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IN PORTUGUESE:
BOLSONARO ON TV:
HORNS BLAST
CHEERING AND WHISTLING
I see it like the flu, that's exactly what it is.
It's a different type of flu.
Healthy people aren't dying,
they're just getting over it, like the flu.
CROWD: Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
I believe your faith is really put to the test
when you keep coming to church, when you're not social distancing.
Many people ask,
"Why won't you come and sit down in the studio with us and talk?",
or "Why won't you travel?"
Well, number one, I'm forbidden to leave the city
because I'm out on bail, we know that.
And at any given time, my flock...
..deserves access to their pastor.
And I'm called upon all hours of the day and night
to minister to my church, and that is my conviction.
GOVERNOR: Today I'm issuing a stay at home order
for the entire state of Louisiana.
My order limits public gatherings to no more than ten people,
and I know that all of this may be overwhelming
for some of you to hear.
When I first heard
that the governor was ordering the churches to close down,
I thought, "Well, that's insane",
because that's all I knew, was church.
Churches will never stop having church.
People will always go to church.
And then real quickly, we saw churches did stop.
This is one of the holiest weeks of the year
for Christians and Jews around the world.
Today is Palm Sunday, marking the start of Easter Week,
and Passover begins at sundown on Wednesday.
But to celebrate during this reality of social distancing,
so many people are turning to online services.
MUFFLED SPEECH
I'm going to be watching on a computer, right, or a laptop.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
HE SHOUTS
..to behave myself in the house of God, which is the
Church of the Living God.
They were planning on bringing a law,
but the Antichrist came in and pushed us, and we cowered down.
But thank God, there's going to be a church that opens up Easter Sunday.
There's no going back.
You want to handcuff me, come on.
Bring it on!
I'm going to die fighting rather than live like a coward.
We will comply when they sell popsicles in hell,
and set up an ice-skating rink in the lake of fire.
We will never comply with an order that says to close the church.
So I baked the cakes earlier.
This is home-made carrot cake.
You got to be good for a cake
to come out of a pan like this.
We're going to have coffee and carrot cake
after Bible study tonight.
My name is Belinda Spell.
My father is the Bishop BA Spell,
who actually founded the church in 1959.
Pastor Tony Spell is my nephew.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want!
I knew that our pastor was going to disobey the governor's order.
It's not something he told me, but I knew it.
Pastor Tony Spell is charged
with six counts of disobeying government power.
Spell continued to defy the governor's orders
to stay at home and social distance for several weeks now.
Parishioners are going to his services.
They're not practising the six-foot rule.
They're not going by what the governor said,
or our President of the United States.
It's time to go back to the pews. It's time to go back to the pulpit!
When I heard about the virus,
I knew right off, this is a politically motivated hoax.
Not the virus, the virus is real,
but the hype.
When I saw the images of the temporary hospitals
and morgues in New York, I knew right off the bat
that this was propagandism by the mainstream media.
They have to make it look
like our president was doing a terrible job
in his response to the virus,
and this is why all these people are dying.
However, they never closed
the Planned Parenthood abortion clinics down.
More people were dying in the Planned Parenthood abortion clinics
than were dying of the virus.
23:8. 23:8 in your old Scofield Bibles.
God didn't mean for you to be far away
from your brother and your sister.
I have never worn a mask, nor will I ever wear a mask.
If you're moving, we're coming for you.
The mask doesn't work.
Neither does social distancing work.
What works is,
get back together as a nation.
God is judging us,
to drive us back to our knees in prayer, to trust in him.
Brother? Yeah? How are you?
What's the name of this mosque? Harrow Mosque? Harrow Mosque.
Harrow Mosque. OK.
They say the risks are limited after somebody dies.
But we don't take any chances.
You know what this reminds me of? Mastermind.
You remember, back in the days?
My name is Abu Mumin.
I live in East London.
By profession, I'm a social worker.
I'm somebody who - I don't do very well, I'll be very honest.
I don't do very well when it comes to end-of-life and burial work.
I just can't handle the intensity.
You know? But then I remind myself
that we need to help those most in need, in their hour of need.
In normal circumstances,
you are able to go take part in the ritual washing,
see your loved one, say your goodbyes.
With Covid-19, you just couldn't do any of that.
Many families haven't had a proper closure.
NEWS REPORT: There does appear to be a disproportionate impact
of the virus upon BAME communities.
NEWS REPORT: Figures suggest that a third of patients
who are critically ill in hospital are of non-white ethnicity.
Where I am from, Newham, Newham had one of the highest,
if not the highest Covid cases in the country.
I was really worried.
RADIO: Covid-19 has preyed on Newham like nowhere else.
A mixture of deprivation and ethnicity, allowing the disease
to exploit the area's mainly black and Asian population.
Shall we start getting ready?
Some families didn't have the means to pay for the burial,
and this is what we did, we offered that service.
We're a small charity.
Within the first two months of Covid,
the number of burials that we did,
we surpassed what we'd normally do in a whole year.
ENGINE STARTS
You're probably wondering what's going on with all the mobiles.
Because a lot of people can't come,
this is live streaming the funeral for the family members.
Allahu akbar.
It is a young father who had a six-year-old child,
and leaves behind a widow.
More brothers, please.
We shall move the coffin out, brothers.
Be careful.
How old was your husband, Sheouli?
51 years...
When her husband passed away, she was alone, she was a housewife.
In many of the cases that we've dealt with,
the main breadwinner died of Covid-19.
TABLA DRUMS
MUSIC
MENACING DRUMBEAT
With our stance came 24-hours-a-day, seven-day-a-week surveillance.
My phones are tapped. My texts are captured.
My emails are traced, etc.
And one of the reasons that came about is
because I received death threats, multiple death threats.
However, as good as that is,
with that, you lose your freedoms of privacy.
They want to see everybody that comes into my church.
So when somebody gets sick with this virus and dies,
they're going to use it against me.
My name is Jeff Wittenbrink, I'm an attorney here in Baton Rouge.
I've been practising for 33 years, this year.
When I went out there to his home, the pastor pointed out where all the
cameras were located, some of them were located completely illegally.
They were on public utility poles.
And then while I was there, the pastor's wife said,
"Look, there's a vehicle there right now. They're watching us."
CAR HORNS BLARE
We had a couple of protesters out in the front of our church.
We kind of laughed about it, saying they were our most faithful
member, because every day they were in front of our church, protesting.
And it got ugly.
They would grab their crotches, use four-letter words,
stand in front of people's vehicles.
So, I approached one of those protesters.
He sees him there, and he decides he's going to back up
and get out and go talk to this person.
So he backs up the bus to go talk to him,
and starts to get out of the bus to go talk to him.
And his wife says, "No. Don't get out and talk to him.
"It's going to be an altercation,
"you don't need to be involved in that."
So he changes his mind, and pulls on off.
Well, that scene is videoed from one of these cameras.
And they use that scene to charge him with aggravated assault,
that he is using his vehicle as a weapon.
It was crazy. Just a crazy charge.
If that was a crime, virtually everybody in the Albertsons
parking lot could be arrested.
NEWS REPORT: Pastor Tony Spell planned a news conference
Tuesday morning.
As he approached reporters, Central Police officers approached him.
He points and say something to the officer,
then walks in another direction.
Watching our pastor get arrested was hurtful.
It hurt really bad, because you know his heart.
And I get emotional just talking about it.
But you know his heart, and you know how much he does for people.
# Dreams are broken
# Eyes are open... #
But, do you know, we all went down to the prison and paid his bail,
and got him out. And he kept going.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
He has no fear. He didn't let it stop him.
He didn't say, "OK, now, wow, I got arrested, I might go to prison,
"OK, I'm going to do what you say to do."
No. I think it drove him even more.
I will see you in church tonight, at 7:30.
CHEERING
Hallelujah!
A large group of men walked to the front door of my house,
and ushered me from the front door of my house to my church pulpit.
And they dared the law enforcement to come and take me.
So the law enforcement not only would have had to take me,
they would have had to take every man in my church with me.
I have yet to dedicate a song to my greatest heroes -
and that's my church.
This one is for y'all.
A little song that says this means war.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I got joy in my soul
# Cos God is in control
# I got the devil on my trail
# But I'm singing all is well
# He's attacking every day
# But I'm watching while I pray
# No matter the attack, I won't turn back!
# Cos this means war!
# Devil, this means war
# This means war!
# Devil, this means war! #
# I've been in the storm and in the rain
# But this blood still stays the same... #
DONALD TRUMP: People want our country to open up.
They've been sort of shut down, as the expression goes.
And I feel like I should be able to do what I want to.
I pay my taxes, I live free.
I want to be free.
NEWS REPORT: The Government's chief medical adviser
has warned against large gatherings in hot weather,
after half a million people flocked to beaches in Bournemouth today.
A major incident was declared in Bournemouth,
on what's been the hottest day of the year.
There was a level of understanding from me
that completely got why people wanted to do that.
Children needed to get out, we needed to get out,
enjoy some sunshine.
And we were being told to go out and enjoy ourselves.
We're trying to bring back the things that make life worth living.
NEWS REPORT: the headline grabber, an Eat Out To Help Out discount.
This 50% off bills in restaurants, cafes, pubs,
up to a tenner per head.
CLAPPERBOARD SNAPS
I'm Amie Burbridge, I'm a consultant in acute medicine.
I work at Coventry hospital.
End of May, June time, the weather was getting warmer,
the number of people coming into hospital had drastically reduced.
It was actually surprisingly quite quiet.
It was almost like after this very large peak, it was just a lull.
It was really bizarre.
We started to think about the future.
And it was over, life is going back to normal.
And we thought the children needed the break.
I really wanted a break. So, we ended up driving to Switzerland.
We camped literally in the middle of nowhere.
We did lots of walks up beautiful mountains.
It felt like we were in The Sound Of Music.
It was definitely the right thing to do.
Although I do feel bad that we did leave the country.
Maybe we shouldn't have gone.
We all sort of knew that a second wave would come.
But we didn't really want to think about that.
We wanted to enjoy the moment.
It was almost like it was the calm before the storm
that we knew was going to come.
But we didn't know when it was going to come.
NEWS REPORT: There have now been over ten million reported cases
of the virus worldwide,
and more than half a million deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.
The WHO warned that a vaccine was still a distant goal.
The worst is yet to come.
I'm sorry to say that.
But, with this kind of environment and condition, we fear the worst.
NEWS REPORT: Brazil maintains its status as the country with the
second highest number of deaths from coronavirus.
It's second only to the United States.
Not even these numbers are prompting the president to change course.
In the middle of a pandemic,
many Brazilians feel they're lacking leadership.
This disease is spreading into the Amazon forest,
and that's what's concerning the authorities here, that they
can't get help to those people in very, very distant communities.
HE LAUGHS
BIRDS CALL
PERCUSSION AND WIND MUSIC
Within the Bangladeshi community, there are a large number of - mainly
male - people who are out working to provide for their families.
And they're at risk of
being exposed to Covid-19
more than the majority of us.
Now there are lots of widows.
Mm, I know! Sweets.
Marshmallow.
Gummi Bear! Yeah, Gummi Bear.
What's your name?
My name is Oscar. Sorry?
My name is Oscar. Oscar!
My name is Abu.
Abu Mumin.
OK? You enjoy. This is for you.
OK? OK. OK.
When Sheouli's husband passed away,
on the day of the burial, those people who were there really
spoke highly of her husband, who provided for his family.
He was a key worker.
Because of him going out to work,
he got Covid-19,
and, really, my heart just goes out to Sheouli.
She lost her husband, she's away from her family, friends,
people that she could use as a support network.
ICU? Mm-hm.
Oscar? How old are you?
I'm six years old.
You're...?
I'm six years old.
You're six years old? I have a little boy who's ten years old.
Do you want to see his picture? Come on, then. I'll show you.
That's me, me and him.
Me and him, we were having a play fight.
Yeah. Mm. Did you used to have play fights with your dad? Yeah.
Daddy died. Well, you know, he's gone to Allah-Bari.
You know where that is?
He's gone to Jannah.
Yeah? Yeah?
You pray for him?
My mummy does.
The numbers of people that we supported
really exceeded our expectations.
ABU GREETS THEM
At times, I felt like we were
the third or the fourth emergency services.
CHILDREN LAUGHING AND SHOUTING
Tyrone, can you go and bring this to Miss Latoya? Mm-hm. Down there.
There are many impoverished people in our congregation.
They can't pay their bills.
They don't know where the next meal's coming from.
Well, one of the missions at the church is to help those people.
Good morning.
In our local community, say an 80-mile radius,
we pick up children of all ages and children of all races and bring
them into this community that is a mostly Caucasian, white community.
Hi, my name's Diane.
We're out here outreaching for Life Tabernacle Church.
We provide meals for people every time they come to church.
We offer people job training.
When I got out of prison, I was homeless
and I walked these streets...
And then, spiritually, we're the lifeblood of our community.
Without our church, people would die of overdoses on drugs.
God's delivered me from drugs and alcohol,
mental illness.
He's delivered me from depression,
he's delivered me from homosexuality.
He's healed me from hepatitis C.
Why would anybody who has a church
want to close their doors because of a virus?
If the church doors close, people like me have no place.
This ain't just a weekend church, for me. This is my life.
Poverty kills more people than a virus.
Starvation kills more people than the virus.
Hopelessness and helplessness kills more people than the virus.
The fastest-spreading outbreak in the world at the moment
is in India. It took India just 11 days to add another one million
cases of the virus, and the growth of its outbreak has certainly
outpaced the US, Brazil and Russia.
And it seems like we have had the worst of both the worlds, one of the
biggest economic shrinkage plus the largest number of cases,
and I think the one reason was that the
implementation of the lockdown was without proper planning.
This is a very popular government
headed by a very popular Prime Minister,
but it seems that now there is some scepticism also creeping into that.
I feel like there is a general sense
of giving up and a surrendering to destiny.
People are getting tired of adherence to social distancing
and mask wearing.
Hm?
DRUMMING
Deepak!
ULULATING
..The breaking pandemic.
The United States just topped nine million confirmed coronavirus cases.
The number of Americans dead in the pandemic has now
surpassed 229,000 people.
The hospitalisations are going up, individuals in the ICUs are
going up... What does that very, very grim milestone
mean for our country?
SIREN WAILS
DONALD TRUMP: I want you to know our nation's going to defeat this
terrible China virus, as we call it...
CHEERING
..through the power of the American spirit, I think,
more than anything else.
You're just trying to sort it all out
and get it all right in your mind, you know,
what's right and what's wrong. What should we do? What shouldn't we do?
I'm pushing back against fear and doubt.
I'm pushing back.
I got Covid, and I was very sick.
I got well, but I was sick. I wouldn't wish it on nobody.
# He was there
# All the time... #
I've had a couple of friends, close friends, die from Covid.
That hurt, because I had Covid and I got well, and I'm like,
"What's the deal? They got Covid and they passed away."
# He was there
# God's been right there
# All the time... #
It's a miracle, a total miracle
that we haven't had an outbreak in our church.
CHEERING
Whoo! Yeah!
HORNS BLARE
JOE BIDEN: I'll deal with this pandemic responsibly.
To beat the virus, we first got to beat Donald Trump!
CHEERING
He's the virus.
And sure as hell, I caught it.
And now I guess they say I'm immune, so you can...
CHEERING
I'm immune!
..Mind and body. We're glad that you're joining us
for the 2020 election party.
CHEERING
This election is the most personal election, for me,
that I've ever voted in.
If it doesn't go my way, how I voted...
..then I'm going to spend time behind bars.
I think that Donald J Trump is going to win tonight.
He will win, no matter what.
But I also think that Joe Biden can steal the election.
Tonight, Joe Biden's got 164,000,
so there's still a lot of votes to be counted in Detroit.
And he's managed to hold most of...
We think he's not going to win in Arizona.
It's not good. Not good at all.
We should have already had a clear winner. If we don't have a winner,
that reeks of corruption and cheating and scandals.
I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support.
Millions and millions of people voted for us tonight.
A very sad group of people
is trying to disenfranchise that group of people.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
God bless America, because we're going to need it,
because there's going to be civil unrest, all kinds of problems,
rioting and looting in the streets.
PHONE CHIMES Civil unrest.
Comma.
And years of court battles.
PHONE CHIMES
That's not good for me...
..or my children.
SIGHING: All rise...
Freedom!
They're telling us there's a pandemic!
It's a pack of lies to brainwash you and take... Yes!
Join us, for goodness' sake, and stop serving the psychopaths.
CHEERING
People started to say Covid was a hoax,
it was all made up, it was all rubbish.
Why?
What more do people need to really realise that this is true?
People are dying, huge numbers of people.
I just want to say to them, "Come to work with me today.
"We'll see what's bullshit or not."
Britain has become the first country in Europe to record
more than 50,000 coronavirus deaths.
The Prime Minister warned the UK wasn't yet out of...
Boris Johnson said the UK was moving to a new
phase in its battle against the virus.
The feelings, going into that second wave,
were very different to the first wave.
The first wave was very much, "We're all in this together."
Not to say that that wasn't there in the second wave,
but it was more like, "Oh, God, now we know what's happening.
"We know that the long hours are coming." And...
..the worst thing was the anticipation that we were going to
be seeing lots of very sick people who we couldn't do anything for.
The immediate pressures on the NHS are still with us.
With many wards already full, health unions
say staff are complaining of feeling exhausted by...
It was...
..relentless.
It's, erm...
It's like an armour. You have to protect yourself
from what you see day in, day out,
because if you don't, you take it home with you.
But over the last few months, that armour's gone.
And I'd be like, "I've lost my ability to smile...
"..and be happy."
And that was a lot of people, who were experiencing that.
There's reason for cautious optimism that there may be an end in sight.
A vaccine developed by scientists
at Oxford is set to transform the battle against coronavirus...
The results of clinical trials have shown that the vaccine
is 93% effective, far higher than...
The 8th of December was...
..a particularly special day.
Well, it was incredible for the whole world
but in particular for our hospital at Coventry, because we were
the first hospital in the whole world to deliver the vaccine,
which...
..just blows my mind!
This is Margaret Keenan, who you can see there. She is 90.
She was the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab
at the University College Hospital in Coventry.
That has just happened within the last few minutes.
It was slightly strange coming to work
and there being press everywhere.
And we didn't know it was going to happen!
It was incredible. It was a really...
..magical moment, and for the hospital, as well.
It really lifted our spirits and our morale.
BORIS JOHNSON: And so, like every other European country facing
similar challenges, we've come to this moment, this great global
festival, at a turning point, a time of year that is of immense
emotional, spiritual importance.
It is with a very heavy heart I must tell you
we cannot continue with Christmas as planned.
JOE BIDEN: Jill and I send our prayers, as I'm sure all of you do,
to all who are facing this dark winter
with an empty seat at the dinner table.
My greatest fear was that humanity will not learn anything.
This is why I'm trying to, you know, focus on the little joys.
AMIE: I think Covid...will be with us in some form or another
for the rest of our lifetimes... and for our children's lifetimes...
..and our children's children's lifetimes.
It's massive.
You know, if you'd have said to me a year, 18 months ago...
..we'd be living like this, there is no way I would have believed you.
It's New Year's Eve.
SHE COUGHS
And she's got Covid.
It's eight o'clock, and we're doing a family New Year's Eve quiz.
It's just not working, is it?
So, that was basically a snapshot...
SHE COUGHS
..of our New Year's Eve.
The whole house is riddled with Covid.
We all had positive Covid tests, and it's the first proper day,
really, I guess, we've been out of bed all day...
SHE YAWNS
..in seven or eight days.
Covid is terrible.
Good riddance, fucking 2020...
..because, I tell you what,
2021 cannot be any worse than 2020.