WEBVTT 00:05.439 --> 00:06.205 >>> WELCOME BACK THIS MORNING. 00:06.240 --> 00:08.141 >>> WELCOME BACK THIS MORNING. WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A WOMAN 00:08.142 --> 00:09.109 WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A WOMAN CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM THE 00:09.110 --> 00:10.243 CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AND IS ALREADY 00:10.278 --> 00:10.977 CORONAVIRUS AND IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT HOW SHE CAN HELP 00:11.012 --> 00:14.814 THINKING ABOUT HOW SHE CAN HELP OTHERS. 00:14.816 --> 00:19.452 OTHERS. >> THAT’S RIGHT, CRAIG. 00:19.486 --> 00:20.853 >> THAT’S RIGHT, CRAIG. DINA BARRETT LIVES ON LONG 00:20.855 --> 00:23.523 DINA BARRETT LIVES ON LONG ISLAND WHERE SHE’S BEEN 00:23.558 --> 00:25.459 ISLAND WHERE SHE’S BEEN SELF-ISOLATING FROM HER HUSBAND 00:25.460 --> 00:26.960 SELF-ISOLATING FROM HER HUSBAND AND TWO KIDS. 00:26.962 --> 00:27.661 AND TWO KIDS. GOOD MORNING. 00:27.695 --> 00:28.395 GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, AL. 00:28.429 --> 00:31.831 >> GOOD MORNING, AL. >> FIRST OF ALL, DIANA, HOW ARE 00:31.833 --> 00:32.265 >> FIRST OF ALL, DIANA, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 00:32.267 --> 00:34.134 YOU FEELING? >> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I FEEL 00:34.135 --> 00:34.935 >> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I FEEL GREAT TODAY. 00:34.936 --> 00:36.536 GREAT TODAY. YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE FACE OF A 00:36.538 --> 00:38.371 YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE FACE OF A COVID-19 SURVIVOR RIGHT HERE. 00:38.373 --> 00:42.576 COVID-19 SURVIVOR RIGHT HERE. IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE MY 00:42.611 --> 00:51.952 IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE MY FIRST SYMPTOMS AND I FEEL GOOD. 00:51.986 --> 00:54.054 FIRST SYMPTOMS AND I FEEL GOOD. I’LL REMAIN IN ISOLATION FOR A 00:54.055 --> 00:56.256 I’LL REMAIN IN ISOLATION FOR A FEW MORE DAYS BASED ON THE 00:56.257 --> 00:57.357 FEW MORE DAYS BASED ON THE GUIDELINES I’VE BEEN GIVEN. 00:57.358 --> 01:00.160 GUIDELINES I’VE BEEN GIVEN. >> IN FACT, YOU’VE BEEN 01:00.161 --> 01:00.994 >> IN FACT, YOU’VE BEEN SELF-ISOLATING, YOU SEE YOUR 01:00.995 --> 01:02.195 SELF-ISOLATING, YOU SEE YOUR KIDS THROUGH A WINDOW. 01:02.197 --> 01:03.697 KIDS THROUGH A WINDOW. THIS SUNDAY HAS BEEN 14 DAYS. 01:03.732 --> 01:05.666 THIS SUNDAY HAS BEEN 14 DAYS. WHAT HAVE YOUR SYMPTOMS BEEN? 01:05.700 --> 01:07.701 WHAT HAVE YOUR SYMPTOMS BEEN? >> THERE WAS NOTHING SUBTLE 01:07.702 --> 01:08.068 >> THERE WAS NOTHING SUBTLE ABOUT IT. 01:08.069 --> 01:11.605 ABOUT IT. I WOKE UP WITH 102 FEVER, HEAVY 01:11.639 --> 01:12.106 I WOKE UP WITH 102 FEVER, HEAVY CHEST. 01:12.107 --> 01:15.042 CHEST. IT TURNED INTO PROLONGED NAUSEA, 01:15.076 --> 01:17.811 IT TURNED INTO PROLONGED NAUSEA, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE HEADACHES. 01:17.812 --> 01:19.813 TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE HEADACHES. ALTHOUGH I HAD THE FLU ABOUT 10 01:19.814 --> 01:21.782 ALTHOUGH I HAD THE FLU ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND I WAS NEVER AS 01:21.783 --> 01:27.221 YEARS AGO, AND I WAS NEVER AS SICK AS I WAS WITH THAT FLU, BUT 01:27.222 --> 01:29.490 SICK AS I WAS WITH THAT FLU, BUT I’M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. 01:29.491 --> 01:30.791 I’M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. I’M IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF 01:30.792 --> 01:32.026 I’M IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO RECOVERING AT HOME 01:32.027 --> 01:35.629 PEOPLE WHO RECOVERING AT HOME WITH TYLENOL AND GATORADE. 01:35.664 --> 01:37.931 WITH TYLENOL AND GATORADE. >> DIANA, WE UNDERSTAND -- 01:37.933 --> 01:39.167 >> DIANA, WE UNDERSTAND -- >> YOU TRAVELED ALL OVER THE 01:39.201 --> 01:40.634 >> YOU TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 01:40.636 --> 01:41.836 WORLD, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. YOU DISCOVERED, THOUGH, YOU 01:41.870 --> 01:43.337 YOU DISCOVERED, THOUGH, YOU RECENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING THAT 01:43.339 --> 01:45.739 RECENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING THAT YOU WERE EXPOSED TO THE 01:45.741 --> 01:46.140 YOU WERE EXPOSED TO THE CORONAVIRUS. 01:46.141 --> 01:47.341 CORONAVIRUS. EIGHT OUT OF THE SIX PEOPLE -- 01:47.342 --> 01:50.911 EIGHT OUT OF THE SIX PEOPLE -- SIX OUT OF THE EIGHT PEOPLE 01:50.946 --> 01:51.545 SIX OUT OF THE EIGHT PEOPLE DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS. 01:51.580 --> 01:54.448 DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS. KNOWING THAT, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO 01:54.449 --> 01:55.816 KNOWING THAT, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FOLKS ABOUT TAKING SOCIAL 01:55.851 --> 01:56.951 FOLKS ABOUT TAKING SOCIAL DISTANCING SERIOUSLY. 01:56.952 --> 01:58.552 DISTANCING SERIOUSLY. >> SOCIAL DISTANCING ISN’T 01:58.587 --> 01:58.886 >> SOCIAL DISTANCING ISN’T ENOUGH. 01:58.920 --> 02:00.254 ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO STAY HOME. 02:00.255 --> 02:01.622 YOU NEED TO STAY HOME. NO ONE IN, NO ONE OUT. 02:01.623 --> 02:03.958 NO ONE IN, NO ONE OUT. THE ONLY WAY TO CONTAIN THIS IS 02:03.992 --> 02:08.062 THE ONLY WAY TO CONTAIN THIS IS TO ACT AS IF YOU ARE ALREADY 02:08.063 --> 02:10.264 TO ACT AS IF YOU ARE ALREADY INFECTED AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON 02:10.265 --> 02:11.766 INFECTED AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU INFECT IS EITHER YOUR BEST 02:11.767 --> 02:13.067 YOU INFECT IS EITHER YOUR BEST FRIEND OR YOUR GRANDMOTHER. 02:13.068 --> 02:15.102 FRIEND OR YOUR GRANDMOTHER. LOOK, I’M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES 02:15.137 --> 02:16.170 LOOK, I’M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING. 02:16.171 --> 02:32.653 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING. I’M SEEING 02:40.296 --> 02:41.896 I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN MY 02:41.898 --> 02:42.263 I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN MY AREA. 02:42.264 --> 02:46.300 AREA. I REALIZED IMMEDIATELY WHEN I 02:46.302 --> 02:50.004 I REALIZED IMMEDIATELY WHEN I GOT MY DIAGNOSIS, I LEARNED IF I 02:50.039 --> 02:51.539 GOT MY DIAGNOSIS, I LEARNED IF I WAS LUCKY I WOULD BE ONE OF THE 02:51.574 --> 02:53.508 WAS LUCKY I WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST SURVIVORS IN MY AREA. 02:53.543 --> 02:55.210 FIRST SURVIVORS IN MY AREA. THAT CAME WITH A TREMENDOUS 02:55.211 --> 02:56.511 THAT CAME WITH A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO RALLY THE REST OF 02:56.512 --> 02:58.947 OPPORTUNITY TO RALLY THE REST OF THE SURVIVORS AND USE WHAT COULD 02:58.981 --> 03:00.815 THE SURVIVORS AND USE WHAT COULD BE OUR SUPERPOWER SKILLS. 03:00.850 --> 03:02.950 BE OUR SUPERPOWER SKILLS. SO I SET THIS GROUP UP. 03:02.985 --> 03:05.086 SO I SET THIS GROUP UP. IT’S A PUBLIC FACEBOOK PAGE 03:05.087 --> 03:08.423 IT’S A PUBLIC FACEBOOK PAGE CALLED SURVIVOR CORPS BUT WILL 03:08.457 --> 03:10.692 CALLED SURVIVOR CORPS BUT WILL ULTIMATELY BECOME AN OPT-IN 03:10.726 --> 03:11.226 ULTIMATELY BECOME AN OPT-IN DATABASE. 03:11.260 --> 03:14.062 DATABASE. ON AN ORGANIC GRASSROOTS LECHL, 03:14.096 --> 03:15.697 ON AN ORGANIC GRASSROOTS LECHL, THERE ARE ALREADY RESEARCH 03:15.698 --> 03:16.731 THERE ARE ALREADY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CONNECTING 03:16.766 --> 03:19.133 INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CONNECTING WITH SURVIVORS FOR THEM TO 03:19.135 --> 03:20.569 WITH SURVIVORS FOR THEM TO DONATE BLOOD AND PLASMA. 03:20.603 --> 03:21.703 DONATE BLOOD AND PLASMA. I JUST SIGNED UP. 03:21.704 --> 03:23.605 I JUST SIGNED UP. THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I GET 03:23.606 --> 03:26.842 THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I GET OUT OF ISOLATION IS I’M GOING 03:26.876 --> 03:28.610 OUT OF ISOLATION IS I’M GOING IMMEDIATELY TO MT. SINAI AND 03:28.644 --> 03:30.545 IMMEDIATELY TO MT. SINAI AND DONATING MY BLOOD AND PLASMA. 03:30.546 --> 03:32.547 DONATING MY BLOOD AND PLASMA. ULTIMATELY THERE’S MORE WE CAN 03:32.581 --> 03:32.814 ULTIMATELY THERE’S MORE WE CAN DO. 03:32.849 --> 03:35.050 DO. AS SUSPICIONS ARE IMMUNITY ARE 03:35.085 --> 03:36.852 AS SUSPICIONS ARE IMMUNITY ARE PROVEN, THERE’S NO REASON WE 03:36.853 --> 03:38.587 PROVEN, THERE’S NO REASON WE CAN’T VOLUNTEER ON THE FRONT 03:38.621 --> 03:38.920 CAN’T VOLUNTEER ON THE FRONT LINES. 03:38.921 --> 03:40.622 LINES. WE CAN HOLD THE HANDS OF THE 03:40.623 --> 03:42.124 WE CAN HOLD THE HANDS OF THE DYING IN THE HOSPITAL, CHEER ON 03:42.125 --> 03:43.725 DYING IN THE HOSPITAL, CHEER ON WOMEN IN LABOR DOING IT ON THEIR 03:43.727 --> 03:43.959 WOMEN IN LABOR DOING IT ON THEIR OWN. 03:43.993 --> 03:45.761 OWN. WE CAN VISIT THE ELDERLY. 03:45.762 --> 03:47.362 WE CAN VISIT THE ELDERLY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN GO BACK 03:47.364 --> 03:48.463 MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN GO BACK TO WORK. 03:48.464 --> 03:50.598 TO WORK. THIS BINARY CHOICE BETWEEN 03:50.633 --> 03:52.167 THIS BINARY CHOICE BETWEEN SAVING THE ECONOMY AND SAVING 03:52.168 --> 03:54.369 SAVING THE ECONOMY AND SAVING LIVES, SURVIVOR CORPS OFFERS AN 03:54.370 --> 03:55.671 LIVES, SURVIVOR CORPS OFFERS AN OFF-RAMP TO THAT. 03:55.705 --> 03:56.605 OFF-RAMP TO THAT. IT’S A THIRD OPTION. 03:56.639 --> 03:58.874 IT’S A THIRD OPTION. WE CAN TEST PEOPLE FOR 03:58.875 --> 04:00.075 WE CAN TEST PEOPLE FOR ANTIBODIES, FOR SHELTERING IN 04:00.076 --> 04:02.978 ANTIBODIES, FOR SHELTERING IN PLACE WILL MANY PEOPLE ALREADY 04:03.012 --> 04:03.879 PLACE WILL MANY PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE THE ANTIBODY. 04:03.880 --> 04:05.447 HAVE THE ANTIBODY. LET THEM GO BACK TO WORK, GET 04:05.482 --> 04:07.850 LET THEM GO BACK TO WORK, GET THE ECONOMY STARTED AND STILL 04:07.851 --> 04:08.884 THE ECONOMY STARTED AND STILL SHELTER-IN-PLACE THE VULNERABLE 04:08.885 --> 04:09.585 SHELTER-IN-PLACE THE VULNERABLE AMONG US. 04:09.586 --> 04:11.086 AMONG US. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THE 04:11.088 --> 04:11.386 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THE CHOICE. 04:11.421 --> 04:11.587 CHOICE. >> DIANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.