighborhood has a population in the 10,000s or 100,000s
09:01 ONLY 4 TAXIS?
09:03 They say the taxis were for "emergency goods transportation"
09:07 Or "critically ill patients".
09:09 The taxis are mostly "for goods", not "for people"
09:12 JUST 4 TAXIS. If you need it, you have to call the neighborhood office
09:16 The neighborhood volunteer has to help you arrange it
09:19 Basically, you won't get to use it!
09:21 So yesterday, a local lent me a scooter
09:25 When I rode it and went to the street, many people were riding scooters or shared bikes to go to the hospital
09:30 Wuhan is huge! I feel like its area is bigger than Beijing!
09:34 It's separated by the river, into
09:35 Hankou, Wuchang... several boroughs, it's huge
09:39 That's why people are not at the hospital
09:41 Why hospitals were not crowded.
09:43 Many people have no way of going there
09:44 It's like 'Brother Mask' said
09:46 Patients rely on 120 emergency ambulance for transport
09:50 Are there enough ambulences or taxis? No
09:53 Taxi drivers also complained that they were asked to "ensure supply"
09:57 They have to buy their own masks and hazmat suits
10:02 Let's continue
10:03 There's not enough logistical power
10:06 A huge amount of people are "locked down"
10:08 Some people even suspected
10:10 If I didn't see it for myself...
10:13 heard with my own ears...
10:15 I will say "some people suspect"
10:17 I can't be like people on the internet
10:19 I have my own face at stake
10:20 I will only tell you what I saw and heard in real life
10:24 I won't just spread a screenshot or a video from the internet
10:31 Some people suspect the hospitals drove the patients away
10:34 Because Premier Li Keqiang was visiting
10:37 That's why you see a dwindling number of patients in the hospital
10:40 Yesterday, I went to No.5 Hospital
10:43 It was fairly orderly
10:45 Many people are here for the test kits
10:48 So that they can be sure whether they are confirmed
10:53 I blended in with the crowd, stood in line
10:57 I pretended to be a patient and stood in line with others
11:00 I asked "how many days have you been coughing or having a fever?"
11:03 "Are you here for a diagnosis or checkup?"
11:05 "You are holding a CT scan, why are you here?"
11:07 "Is it just you who got infected, or is your family infected too?"
11:11 Some patients had coughed for days
11:13 and had a fever for days
11:14 the meds are not driving away the fever
11:16 They are "suspected"
11:17 But being a "suspected" case is psychological torture!
11:31 I coughed for 6 days. How are my symptoms not serious?
11:34 Don't you try and tell me that again!
11:38 Don't you try and tell me again!
11:40 Then, in hospital reception
11:42 Sorry, my thoughts are disorganized
11:46 The nurse at the reception
11:49 was registering patients and handing out numbers
11:52 like "you are no. 126, there are test kits today."
11:54 "Go stand in line on the 2nd floor, Department of Testing"
11:58 "Those of you who can confirm their infections, they can stop worrying whether they got it."
12:05 Some local friends hooked me up with an "suspected" patient
12:10 And I followed him to see the process of seeking medical treatment
12:15 I saw a patient
12:17 Yesterday afternoon, I went to Hospital No.5 12:20 Then I followed the patient to Tongji Hospital
12:24 I talked to him, and other patients at Tongji Hospital
12:30 Many people have gone to 3 to 5 hospitals
12:33 and were deemed "suspected infections"
12:35 He said originally, he had a shadow on his left lung
12:38 glass-like shadow
12:40 Then he got it in both of his lungs
12:41 Along with other symptoms
12:43 He had trouble breathing, he felt sick
12:47 but
12:47 When he arrived at Tongji
12:49 With his scan
12:51 It's the first time I ever felt frightened
12:54 It's...
12:55 More than a dozen oxygen tanks at the entrance
12:59 With "full of oxygen, be careful" on them
13:03 Inside...
13:07 People are lying on benches
13:08 There are added beds in the hallway
13:10 There are added beds near the bathroom!
13:13 60-70% of the patients are inhaling oxygen
13:16 Some people are inhaling pressurized oxygen with a mask
13:20 If it's not pneumonia, why the need for pressurized oxygen?
13:25 When I went with a local patient to seek medical treatment
13:29 His brother went with him
13:30 He said "if it weren't for my brother, I wouldn't dare come here. Why are you here?"
13:35 We have to disinfect ourselves thoroughly going in and out.
13:40 When we saw doctors...and medical workers
13:45 The patient I went with was not well-organized
13:49 He forgot his newest scan for the doctor
13:51 The doctor said: "where's your scan? not the one from 5 days ago. the new one"
13:56 He said "I only have a picture of it in my phone"
14:01 The doctor said "I need the scan. This is too small"
14:04 The patient said "Can I get diagnsoed first?"
14:07 The doc said "it's not your call. We have to evaluate you first"
14:11 After that, we have to prioritize critically ill patients. Because we don't have enough test kits
14:17 NOT ENOUGH TEST KITS!
14:20 I saw online that Tianjin gave Wuhan 10,000 test kits
14:23 But just Wuhan alone has 10 million people!
14:25 Distributed to all the hospitals
14:28 Only a few hundred test kits per hospital
14:31 There's not enough!
14:33 Some locals said the hospitals will keep some test kits for the doctors
14:36 I think that's fine. Who will save you if the doctors get sick?
14:41 China has a saying: "let's not worry about how to share the pie. Let's make the pie big first!"
14:47 But now the pie isn't big enough!
14:49 If you are a doctor, and tens of thousands of patients ask you for test kits
14:55 And you only have a few hundreds
14:58 How do you distribute them?
15:01 That's why some patients, after going to 5 or 6 hospitals, gave up
15:06 Because they have to stand in line for a long time to get diagnosed. Only when they are diagnosed
15:11 can they be allowed inside the hospital
15:13 All of the hospitals I went to told me there weren't enough beds. No beds
15:18 That's why they are building the hospital!
15:26 Yesterday, that patient
15:29 didn't end up getting tested
15:31 Docs, nurses, their attitudes were great. In their suits, sweating like that
15:37 They were so tired, but they were still working and guiding you
15:41 Doctors were seeing patients, and guards were maintaining order
15:44 It was already better managed than before, but
15:47 patients in the hospital yards, they were still helpless
15:51 Some were receiving IV on the bench
15:54 Those more well-off had their IV in their car
15:57 They hang the IV bottle on a tree
16:01 Those without cars just did so outside, in the cold
16:06 They sat on the stoops, hanging their bottle on a stick
16:11 I'm only telling you what I saw and heard personally from the patients
16:16 Rumours online
16:18 There are so many of them
16:20 If you want rumours, go online. I only say what I saw
16:24 This is the case with this patient, in his 40s, a guy
16:28 He was steps away from crying in front of me
16:32 "I had coughed and had a fever for a week"
16:37 "Now my brother has a fever"
16:38 "My mother-in-law has a fever"
16:40 "A day before the lockdown"
16:43 "I had supper with my relatives."
16:46 "I went to my mother-in-law's and had dinner with them."
16:48 "I played Mahjong with my old classmates"
16:50 "I was in contact with a dozen people!"
16:52 "If I'm confirmed, what's going to happen to them?"
16:55 "It is over for my whole family"
16:59 This is what he told me in person
17:04 then
17:07 Other news, for example
17:09 I've been in contact with Japan's Foreign Ministry
17:11 In the past, I'd gone to Japan through them. I had a relationship with officials there
17:16 Now, they don't really respond to my Wechat anymore
17:18 I asked to shoot their repatriation procedure
17:21 I want to interact with the embassy, I want to know how serious this outbreak is
17:25 Because your repatriation might cause panic among Chinese people. This is important
17:30 But he said...we can't arrange that for you
17:33 Now, they say about 200 Japanese people are repatriated
17:36 How many were confirmed?
17:38 You should pay attention to this:
17:42 How many were confirmed cases among the 200 Japanese citizens?
17:46 This ratio is important! It is important! Do you understand?
17:51 Let' continue
17:52 Sorry, my thoughts are disorganized. Because I've started to be frightened
17:56 I am frightened
17:59 Because Wuhan locals won't go to the hospital unless they are truly worried about themselves
18:05 There is no one on the street. The locals are really terrified
18:10 I'm jealous of those CCTV guys!
18:14 They could go inside Jinyintan Hospital's infected zone
18:18 But they are safer than me
18:20 They are fully protected, with hazmat suits, the whole thing
18:23 Jinyintan Hospital has red zone, yellow zone, and green zone
18:27 Red is infected zone, yellow is danger zone, green is safety zone
18:31 CCTV people were in the green zone, interviewing the patients with videochat
18:37 That's safe! I was in the clinic!
18:40 I couldn't go to the in-patient area. It was not allowed.
18:43 No way I am allowed to interview local experts or officials
18:47 But who knows how many people were infected with the virus?
18:52 All doctors there were in full hazmat suits
18:55 I only have goggles and two masks
18:57 I had a coat, which I disinfect everyday. I hang it outside, for fear of infections
19:02 I reek of disinfectant!
19:03 Nobody dares to go to the hospital
19:06 Before I came, I wanted to contact Caixin
19:08 Because before the lockdown, Caixin was the only outlet that was in Wuhan
19:12 no other outlets!
19:13 Interviewing for news is a professional skill
19:16 Not just waving a phone to take videos, that's not news
19:19 I try hard not to tell you rumors I heard. I am only telling you what I experienced.
19:25 I tried contacting Caixin through friends, I couldn't.
19:28 I found someone who worked there. He didn't want to talk to me. Nobody dared talk to me
19:31 Even less likely that CCTV will talk to me
19:34 Yesterday, I met an anchor from a TV station in Guangdong. That was nice.
19:39 I wanted to learn about how to do a professional interview
19:43 I shouted out to Wang Zhian on twitter
19:47 He is an investigative reporter, who reported on Zhou Libo, or whoever it is, about the boxing school
19:55 I had Laoliang's Wechat
19:59 While Liang was still in China, I asked him if I could join Wang Zhi'an's team
20:03 Wang is one of the few investigative reporters left
20:06 Now, according to stats, there are less than 200 investigative reporters in China
20:10 This time, there is no reporter around
20:12 I tried reaching out to him on twitter, I hope he teaches me how to
20:17 interview effectively, how to cut to the chase
20:20 I reached him eventualy. He taught be a little.
20:25 Then, finally, I heard there was one reporter from a Hongkong TV station
20:31 she hasn't returned home
20:33 I finally got her on Wechat, and she speaks Chinese
20:38 I thought I met a comrade. I said "Can we exchange information? Can we interview together?"
20:43 She said: "Lawyer Chen, I haven't left for 6, 7 days. I have been in the hotel."
20:47 The TV station ordered us not to leave. We had to protect the safety of our staff
20:50 "So Lawyer Chen, you have done more than all of us"
20:53 "If you have news, please share with us."
20:57 Now I know what it feels to be alone!
21:02 I contacted the reporter from New York Times, in Wuhan
21:06 I contacted him on Twitter, I don't know where he is yet
21:09 His name is Bai-something. I read through his tweets
21:13 I don't know if he's Chinese. But he can write Chinese.
21:17 I saw his twitter. I also don't see any pictures from the clinic, the infected zone
21:23 Nobody is on location!
21:26 That's why I'm starting to get scared.
21:30 Especially...I heard news from a Japanese outlet
21:32 A driver who received tour groups from Wuhan
21:36 who only helped guests handle luggage, he is infected!
21:40 I have been on the frontline for 3 or 4 days, in the clinic
21:51 Psychological stress
21:53 can really break you down
21:56 For example, many patients seeking help
21:59 Some told me "it might just be a cold, but I have to be sure"
22:04 "If you don't diagnose me, how would I know?"
22:06 That's why he's here. But there are only hundreds of test kits.
22:09 Why would they use it on you, somebody who's only coughing?
22:13 But these patients are really unhappy, saying...
22:16 "You only serve the critically ill. My symptoms are light now, but you have to wait until they become critical-level?"
22:20 "When I become gravely ill, can you still save my life?"
22:24 But we only have a few hundred test kits!
22:27 Yesterday, I...
22:29 I saw another dead body in Tongji Hospital
22:32 His face was not covered. This time he was sitting.
22:36 Is he okay?
22:42 He passed away
22:44 He died?
22:46 Yes. [Unclear]
22:47 "Have they not found a vehicle to transport him?"
22:50 They are going to put him in the morgue
22:52 He was so gravely ill. But the car arrived too late.
22:55 "He's passed..." [Unclear]
23:01 I don't know by "car", if she meant the ambulance
23:04 but think
23:05 You hear ambulances, intended for critically ill patients, all the time on the street
23:11 Especially at night, there was nothing but ambulance. Do you know how scary it is?
23:19 The old man...after a while, we left and came back
23:23 We saw them wrap him up in a yellow body bag and send him away
23:29 This is what I saw yesterday in Tongji Hospital
23:33 I'm under a lot of stress. These days, my breathing has been labored
23:38 My chest hurts a bit
23:41 I don't know. I hope it's just stress.
23:43 I have diarrhea, because I've always had that problem
23:48 I have a weak digestive system, and I've drunk a lot of milk
23:52 One of the symptoms is diarrhea
23:55 And lung problems
23:57 Maybe it's because 5 or 6 hours of wearing masks, not enough air....that I have chest pain
24:06 I sent my location to a few friends in Wuhan yesterday
24:11 Because, only Brother Mask knew where I lived
24:14 I don't even know Brother Mask's name. I'm not good with names or faces
24:20 Okay, this is Jan 29th.
24:24 What I saw
24:25 Again, I'm only telling you what I saw
24:29 What patients' family told me in person
24:34 Lack of masks, lack of hazmat suits and protections
24:37 Lack of supplies in general
24:39 Most importantly, lack of test kits
24:44 No test kits, no diagnoses
24:46 You can only quarantine yourself at home
24:48 If there are test kits
24:50 you still need a bed
24:52 If you have bed, you still need a doctor
24:54 You can't just have a line of patients lying there without a doctor
24:57 we need doctors
24:58 The outbreak is still serious. Many problems are not solved.
25:04 today
25:08 that's about it
25:10 I should go out for interviews today
25:13 I talked to the NYT reporter
25:16 I asked him if I could interview him. He said he could not be photographed
25:20 He wanted to interview me instead
25:29 That's it. Today I am talkative. I talked for more than 20 minutes
25:36 That's it.
25:40 I will do my best to perk up.
25:43 I will.
25:45 The department of justice called me again.
25:47 Qingdao Police Station called me as well
25:49 They asked me where I was. They asked me to cooperate with their investigation.
25:52 I said "I was in Wuhan". They asked "why?"
25:53 I said "if you don't know I'm in Wuhan, why are you looking for me?"
25:55 to cooperate with what?
25:57 They asked "where do you live in Wuhan?"
26:00 I said "at a friend's"
26:03 They are talking to my parents
26:05 yesterday, or the day before
26:07 My mom said "don't I worry about him more than you?"
26:09 "Don't I wish him to return more than you?"
26:15 I am scared.
26:17 I have the virus in front of me.
26:19 Behind me is China's law enforcement
26:23 But I will perk up
26:25 If I am still alive in this city
26:27 I will continue my report
26:29 I will only tell you what I saw, what I heard
26:34 I love to say emotional things
26:37 I'm saying this harsh thing right here
26:40 Fuck you, I'm not even scared of death
26:42 You think I'm scared of you Chinese Communist Party?