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>>> WELCOME BACK. IT IS HER TO BELIEVE IT TODAY MARKS SIX MONTHS SINCE THE
FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS IN HE HAS.
>> SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE
THEN.
>> YOU MIGHT KNOW ME BETTER AS
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.
IT HAS BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE I
MADE IT TO THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS HOW I HAVE CHANGE YOUR
LIFE AND YOUR WORLD IN SUCH A
SHORT TIME.
I WAS FIRST CONFIRMED IN MESSY
UNITED STATES ON JANUARY 21,
WHEN A MAN IN WASHINGTON STATE
TESTED POSITIVE.
THIS CAUSE SHORTNESS OF BREATH,
FEVER, COUGHING, PEOPLE STARTED
TO LOSE THEIR SENSE AND TASTE.
21 DAYS AFTER I GOT HERE,
FEBRUARY 11, SCIENTIST NAMED
THE NEW DISEASE THAT I CAUSE,
COVID-19.
IN AT FIRST 21 DAYS, I INFECTED
12 PEOPLE.
THE FIRST 65 DAYS, I INFECTED
100,000 PEOPLE.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF SOMEBODY
INFECTED 50 TO 60.
55 DAYS AFTER THAT, 1.8 MILLION
PEOPLE WERE INFECTED.
THIS WAS THROUGH MAY 31, AN
INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1064%.
THE AVERAGE AGE DROPPED TO JUST
33 YEARS OLD.
I AM A VIRUS.
I SPREAD EASILY ON SHIPS, ON
TRAINS, ON PLANES, AIRLINES CUT
THEIR FLIGHT SCHEDULES.
APRIL 14, JUST 84,000 PEOPLE
WERE SCREENED BY TSA.
96% DROP FROM THE SAME DAY LAST
YEAR.
ON JUNE 1, YES AIRLINES CUT
GLOBAL ROUTES BY NEARLY 75%.
CITIES, COUNTIES, ENTIRE STATES
PUT SHUT DOWNS IN PLACE.
I TOOK A TOLL ON YOUR JOBS FROM
MID-MARCH TO THE FIRST WEEK IN
JULY, MORE THAN 40 MILLION
PEOPLE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT
FROM 3.5% IN FEBRUARY TO 14.7%
IN APRIL TO MORE THAN 11% IN
JUNE.
I TOOK A TOLL ON YOUR BUSINESS
IS.
NEARLY 100 COMPANIES, WITH MORE
THAN 500 EMPLOYEES FILED FOR
BANKRUPTCY.
HOUSEHOLD NAMES LIKE J.CREW,
JCPENNEY AND NEIMAN MARCUS,
HAVE NO SIGN OF A CUSTOMER COME
BACK.
REX BROTHERS, A 200-YEAR-OLD
COMPANY TURNED TO BANKRUPTCY
BECAUSE OF A SIX-MONTH-OLD
PANDEMIC.
I TOOK A TOLL ON YOUR STOCK
MARKET.
THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY STOCK
MARKETS WORLDWIDE SAW THEIR
LARGEST ONE-WEEK LOSSES SINCE
THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS.
BY JUNE, THE LOSSES HAD BEEN
REGAINED, BUT INSTABILITY
REMAINS.
STATES REOPENED TO HELP SAVE
BUSINESSES.
TEXAS BEGAN REOPENING IN APRIL.
AND THEN DINING INDOORS, AND
BARS, YOU STARTED TO GO AND I
STARTED TO SPREAD FASTER.
IT TOOK ME 76 DAYS TO IN FACT
50,000 PEOPLE IN TEXAS.
31 DAYS LATER, 100,000
INFECTIONS.
11 DAYS AFTER THAT, 150,000
INFECTIONS.
JUST EIGHT DAYS LATER, I HAD
INFECTED MY 200,000TH PERSON IN
TEXAS.
IN THE SIX MONTHS THAT I HAVE
BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES, AN
ESTIMATED 953,000 PEOPLE HAVE
RECOVERED. BUT DOCTORS ARE
STILL FIGURING OUT WHAT
RECOVERY LOOKS LIKE.
BECAUSE SCIENTISTS ARE WATCHING
ME TRANSFORM.
DOCTORS DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE
IMMUNE TO ME AFTER YOU AND ARE
INFECTED.
STILL, LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE
THERE IS A VACCINE.
UNTIL THEN, YOU WILL FIGHT TO
STOP MY SPREAD.
SOME OF YOU WILL SOCIAL
DISTANCE.
OTHERS WILL NOT.
SOME OF YOU WILL WEAR A MASK.
OTHERS WILL NOT.
SOME OF YOU WILL STAY HOME.
OTHERS WILL NOT.
YOU MIGHT KNOW ME BETTER AS THE
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.
SIX MONTHS AGO I MADE IT TO THE