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USA-Long COVID/Disability
FILE: USA - December 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of ambulance, medics at entrance to hospital
FILE: Chicago, Illinois, USA - Nov 18, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of medical workers taking care of patients in wards
San Francisco, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie McComb, long COVID patient:
"I rely on my partner as a full-time caretaker to make me food, to help do my laundry, do all the cooking and cleaning. I can only really bathe myself, but even in the shower, I can't stand up and I haven't stood up in a shower since 2020."
FILE: Arkansas, USA - Aug 11, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Medical worker, sign reading "Attention. This is a COVID-19 area. Mask Required."
5. Various of doctors, nurses in full personal protective equipment working at medical center
San Francisco, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie McComb, long COVID patient (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"With the rates of long COVID that we're seeing, and the very high degree of disability that correlates with long COVID, it's unequivocally, it's the greatest modern mass-disabling event in history. And the fact that we're not treating it as such, or even not recognizing it as such is only going to make this emergency prone to just a more dire strait."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Arkansas, USA - Aug 11, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of nurse in full personal protective equipment taking care of patients
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Chicago, USA - Feb 22, 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of medical workers at hospital
San Francisco, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie McComb, long COVID patient (partially overlaid with shot 10-11/ending with shot 12):
"We are now almost three years into this pandemic. Every government on earth knows how prevalent and severe long COVID is. And if they are choosing not to distribute that information, it is deliberate misinformation on the risk of infection."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Chicago, Illinois, USA - Nov 18, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Medical worker taking care of patients in wards
FILE: Chicago, Illinois, USA - Feb 22, 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Vital sign monitoring equipment
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Kansas, USA - Sept 16, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Medical workers in hospital corridor
FILE: New York City, USA - April 22, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Various of ambulances on street
The impact caused by long COVID, especially the high degree of disabilities makes it the greatest modern mass-disabling event in history, a long COVID patient from the United States said.
According to the data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 24 million adults in the U.S. suffer from the after-effects of long COVID. Research by the Brookings Institute in August shows that around four million Americans lost their jobs due to the after-effects of long COVID.
Charlie McComb, 32, is a long-COVID patient living in San Francisco. After being infected with COVID-19 in 2020, Charlie developed persistent breathing difficulties, fatigue, and memory loss and became disabled.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), McComb talked about how his life has changed with long COVID, and how its prevalence and severity could result in a greater public health disaster.
"I rely on my partner as a full-time caretaker to make me food, to help do my laundry, do all the cooking and cleaning. I can only really bathe myself, but even in the shower, I can't stand up and I haven't stood up in a shower since 2020," McComb said.
In his opinion, the U.S. government’s failure to issue a public health warning against long COVID has led to the public's ignorance and could possibly cause a greater public health disaster.
"With the rates of long COVID that we're seeing, and the very high degree of disability that correlates with long COVID, it's unequivocally, it's the greatest modern mass-disabling event in history. And the fact that we're not treating it as such, or even not recognizing it as such is only going to make this emergency prone to just a more dire strait," McComb said.
He believes authorities need to disclose the impacts of long COVID to the public due to the severity of the health crisis.
"We are now almost three years into this pandemic. Every government on earth knows how prevalent and severe long COVID is. And if they are choosing not to distribute that information, it is deliberate misinformation on the risk of infection," McComb said.
USA-Long COVID/Disability
Dateline : Recent/File
Location : United States
Duration : 1'45
FILE: USA - December 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of ambulance, medics at entrance to hospital
FILE: Chicago, Illinois, USA - Nov 18, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of medical workers taking care of patients in wards
San Francisco, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie McComb, long COVID patient:
"I rely on my partner as a full-time caretaker to make me food, to help do my laundry, do all the cooking and cleaning. I can only really bathe myself, but even in the shower, I can't stand up and I haven't stood up in a shower since 2020."
FILE: Arkansas, USA - Aug 11, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Medical worker, sign reading "Attention. This is a COVID-19 area. Mask Required."
5. Various of doctors, nurses in full personal protective equipment working at medical center
San Francisco, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie McComb, long COVID patient (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"With the rates of long COVID that we're seeing, and the very high degree of disability that correlates with long COVID, it's unequivocally, it's the greatest modern mass-disabling event in history. And the fact that we're not treating it as such, or even not recognizing it as such is only going to make this emergency prone to just a more dire strait."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Arkansas, USA - Aug 11, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of nurse in full personal protective equipment taking care of patients
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Chicago, USA - Feb 22, 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of medical workers at hospital
San Francisco, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie McComb, long COVID patient (partially overlaid with shot 10-11/ending with shot 12):
"We are now almost three years into this pandemic. Every government on earth knows how prevalent and severe long COVID is. And if they are choosing not to distribute that information, it is deliberate misinformation on the risk of infection."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Chicago, Illinois, USA - Nov 18, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Medical worker taking care of patients in wards
FILE: Chicago, Illinois, USA - Feb 22, 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Vital sign monitoring equipment
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Kansas, USA - Sept 16, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Medical workers in hospital corridor
FILE: New York City, USA - April 22, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Various of ambulances on street
The impact caused by long COVID, especially the high degree of disabilities makes it the greatest modern mass-disabling event in history, a long COVID patient from the United States said.
According to the data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 24 million adults in the U.S. suffer from the after-effects of long COVID. Research by the Brookings Institute in August shows that around four million Americans lost their jobs due to the after-effects of long COVID.
Charlie McComb, 32, is a long-COVID patient living in San Francisco. After being infected with COVID-19 in 2020, Charlie developed persistent breathing difficulties, fatigue, and memory loss and became disabled.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), McComb talked about how his life has changed with long COVID, and how its prevalence and severity could result in a greater public health disaster.
"I rely on my partner as a full-time caretaker to make me food, to help do my laundry, do all the cooking and cleaning. I can only really bathe myself, but even in the shower, I can't stand up and I haven't stood up in a shower since 2020," McComb said.
In his opinion, the U.S. government’s failure to issue a public health warning against long COVID has led to the public's ignorance and could possibly cause a greater public health disaster.
"With the rates of long COVID that we're seeing, and the very high degree of disability that correlates with long COVID, it's unequivocally, it's the greatest modern mass-disabling event in history. And the fact that we're not treating it as such, or even not recognizing it as such is only going to make this emergency prone to just a more dire strait," McComb said.
He believes authorities need to disclose the impacts of long COVID to the public due to the severity of the health crisis.
"We are now almost three years into this pandemic. Every government on earth knows how prevalent and severe long COVID is. And if they are choosing not to distribute that information, it is deliberate misinformation on the risk of infection," McComb said.
ID : 8301203
Published : 2022-11-24 11:10
Last Modified : 2022-11-25 15:04:34
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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