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How is it that
we're this deep into a pandemic
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but we still don't have
a standardized way
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to get the test done
in our nostrils?
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Can anybody tell this to me?
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Like, everyone has their own
technique of doing the thing.
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You know what I mean?
Like, some people do, like,
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the gentle, like, tickle twirl.
You know what I mean?
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Where they just try
to get you to sneeze.
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And then some people do
the thing where they're, like--
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it's like a coloring pencil
in your nose.
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And then other people do
the thing where they're trying
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to see if coronavirus
is in the depths of your brain.
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You know what I mean? It's like
therapy but with a cotton swab.
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"Uh, is this what you think
of your parents?"
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"Aah! Yeah,
you've rechanged my thinking."
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Like, why do they all have
different methods?
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(stammers) How long
have we been in the pandemic?
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Why don't people know...
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Like, there should be one--
Can you imagine
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if we went to the doctor
and then when they were doing
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that thing with the stick
on your tongue,
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they all had, like,
a different technique?
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Like, some doctors were like,
"No, no, no, no,
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"you bring your mouth to me.
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"I hold it here.
Yeah, this is my style.
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That's how I do it."
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Other doctors were like,
"Uh, airplane coming in.
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"Meh. Meh. Meh. Mah.
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You've got cancer."
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I'm just saying,
can we get, like, one standard?
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My nose doesn't know
what to prepare itself for.
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Some days, it's pain.
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Some days, it's pleasure.
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And, yes, it's been very
pleasurable on some occasions.
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Sometimes they twirl that-that
Q-tip in the right way, man.
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Ooh. You feel it in your toes.
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You're like, "Damn, I might
not be positive for COVID,
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but I'm feeling something else."
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Just me?
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I'll see you guys at the test
tomorrow.
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This is The Daily Show
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Hey! What's going on, everybody?
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Welcome to The Daily Show.
I'm Trevor Noah.
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And joining me
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is my good friend Michael Kosta.
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What's going on, Michael?
How you doing?
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I'm doing great.
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You know, tonight's
the third night of Hanukkah.
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Not a lot of people knew that.
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-Yeah. -You know,
everyone's still going to work.
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I always feel like--
First of all, I want to say
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what's up to my Jewish people.
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You know? Great holiday.
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But I feel like...
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What changes 'cause of Hanukkah?
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Everyone has
to still go to work.
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You still got to take care
of your kids.
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You know? I feel like Hanukkah
needs more respect,
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which is why, from now on,
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for the rest of Hanukkah,
I'm not coming into work.
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And I think, all of us,
just don't go to work
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for the rest of Hanukkah and
for all Hanukkahs in the future.
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Solidarity with my Jewish folk.
So...
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-Hmm. -I'm an ally
to the Jewish people.
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I also am not gonna go to work
for the rest of Hanukkah, so...
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Sounds a lot
like your Diwali argument.
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But, yeah,
good for you, Michael.
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I'm just--
You know, I'm trying to--
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I don't want Hanukkah
to get the second--
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I don't want Hanukkah
to get the shaft.
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-I-I mean, I-I hear you.
-(stammers)
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It's just a little suspicious
that you... (chuckles)
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you always seem to be, you know,
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finding new people
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when it comes
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I'm-I'm just saying.
But good for you.
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-Thank you.
-Good for you.
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L'chaim.
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All right, let's jump
into today's headlines.
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We kick things off
with the new coronavirus variant
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that is scaring the world.
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Omnicron.
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Omarion?
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Malecón.
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Emmanuel Macron?
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Either way, you people know
what I'm talking about.
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The world is still waiting
to find out whether Omicron--
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that's what it is--
will be a significant problem
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in our lives.
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And I wish they would hurry up,
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because I need to know
what I'm doing
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in two weeks from now. You know?
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Should I be buying
my Spider-Man tickets,
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or learning how to hunt
and cook wild animals?
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Or should I split the difference
and buy Spider-Man tickets
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for the wild animals?
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But while most of the world
is willing to wait and see,
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at least one person
feels comfortable
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about making predictions.
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The Moderna CEO
told the Financial Times
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he expects the existing vaccines
to be less effective
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against the new variant
of COVID.
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NEWSMAN: "I think it's going
to be a material drop."
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This was on vaccine efficacy.
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"I just don't know how much
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"because we still need
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"But all of the scientists
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'This is not going to be good.'"
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Hmm. So on the one hand,
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almost all the Omicron cases
have been mild so far.
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But on the other hand,
the guy who stands
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to gain millions of dollars
from new vaccines says
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we need new vaccines. Huh.
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"If we don't make a new vaccine,
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"this disease could be
with us Ferrari.
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"I mean forever.
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Sorry. I was thinking
of something else."
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Now, look, I'm not saying that
the CEO of Moderna is lying.
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I'm not saying that at all.
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I'm just saying I don't think
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he's the most objective source
on this topic, you know?
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I'll wait to hear what neutral
experts say about a new vaccine.
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People like public
health officials,
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or the CEO of Johnson & Johnson.
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I mean, he's got nothing to gain
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'cause nobody's going
to buy his vaccines either way,
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so I trust him.
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And also, if we do need a new
vaccine for this new variant,
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it's not a big deal.
All right, people?
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I see people online being like,
"Aah! Aah!
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We got to get a new shot
every year? Is that right?"
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Yeah, yeah. You know what?
Maybe to not die,
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you might need to take
15 minutes out of your year.
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What? Is your life so busy that
you don't have time for that?
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I guarantee you,
at some point in the next year,
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you will walk by a CVS,
unless you live in the desert.
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Then, it's gonna be, like,
a five-minute walk to a CVS.
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This is classic capitalism,
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foundation of capitalism,
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to sell you something
you already have, right?
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I mean, I just bought the
Taylor Swift album, the new one.
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-Yeah.
-It has the same ten songs
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from an album
she put out ten years ago.
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That's the beauty
of capitalism-- keep buying.
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No, that... She was trying to...
It's a... it's a...
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I bought it. You know who else
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I feel really bad for
with this whole thing?
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Nicki Minaj's
cousin's friend's balls.
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Because he's got
to get another booster.
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-(laughing)
-You know?
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He's gonna be swinging around
a little Mazda in his pants.
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-Oh.
-Yeah.
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You know that wasn't...
Anyway.
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All right,
let's talk about colonialism.
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It's basically gentrification,
but for entire continents.
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It's been a really long time
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since the British
ruled the world,
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but the remnants
of their empire,
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well, they still linger
here and there,
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like Ghislaine Maxwell
at a cheerleading competition.
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But yesterday, yet another
former British colony announced
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that they were cutting ties.
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The island of Barbados
is officially a republic.
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In a ceremony last night,
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the Queen's Standard
lowered for good.
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Queen Elizabeth removed
as head of state,
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and Barbados swore in
its first president.
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The Caribbean island cutting
400 years of British ties.
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Many British fortunes made
from sugar and slavery.
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Prince Charles on hand
to reflect
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on the island's journey as well.
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And a different sort of queen
honored there.
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Pop star Rihanna was named
a national hero.
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Well, damn!
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Rihanna put up one photo
of her butt,
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and immediately,
Barbados was like:
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All right,
we're done with the queen.
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Rihanna is our leader now.
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Meanwhile, the queen was like:
Rihanna?
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Is she the one
who married Harry?
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I mean,
you know what this means, right?
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If the queen wants
her colony back,
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she's gotta fight fire
with fire.
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This doing anything for you,
Barbados?
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You got any regrets now?
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Look at that ass.
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And, you know, you've got to
feel bad for the British Empire.
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I mean, unless your country
was pillaged by them
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and they stole all your jewels
and resources.
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Because, think about it,
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last year,
they lost one Black person,
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and now they've lost an
entire island of Black people?
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This inflation is real, man.
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But what the hell, Brandon?
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Did I do it right?
Is that how it works?
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But you know the story
does remind you,
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it actually does remind you,
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how crazy and massive
colonialism was.
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Like, we think of colonialism as
this old thing from textbooks,
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but you realize that in 2021,
there's still, like,
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a dozen countries that have the
queen's picture on their money!
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And not like the dope picture.
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You understand how wild that is?
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Like, imagine if your ex
had so much power over you
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that 300 years
after you broke up,
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you still had to have their face
on your phone's lock screen.
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Ah, yes!
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Ah, Kelly.
How I don't miss her.
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I also think it makes sense that
the crown is leaving Barbados,
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because for so long, their whole
economy was sugar and slavery,
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two things
that now we know are bad.
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I'm sorry,
did you say now we know are bad?
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You know. Recently.
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Until recently.
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Yeah, at least
now we know, Michael.
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At least now we know.
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-All right, let's move on...
-Sugar will get you, Trevor.
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Sugar?
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Yes. You're right,
Sugar and slavery and sugar.
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Sugar will get you.
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All right, let's move on from
the most fun place in the world
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to the least: North Korea.
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As a dictatorship, North Korea
has a lot of arbitrary rules
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that citizens have to follow--
and I mean have to follow.
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For instance,
they're not allowed
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to listen to foreign music.
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They're not allowed
to smile publicly
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on the anniversary
of Kim Il-sung's death.
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And they are not allowed to make
any international phone calls.
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Which, that last one
I kind of agree with.
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I mean, I don't want people
from North Korea phoning me
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and depressing me
with their problems.
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Like, I've got my own shit
to deal with.
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I've got all this food left over
from Thanksgiving.
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I don't even know
where to put it.
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I'm just saying, like, we've all
got problems, you know?
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But just when you thought
North Korea
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couldn't get
any more oppressive,
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they announced a new law
this week
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that's even telling people
how to dress.
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North Korea
banning leather coats,
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all in an effort to get citizens
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to stop imitating
Kim Jong Un's style.
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The country's dictator
has been spotted
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on numerous occasions
in a cowhide coat.
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According to Radio Free Asia,
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the jackets took off
in North Korea
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after Kim wore one back in 2019.
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Since then, imitation coats have
cropped up across the country.
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Radio Free Asia reporting
there are literal fashion police
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roaming North Korea,
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looking for anyone
sporting a leather jacket.
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According to
an anonymous source,
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law enforcement in the country
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is going after companies
making imitation coats
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as well as anyone
they spot wearing one in public.
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Did they say
there's literal fashion police?
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'Cause now all I'm thinking of
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is, like, North Korea's version
of Queer Eye.
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It's like
Kim Eye for the Korean Guy.
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Them just walking
down the street like,
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"Mm-mm, honey.
You cannot look that good."
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This is such a strange story,
because I always thought
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that dictators
wanted everyone to copy them.
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You know?
"Think like me, act like me,
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look like me, dress like me."
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But then Kim Jong Un,
he looked at himself
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wearing this jacket,
and he was like,
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"Nobody else
is allowed to look this fly."
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And, I mean, you got to admit,
he does look pretty good
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in that jacket. You know?
He looks like Neo in The Matrix.
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If Neo drank all of that goo
in the bathtub.
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KOSTA:
Shit, man.
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-Do I have to...?
-(Noah laughs)
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Do I have to return
this jacket now?
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This was a Hanukkah gift
to myself.
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(laughs)
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I...
And the thing is he's right.
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You do look fly
in these things, man.
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-Look at me.
-Yeah. No, you-you look...
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-You look something, Kosta.
-You know?
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Look,
it's like you said, Trevor.
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A dictator
wants people to copy him.
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He should be worried about the
trends that he's trying to set
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that no one is copying him on,
you know?
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Like, I don't see a lot of
North Koreans with his haircut.
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Right? 'Cause no one
will say it to his face.
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Kim Jong,
your hair is wack, son.
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-(laughs)
-Okay?
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Your hair is wack.
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Your people won't tell you that.
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Anyways...
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But this is fly.
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Right? Wilsons Leather, Trevor?
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Uh, y-you know, Kosta,
what I love about you
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-is not only the fact
that you... -Yeah.
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...are so comfortable
in that jacket
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but the fact that you believe
that Kim Jong Un
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-might be watching this show.
-I think he is.
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-I mean... -Trevor,
you're a global star, dude.
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-Amen. Thank you for that,
Kosta. -Yeah. Yeah.
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-I appreciate that.
-Yeah.
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All right, when we come back,
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we'll tell you what
the government isn't telling you
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about COVID.
You don't want to miss it.
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(whispers):
It's the truth. The real truth.
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Oh! Welcome back
to The Daily Show. (chuckles)
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I didn't think you'd come back.
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Ever since the pandemic began,
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COVID conspiracies
have been spreading
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almost as fast as COVID itself.
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"COVID is caused by 5G!"
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"The vaccine has
a secret microchip in it."
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"Dr. Fauci's first name
isn't actually Doctor!"
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Some really crazy things
out there.
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And now that a new variant
has emerged,
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we're also getting new strains
of really stupid conspiracies.
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So let's hear what people think
is really going on
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in another installment
of the Pandumbic.
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♪ ♪
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As of now, it looks like it's
gonna still be a couple of weeks
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before we know more
about the Omicron strain,
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things like,
does it spread faster?
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Does it make you sicker?
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And is it available as an NFT?
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But over in MAGA world,
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well, they-they seem to
already have figured it all out.
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The emergence
of the new COVID variant
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is sparking a fresh round
of conspiracy theories.
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Former White House doctor
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turned MAGA congressman,
Ronny Jackson, tweeted...
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It defies logic.
And listen here--
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um, unfortunately,
it's not just Ronny Jackson.
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If it was just Congressman
Jackson or Dr. Jackson,
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we could call him out.
But he's getting help
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on, uh, you know where.
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-There's always a new variant.
-Yeah. And you can always--
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You'll count on a variant
about every October.
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-Every two years. -(laughs)
-Oh, I think it's gonna--
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-Yeah. You're probably right.
-(stammers) I mean, however...
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They could speed up.
Uh, the variants
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-can come more quickly
and the boosters. -(laughs)
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-"We're gonna need a new, uh,
variant here." -(chuckles)
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-My gosh.
-Fear.
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Okay, okay, just so--
just so I've got this straight.
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According to this conspiracy,
the Democrats' big plan
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is to intentionally never solve
the one problem
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that is ruining everyone's life?
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That is such a dumbass strategy
to win an election.
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Which makes me think
maybe the Democrats
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actually did come up with it.
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Aha!
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I mean, you realize
for this to be true,
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the Democrats would have had
to coordinate on this lie
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with
the World Health Organization
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and South African scientists
and governments across Europe.
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You serious, people?
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You know the Democrats
can't coordinate shit.
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The only thing
Democrats can coordinate
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is their kente cloths.
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And it's bad enough
to hear this from a congressman,
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but what's crazy is that
before he was in Congress,
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people forget Ronny Jackson was
the presidents' doctor,
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the presidents' doctor.
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And not just Trump's doctor,
by the way.
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Obama's doctor, too.
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Yeah, that guy.
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It just shows you how bad
America's health care system is.
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Even the president was like,
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"Uh, you're telling me that, uh,
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he's the only doctor
in my network?"
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I mean, seriously, it's amazing
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that Obama and Trump
actually survived.
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One of them sneezes,
and Ronny Jackson is like,
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"You've got
to realign your electrons.
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Quick! Swallow
as many magnets as possible!"
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And by the way,
of all the shows,
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how does Fox & Friends
not understand
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what new variants are?
Every four months,
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Fox & Friends has two
totally different dudes
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and one new woman saying
the same bullshit
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from the same couch.
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I mean, if that isn't a new
variant, I don't know what is.
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Hey, but whatever, man.
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I guess the Democrats,
in coordination with scientists
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in South Africa, Europe,
Israel, all over,
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are simply pretending there's
a new corona variant out there.
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That's what they're doing. Yeah.
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And they're not only doing it
to justify mail-in voting.
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No, no, no.
It's also because
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they're really horny
for lockdowns.
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Judge, if they keep testing
for different strains
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of coronavirus,
we're going to be locked down
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-for the rest
of our existence. -Mm.
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I am...
You know, I had cancer.
403
00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:56,798
My oncologist is a specialist
in bone cancer, and he...
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00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:58,099
You know, every oncologist
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who deals with bone cancer
identifies hundreds
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00:16:01,135 --> 00:16:03,504
of coronaviruses
inside of our bones.
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00:16:03,605 --> 00:16:07,842
They've created a problem that
can never actually be solved
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00:16:07,942 --> 00:16:11,846
so they can justify
whatever it is they want to do.
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00:16:11,946 --> 00:16:13,615
I'm sorry. What?
410
00:16:13,715 --> 00:16:16,184
Your bones are riddled
with coronavirus?
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00:16:16,284 --> 00:16:19,087
Quick, lady, you need
to swallow these magnets!
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00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:23,091
Now, what I think Lara Logan
was saying there is
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that we'll never stop finding
new coronavirus variants
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when they test us, because
our bones are full of them.
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And, and, look,
this sounded, uh, wrong to me.
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But I'm not a bone doctor.
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I mean, I am, but...
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So, we called a top oncologist
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just to make sure
that we were right.
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And we were like,
"Hey, weird question,
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"but if you crack open a bone,
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00:16:46,281 --> 00:16:48,583
do hundreds
of coronaviruses fly out?"
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And she was like, "No.
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And, also, why is everyone
asking me this question today?"
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So no, people, bones are
not filled with coronaviruses.
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00:16:58,126 --> 00:17:00,795
All right?
They're filled with...
427
00:17:00,862 --> 00:17:02,463
milk?
428
00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:04,933
Can we call her back and ask
what bones are filled with?
429
00:17:05,033 --> 00:17:06,834
But according to Fox,
430
00:17:06,935 --> 00:17:09,237
now Democrats
are going to force everyone
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into endless lockdown.
That's the plan.
432
00:17:11,339 --> 00:17:14,809
And the worst part is,
if Trump was still in office,
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00:17:14,876 --> 00:17:17,812
this variant--
which doesn't even exist--
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00:17:17,912 --> 00:17:19,547
would already be defeated.
435
00:17:19,647 --> 00:17:21,015
COVID is becoming endemic.
436
00:17:21,115 --> 00:17:22,517
It is going to continue
to mutate.
437
00:17:22,617 --> 00:17:24,419
It's going to continue
to evolve.
438
00:17:24,519 --> 00:17:26,754
It's all around planet Earth.
439
00:17:26,788 --> 00:17:29,224
If President Trump was still
in office, by the way,
440
00:17:29,324 --> 00:17:31,059
we'd already have
modified vaccines
441
00:17:31,159 --> 00:17:34,095
to deal with the new variants,
which is a great point.
442
00:17:34,195 --> 00:17:36,064
Okay, first of all,
Stephen Miller--
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00:17:36,164 --> 00:17:39,000
if President Trump
was still in office?
444
00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:40,401
If?
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00:17:40,501 --> 00:17:43,271
Someone's not a true believer.
446
00:17:43,371 --> 00:17:46,241
JFK Jr. will be so disappointed
when he hears about this one.
447
00:17:46,341 --> 00:17:48,276
I mean,
the idea that Donald Trump
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00:17:48,376 --> 00:17:50,478
would have quickly handled
a COVID variant
449
00:17:50,578 --> 00:17:53,414
is by far the least believable
shit I have ever heard.
450
00:17:53,514 --> 00:17:55,583
You want to act like
we all don't know this man?
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There's no way
he would have handled it.
452
00:17:57,485 --> 00:17:59,254
First of all,
he would have spent four months
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denying there
was even a new variant,
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and then he would have wasted
six more months
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saying that the vaccines
were on their way,
456
00:18:04,626 --> 00:18:06,127
but then also
don't worry about it,
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00:18:06,227 --> 00:18:07,695
because it's not going
to hurt anybody,
458
00:18:07,795 --> 00:18:09,130
but also the vaccines
are coming.
459
00:18:09,230 --> 00:18:11,099
And then he would have
gotten Omicron himself,
460
00:18:11,199 --> 00:18:14,135
and then he would have been
like: Omicron is real, folks.
461
00:18:14,235 --> 00:18:16,304
It's totally real,
and I beat it.
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00:18:16,404 --> 00:18:19,974
I karate-chopped it so hard,
I destroyed it.
463
00:18:20,074 --> 00:18:21,809
And now it cried and cried
to me.
464
00:18:21,910 --> 00:18:24,012
It said, "Trump,
why do you do this to me?
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You beat me so hard."
466
00:18:25,546 --> 00:18:27,815
And I beat it, so now it's over.
467
00:18:27,916 --> 00:18:29,918
Congratulations to all,
468
00:18:30,018 --> 00:18:32,887
even the haters and the losers.
469
00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:35,924
I mean, you can't have a vaccine
for a new variant
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00:18:36,024 --> 00:18:38,226
a few days after you discover
the variant, people!
471
00:18:38,326 --> 00:18:39,961
It's impossible.
472
00:18:40,061 --> 00:18:42,864
The only way you could do that
is if you had a time machine.
473
00:18:42,964 --> 00:18:44,966
And we all know
if Trump had a time machine,
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00:18:45,066 --> 00:18:47,101
he wouldn't use it for that.
475
00:18:47,201 --> 00:18:51,506
He'd go back in time
to hang baby Mike Pence.
476
00:18:51,606 --> 00:18:53,441
I'm just kidding.
I'm just kidding.
477
00:18:53,541 --> 00:18:54,776
I'm just kidding.
478
00:18:54,842 --> 00:18:56,477
He'd probably use it
to warn himself
479
00:18:56,578 --> 00:18:58,479
not to have that affair
with Stormy Daniels.
480
00:18:58,580 --> 00:19:00,782
But then he'd get too horny
and end up having a threesome
481
00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:02,517
with himself and Stormy Daniels.
482
00:19:02,617 --> 00:19:03,618
This is so great!
483
00:19:03,785 --> 00:19:06,421
There are fine people
on both sides.
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00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:08,456
Very fine people.
485
00:19:08,556 --> 00:19:10,792
Now, look, anyone whose brain
hasn't been rotted
486
00:19:10,892 --> 00:19:12,894
from Fox and Facebook knows
487
00:19:12,994 --> 00:19:15,997
that everything these people
are saying is bullshit.
488
00:19:16,097 --> 00:19:18,700
Omicron is a real variant,
with real mutations
489
00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,402
and real spikes
on its real proteins.
490
00:19:21,502 --> 00:19:24,539
And, shit, that's how it works.
491
00:19:24,639 --> 00:19:27,508
Democrats are just trying
to keep the pandemic going
492
00:19:27,609 --> 00:19:28,743
to stay in power,
493
00:19:28,776 --> 00:19:30,144
and the best way
you can tell that
494
00:19:30,245 --> 00:19:31,579
is that a year ago,
495
00:19:31,746 --> 00:19:35,149
MAGA world was pushing
the exact opposite conspiracy.
496
00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:37,352
If it ends up
that Biden wins in November,
497
00:19:37,452 --> 00:19:40,755
I guarantee you
the week after the election,
498
00:19:40,788 --> 00:19:42,790
suddenly,
all those Democratic governors,
499
00:19:42,891 --> 00:19:45,059
all those Democratic mayors
will say,
500
00:19:45,159 --> 00:19:46,761
"Everything's magically better.
501
00:19:46,828 --> 00:19:48,429
Go back to work.
Go back to school."
502
00:19:48,529 --> 00:19:50,064
Suddenly,
the problems are solved.
503
00:19:50,164 --> 00:19:52,767
They'll milk it every single day
between now and November 3rd.
504
00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,569
And guess what?
After November 3rd,
505
00:19:54,669 --> 00:19:57,472
coronavirus will magically
all of a sudden go away
506
00:19:57,572 --> 00:19:59,941
and disappear, and everybody
will be able to reopen.
507
00:20:00,041 --> 00:20:01,609
That's all I hear.
Turn on television.
508
00:20:01,776 --> 00:20:04,545
"COVID. COVID.
COVID, COVID, COVID. COVID."
509
00:20:04,646 --> 00:20:07,215
By the way, on November 4th,
you won't hear about it anymore.
510
00:20:07,315 --> 00:20:09,450
-(cheering and applause)
-So...
511
00:20:09,551 --> 00:20:10,785
COVID!
512
00:20:10,885 --> 00:20:13,922
"COVID! COVID!"
513
00:20:14,022 --> 00:20:16,791
(laughing)
"COVID!"
514
00:20:16,891 --> 00:20:18,960
This dude was president.
515
00:20:19,060 --> 00:20:21,829
And he's gonna be
president again.
516
00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:23,398
(exhales)
517
00:20:23,498 --> 00:20:25,366
Now, to be fair, to be fair,
518
00:20:25,466 --> 00:20:29,270
for a while after the election,
we did hear less about COVID.
519
00:20:29,370 --> 00:20:31,639
Mostly because the news
was about Donald Trump
520
00:20:31,739 --> 00:20:33,107
trying to overthrow the country.
521
00:20:33,207 --> 00:20:36,344
But this really shows you
how drastically MAGA people
522
00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:39,280
have changed their conspiracies
about COVID over time.
523
00:20:39,380 --> 00:20:42,884
I mean, you might even say
they had to...
524
00:20:42,984 --> 00:20:45,253
mutate their propaganda
525
00:20:45,353 --> 00:20:48,823
so that it could keep spreading
in a new environment.
526
00:20:48,923 --> 00:20:51,893
I wonder
if there's a medical parallel
527
00:20:51,993 --> 00:20:56,030
to the way these talking points
are adapting over time.
528
00:20:56,998 --> 00:20:59,067
No. All right,
when we come back,
529
00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:01,336
I'll be talking to two activists
who are making sure
530
00:21:01,436 --> 00:21:04,272
that all missing people
have a chance to be found,
531
00:21:04,372 --> 00:21:05,807
so don't go away.
532
00:21:05,907 --> 00:21:08,343
"COVID! COVID!
533
00:21:08,443 --> 00:21:10,612
Get me a COVID."
534
00:21:13,047 --> 00:21:14,649
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
My guests tonight
535
00:21:14,749 --> 00:21:17,451
are the founders of the Black
and Missing Foundation,
536
00:21:17,551 --> 00:21:19,387
Natalie and Derrica Wilson.
537
00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:21,989
They're here to talk about
their fight to raise awareness
538
00:21:22,089 --> 00:21:24,859
for Black missing persons cases
that are often marginalized
539
00:21:24,959 --> 00:21:27,128
by law enforcement and media.
540
00:21:27,228 --> 00:21:30,197
And they're here to talk
about their new HBO docuseries
541
00:21:30,298 --> 00:21:31,732
about this work.
542
00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:33,834
WOMAN: Do you remember her,
by any chance? Our daughter.
543
00:21:33,934 --> 00:21:35,903
She used to live on the corner
house. She was pregnant.
544
00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:39,173
NATALIE: Some of the neighbors
said that law enforcement
545
00:21:39,273 --> 00:21:40,508
didn't even come out
546
00:21:40,608 --> 00:21:43,444
to ask if they had seen
or heard anything.
547
00:21:43,544 --> 00:21:46,080
There are two Black women that
work in the check cashing spot
548
00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:47,181
-down here.
-Okay.
549
00:21:47,281 --> 00:21:49,317
One of 'em, she heavy.
She do a lot.
550
00:21:49,417 --> 00:21:52,353
She said, "You know about
the pregnant girl that's missing
551
00:21:52,453 --> 00:21:53,754
that didn't make
her baby shower."
552
00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:55,623
I said, "Yeah,
I used to live around there."
553
00:21:55,723 --> 00:21:59,360
She said the police took forever
to come over here.
554
00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:02,596
They never knocked on anybody's
door and asked anybody anything.
555
00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:04,765
-What?
-I just asked that.
556
00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:06,467
And I said, "Did they knock
on everybody's door?"
557
00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:09,136
'Cause someone saw something.
You don't just vanish.
558
00:22:09,236 --> 00:22:11,105
Natalie and Derrica,
welcome to the show.
559
00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,441
-Thank you for having us. -Thank
you. Thank you for having us.
560
00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:16,444
A lot of people go missing
in America every single day.
561
00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:19,614
Um, a lot of people know
that this happens,
562
00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:22,083
and it's an unfortunate story.
563
00:22:22,183 --> 00:22:24,418
A lot of women
predominantly go missing
564
00:22:24,518 --> 00:22:26,420
in America every single day.
565
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,390
But what this documentary
talks about is an issue that...
566
00:22:29,490 --> 00:22:31,359
I feel started
to get a lot of attention
567
00:22:31,459 --> 00:22:33,661
around the Gabby Petito case
and that was:
568
00:22:33,761 --> 00:22:35,997
why do Black women,
569
00:22:36,097 --> 00:22:38,265
why do women of color
not get the same coverage
570
00:22:38,366 --> 00:22:39,467
when they go missing?
571
00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:41,535
And this is what
this documentary talks about.
572
00:22:41,636 --> 00:22:43,904
This is what your-your
foundation talks about.
573
00:22:44,005 --> 00:22:45,373
So let's start with that
574
00:22:45,473 --> 00:22:47,408
before we get into the
documentary, if you don't mind.
575
00:22:47,508 --> 00:22:49,777
-The Black
and Missing Foundation. -Mm-hmm.
576
00:22:49,877 --> 00:22:51,312
What is the work that you do?
577
00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:53,381
We are a nonprofit organization.
578
00:22:53,481 --> 00:22:55,583
And for the past 13 years,
579
00:22:55,683 --> 00:22:58,419
we have been sounding the alarm
that people of color
580
00:22:58,519 --> 00:23:00,554
are disappearing
at an alarming rate.
581
00:23:00,655 --> 00:23:02,957
And Derrica and I have
joined professions--
582
00:23:03,057 --> 00:23:06,093
I'm in public relations,
she's in law enforcement--
583
00:23:06,193 --> 00:23:08,562
to bring awareness
to these cases.
584
00:23:08,663 --> 00:23:11,532
Because these cases
are being swept under the rug.
585
00:23:11,632 --> 00:23:13,234
Our community isn't aware of it
586
00:23:13,334 --> 00:23:16,037
because we're not getting
the media coverage that's needed
587
00:23:16,137 --> 00:23:18,539
to help find
these missing individuals.
588
00:23:18,639 --> 00:23:20,007
I mean, it seems impossible.
589
00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:21,409
You know? When-when
I was watching the documentary,
590
00:23:21,509 --> 00:23:22,843
I couldn't believe it
when parents were saying,
591
00:23:22,910 --> 00:23:24,478
"No, police have turned us away.
592
00:23:24,578 --> 00:23:26,013
"Police have said,
593
00:23:26,113 --> 00:23:27,481
"'Your child isn't missing.
594
00:23:27,581 --> 00:23:29,483
The person in your life isn't
missing. They've run away.'"
595
00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,419
Derrica, you were--
you were in law enforcement.
596
00:23:31,519 --> 00:23:34,288
You-you were once
a police officer.
597
00:23:34,388 --> 00:23:36,757
As somebody who works
from the inside,
598
00:23:36,857 --> 00:23:38,693
what do you think
is going wrong?
599
00:23:38,859 --> 00:23:40,461
You know,
there is a lack of training
600
00:23:40,561 --> 00:23:42,496
when it comes
to missing person cases.
601
00:23:42,596 --> 00:23:44,665
Quite frankly,
they're not taken seriously.
602
00:23:44,765 --> 00:23:46,867
When our community are reported
as missing,
603
00:23:46,901 --> 00:23:48,869
they're labeled as runaways.
604
00:23:48,936 --> 00:23:51,172
Runaways are not receiving
the Amber Alert.
605
00:23:51,272 --> 00:23:52,740
There's no sense of urgency.
606
00:23:52,873 --> 00:23:56,277
And if you really looked at a
flyer today-- missing, runaway--
607
00:23:56,377 --> 00:23:58,346
the message is,
not created equal.
608
00:23:58,446 --> 00:24:01,649
You know, there really isn't a
sense of urgency to share this,
609
00:24:01,749 --> 00:24:03,651
uh, information for runaways.
610
00:24:03,751 --> 00:24:06,654
And so, we want to get rid
of that classification.
611
00:24:06,754 --> 00:24:09,657
We also need to look
at the reporting structure.
612
00:24:09,757 --> 00:24:11,826
-We all know that
the first 24 hours... -Mm.
613
00:24:11,892 --> 00:24:15,129
...are the most critical moments
when someone goes missing.
614
00:24:15,229 --> 00:24:16,831
And, you know,
across the country,
615
00:24:16,931 --> 00:24:19,667
a lot of jurisdictions
require you to wait 24 hours
616
00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:22,269
before you can even file
a missing persons report.
617
00:24:22,370 --> 00:24:24,405
So there's a lot
that needs to change,
618
00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:26,273
especially when it comes
to missing persons
619
00:24:26,374 --> 00:24:28,242
'cause there's not enough
resources dedicated
620
00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:30,277
to that particular unit.
621
00:24:30,378 --> 00:24:31,846
Let's-let's talk a little bit
about the resources.
622
00:24:31,912 --> 00:24:33,247
I mean, there are people
who will say,
623
00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:35,082
-"Look, obviously,
we want everyone found." -Mm.
624
00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:36,617
"You know, we don't want
anybody to be missing.
625
00:24:36,717 --> 00:24:39,387
"But at the same time,
so many people aren't missing,
626
00:24:39,487 --> 00:24:41,355
"and so many people
have run away.
627
00:24:41,455 --> 00:24:43,491
"And, you know, how do we make
sure that police departments
628
00:24:43,591 --> 00:24:45,626
"aren't wasting resources
on people
629
00:24:45,726 --> 00:24:46,994
who aren't actually missing?"
630
00:24:47,094 --> 00:24:48,763
How do you find that balance?
631
00:24:48,863 --> 00:24:51,265
Well, we need
to take these cases seriously.
632
00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:52,967
What are they running away from?
633
00:24:53,067 --> 00:24:55,603
If they leave voluntarily,
what are they running away from,
634
00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:57,672
-and ultimately, what
are they running away to? -Hmm.
635
00:24:57,772 --> 00:25:00,274
We know that children
who are on the street,
636
00:25:00,374 --> 00:25:04,278
within 24 to 48 hours,
they are propositioned for sex.
637
00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:05,980
And they have to survive,
638
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,015
so they're in the sex trade
business,
639
00:25:08,115 --> 00:25:10,885
which is a
multibillion-dollar industry.
640
00:25:10,952 --> 00:25:13,087
It could be anyone of us
that could go missing,
641
00:25:13,187 --> 00:25:16,023
-could be snatched, or just
disappear. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
642
00:25:16,123 --> 00:25:19,627
And we would want someone
to take our case seriously.
643
00:25:19,727 --> 00:25:22,163
It appears, even when,
even when, you know,
644
00:25:22,263 --> 00:25:23,631
the police may not take it
seriously,
645
00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:25,132
the media takes it seriously.
646
00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:28,636
You know, you'd always watch
these stories of missing people,
647
00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:31,138
you know, a missing girl here,
a missing boy there.
648
00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:33,841
You'd always see these stories
that would get media attention.
649
00:25:33,874 --> 00:25:36,677
However, time and time again,
many people in America,
650
00:25:36,844 --> 00:25:40,047
-many people in the African
American community... -Mm.
651
00:25:40,147 --> 00:25:43,084
many people
in Native communities have said,
652
00:25:43,184 --> 00:25:45,853
"Guys, we don't seem
to get that attention.
653
00:25:45,953 --> 00:25:47,355
"The media doesn't cover us
for days.
654
00:25:47,455 --> 00:25:49,857
We don't become front-page news
in that way."
655
00:25:49,957 --> 00:25:53,361
As two people who are working
on not just the issue,
656
00:25:53,461 --> 00:25:54,762
but the PR side
of the issue...
657
00:25:54,862 --> 00:25:56,197
-Mm-hmm.
-...what do you think that is?
658
00:25:56,297 --> 00:25:59,033
Why do we not see Black girls
who are missing
659
00:25:59,133 --> 00:26:02,903
being covered for weeks
on end on major news networks?
660
00:26:03,004 --> 00:26:05,272
Well, from a PR perspective,
again,
661
00:26:05,373 --> 00:26:07,008
-it's changing that narrative...
-Mm-hmm.
662
00:26:07,108 --> 00:26:10,978
...and ensuring that our missing
are household names, too.
663
00:26:11,078 --> 00:26:12,613
And that's the piece
that's missing.
664
00:26:12,713 --> 00:26:15,816
Um, we're not saying that
other people are not valuable.
665
00:26:15,916 --> 00:26:20,021
-Mm-hmm. -But can you name
any Black or missing brown,
666
00:26:20,121 --> 00:26:21,422
Black or brown missing person,
667
00:26:21,522 --> 00:26:25,092
-um, you know,
that has disappeared? -Mm.
668
00:26:25,192 --> 00:26:27,094
So we can name
the Natalie Holloways,
669
00:26:27,194 --> 00:26:30,398
the Chandra Levy, but can you
name the Akia Eggleston?
670
00:26:30,498 --> 00:26:32,933
-Mm. -Can you name
any person of color?
671
00:26:33,034 --> 00:26:35,202
So we have to take
these cases seriously.
672
00:26:35,303 --> 00:26:37,838
And we need more diversity
in the newsroom.
673
00:26:37,938 --> 00:26:41,942
We need people to tell
the stories that look like us.
674
00:26:42,043 --> 00:26:45,680
So, you know, obviously,
you know, media companies
675
00:26:45,846 --> 00:26:48,849
and these executives, they've
been asked these questions,
676
00:26:48,883 --> 00:26:51,319
and they say: No, look,
race has nothing to do with it.
677
00:26:51,419 --> 00:26:53,955
We're merely telling
the stories that our viewers
678
00:26:54,055 --> 00:26:56,991
want to pay attention to,
because, at the end of the day,
679
00:26:57,091 --> 00:26:59,927
we are trying to make people
watch our show.
680
00:27:00,027 --> 00:27:02,930
-Mm-hmm. -When they...
when they say that,
681
00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:04,865
it seems like they're shifting
the blame to the audience
682
00:27:04,932 --> 00:27:07,201
and saying:
Society doesn't have an interest
683
00:27:07,301 --> 00:27:09,203
in finding
Black and brown girls,
684
00:27:09,303 --> 00:27:11,672
society doesn't have an interest
in these stories.
685
00:27:11,806 --> 00:27:15,076
Do you think that argument
holds any weight?
686
00:27:15,176 --> 00:27:19,714
Well, I think, again,
that the-the decision makers
687
00:27:19,814 --> 00:27:23,851
-are deciding
what society wants to see. -Mm.
688
00:27:23,951 --> 00:27:26,921
Uh, they're not asking us
or anyone out there.
689
00:27:27,021 --> 00:27:29,223
These families, as you
could see in the documentary,
690
00:27:29,323 --> 00:27:31,492
-they are desperate.
-Yeah.
691
00:27:31,592 --> 00:27:32,927
-Mm-hmm.
-You know, they...
692
00:27:33,027 --> 00:27:35,062
Uh, missing persons isn't
a Black issue,
693
00:27:35,162 --> 00:27:37,398
it's not a white issue--
it's an American issue.
694
00:27:37,498 --> 00:27:39,867
And even in the documentary,
you see these families.
695
00:27:39,967 --> 00:27:42,370
We're out there with them,
distributing flyers.
696
00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:44,972
You know, the Natalie Holloway,
the Laci Petersons,
697
00:27:45,072 --> 00:27:47,475
the Chandra Levys,
the Gabby Petito,
698
00:27:47,575 --> 00:27:49,310
they have people coming
in droves,
699
00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:52,413
flying all over the country
to help search.
700
00:27:52,513 --> 00:27:54,615
-Right. -And we can't even get
law enforcement
701
00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:56,851
to take the cases seriously.
702
00:27:56,884 --> 00:28:00,154
We can't get the media
to shine a spotlight
703
00:28:00,254 --> 00:28:02,256
on these missing individuals.
704
00:28:02,356 --> 00:28:03,691
So if not us, who?
705
00:28:03,858 --> 00:28:06,761
What I appreciated
in this documentary as well is,
706
00:28:06,861 --> 00:28:11,565
you see the effects
of not treating the...
707
00:28:11,666 --> 00:28:14,168
you know, the cause
but going after the symptoms,
708
00:28:14,268 --> 00:28:16,337
and that oftentimes
people will talk
709
00:28:16,437 --> 00:28:18,806
about fighting sex trafficking,
you know,
710
00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,375
fighting these rings
that are taking young girls
711
00:28:21,475 --> 00:28:23,277
from everywhere, as you say,
Black and white,
712
00:28:23,377 --> 00:28:25,813
-Mm-hmm. -and then putting them
into prostitution forcefully,
713
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,515
or whatever it may be, and yet,
714
00:28:27,615 --> 00:28:29,383
if they started looking
early enough,
715
00:28:29,483 --> 00:28:32,086
they may find them
before that becomes the case.
716
00:28:32,186 --> 00:28:35,389
Absolutely. I mean, that is
our message, to be proactive,
717
00:28:35,489 --> 00:28:37,825
and we are hoping
that the docuseries
718
00:28:37,858 --> 00:28:39,460
is a call to action.
719
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,063
We know what the issues are,
so how do we move forward
720
00:28:42,163 --> 00:28:44,932
to address it
so this does not continue
721
00:28:45,032 --> 00:28:47,835
to be a-a pandemic?
722
00:28:47,935 --> 00:28:49,837
-'Cause it is a pandemic
impacting our community. -Right.
723
00:28:49,870 --> 00:28:51,272
But how can we move forward
724
00:28:51,372 --> 00:28:53,441
to make it better
for everyone else?
725
00:28:53,541 --> 00:28:55,076
The, you know,
generations to come.
726
00:28:55,176 --> 00:28:56,978
And what are the steps
to move forward?
727
00:28:57,078 --> 00:28:59,747
When you look at concrete things
that we can do in society,
728
00:28:59,847 --> 00:29:00,881
whether it's the police,
729
00:29:00,982 --> 00:29:02,183
whether it's the media,
et cetera,
730
00:29:02,283 --> 00:29:03,851
what are some of those things
that we can do
731
00:29:03,918 --> 00:29:05,953
to try and alleviate
this problem?
732
00:29:06,053 --> 00:29:09,223
Well, one, the media
can start covering our cases.
733
00:29:09,323 --> 00:29:10,558
And we say less is more.
734
00:29:10,658 --> 00:29:13,327
Less of one individual
or one particular race.
735
00:29:13,427 --> 00:29:16,430
Let's equal the playing field
and cover more stories.
736
00:29:16,530 --> 00:29:18,232
Don't wait until it trends.
737
00:29:18,332 --> 00:29:20,234
Help it to be a trend.
738
00:29:20,334 --> 00:29:22,603
And law enforcement,
we want to challenge them
739
00:29:22,703 --> 00:29:25,006
to look at the way
they classify these cases,
740
00:29:25,106 --> 00:29:27,808
which really impacts
the resources
741
00:29:27,875 --> 00:29:29,577
that they add to the case.
742
00:29:29,677 --> 00:29:32,013
And we want our community
to get involved.
743
00:29:32,113 --> 00:29:34,048
We are fire starters,
744
00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:36,550
and we need them
to work alongside us
745
00:29:36,651 --> 00:29:39,287
to help find
and bring our missing home.
746
00:29:39,387 --> 00:29:42,823
So, there's so much work
that we-we all have to do.
747
00:29:42,857 --> 00:29:47,028
And visit our website
at BAMFI.org.
748
00:29:47,128 --> 00:29:48,663
See who's missing.
749
00:29:48,829 --> 00:29:50,097
Like these cases.
750
00:29:50,197 --> 00:29:52,733
Help them go viral and share it
within your network.
751
00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:56,470
We're calling for our community
to be that digital milk carton.
752
00:29:56,570 --> 00:30:00,341
Share this. You know,
let's face our own biases
753
00:30:00,441 --> 00:30:02,243
-and share these profiles.
-NOAH: Mm.
754
00:30:02,343 --> 00:30:04,578
Because someone
knows something out there,
755
00:30:04,679 --> 00:30:06,747
and we need that someone
to come forward
756
00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:09,617
to help us end this nightmare
for these families.
757
00:30:09,717 --> 00:30:11,419
I love that. That's great.
758
00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:13,821
Those digital milk cartons.
Well, Natalie, Derrica,
759
00:30:13,921 --> 00:30:15,222
thank you so much
for joining me on the show.
760
00:30:15,323 --> 00:30:17,224
And congratulations
on telling a story
761
00:30:17,325 --> 00:30:19,427
that I think many people
definitely need to hear.
762
00:30:19,527 --> 00:30:21,429
-Thank you. -Thank you
so much for the opportunity.
763
00:30:21,529 --> 00:30:24,799
NOAH: Black and Missing
is available on HBO and HBO Max.
764
00:30:24,832 --> 00:30:25,967
We're gonna take a quick break,
765
00:30:26,067 --> 00:30:27,802
but we'll be right back
after this.
766
00:30:30,204 --> 00:30:31,405
Well, that's our show
for tonight.
767
00:30:31,505 --> 00:30:33,474
But before we go,
today is GivingTuesday,
768
00:30:33,574 --> 00:30:36,510
so please consider supporting
Choose Love.
769
00:30:36,610 --> 00:30:39,547
They work to provide refugees
and displaced people
770
00:30:39,647 --> 00:30:43,050
with everything from lifesaving
search and rescue boats
771
00:30:43,150 --> 00:30:45,252
to food and legal advice.
772
00:30:45,352 --> 00:30:49,123
At the link below, you can go
to the Choose Love store,
773
00:30:49,223 --> 00:30:52,226
and you can buy essential
emergency items and services
774
00:30:52,326 --> 00:30:53,627
for the refugees who need them.
775
00:30:53,728 --> 00:30:54,995
Diapers, hot meals,
776
00:30:55,096 --> 00:30:56,764
medical services
and so much more.
777
00:30:56,864 --> 00:30:58,632
If you'd like to support
Choose Love,
778
00:30:58,733 --> 00:31:00,334
then all you have to do
is check out the link.
779
00:31:00,434 --> 00:31:02,536
Until tomorrow,
stay safe out there.
780
00:31:02,636 --> 00:31:04,438
Get your vaccine, and remember:
781
00:31:04,538 --> 00:31:06,107
if you're going to North Korea,
782
00:31:06,207 --> 00:31:08,209
do not pack your leather jacket.
783
00:31:08,309 --> 00:31:11,045
And, also,
don't go to North Korea.
784
00:31:11,145 --> 00:31:13,881
Now here it is,
Your Moment of Zen.
785
00:31:13,981 --> 00:31:16,016
♪ ♪
786
00:31:18,486 --> 00:31:20,087
It's as likely--
and you're right,
787
00:31:20,187 --> 00:31:21,789
you pointed it out
in your great monologue--
788
00:31:21,889 --> 00:31:23,391
that we don't know much
about Omicron.
789
00:31:23,491 --> 00:31:27,061
But it is as likely
that Omicron is a good thing
790
00:31:27,161 --> 00:31:29,029
than something
we should panic over.
791
00:31:29,130 --> 00:31:30,731
Respiratory viruses mutate.
792
00:31:30,831 --> 00:31:32,733
That's what they do,
and they more often than not--
793
00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:35,136
not an iron claw...
ironclad law--
794
00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:38,272
but more often than not mutate
into something more benign.
795
00:31:38,339 --> 00:31:40,007
And as you pointed out,
in South Africa,
796
00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:42,476
it sounds very benign,
does Omicron.
797
00:31:42,576 --> 00:31:45,546
So, if we all get Omicron
and achieve natural immunity,
798
00:31:45,646 --> 00:31:47,681
it can be a good thing.