This is a translation of a large portion of a Youtube video (see below) from an unknown Wuhan man aged between 20 and 30.
He says he desperately wants to get the word out that Chinese youth such as himself see life as it allegedly is. Neither he nor his friends are brainwashed, he says. He wants to see change.
He says he has no other motive than getting the truth out. Saying these things publicly would endanger his life, in China, and he communicates them here at the risk of his life.
His report on the complete breakdown of medical, transport, and government services in Wuhan is sobering. He asks for help from the outside world for the people of Wuhan.
The video is in Chinese; an English translation follows, below.
We the Chinese, at least my friends and me, in our 20s and 30s
are not dumbasses, are not brainwashed.
In our brains [minds?] … we all f***ing know what this country really is
“[Wuhan Coronavirus] Wuhan citizen seeking help from the world,” Youtube video, Jan. 25, 2020, at https://tinyurl.com/vhaqepj
This English translation taken from https://tinyurl.com/wjhkznd
Hello, everyone.
English [translation].
I hope everyone who is watching this can cherish [appreciate] this video.
Because it is very difficult to post anything online now.
In mainland China,
well, you know, we need VPN [software that masks location and piece of equipment] and all kinds of stuff,
and there’s severe internet latency [internet slowness, long delays].
So I’ve got no other choice
but to seek help from here.
Hope there’s Chinese comrades
and people with kindness [who] watch this,
and [become] aware about this Wuhan Pneumonia
so called “Coronavirus” pandemic,
The severity of the situation,
and the actual living condition
of us Wuhan people.
Right now, the entire Wuhan
has its entire transportation system, public transport
halted, all of them.
For example, gas stations are no longer in service.
[I have] a few questions. For example,
[Imagine] one of your family member[s]
has something like a high blood pressure condition or heart attack,
and needs to go to the hospital immediately. How do we [in Wuhan] do that?
Calling emergency hotline 120,
you can try it, it simply doesn’t get through.
[Your call] just doesn’t get through at all. [It’s] always busy.
Another example, you suspect that
you might have contacted the pneumonia.
You want to get to the hospital to get checked.
But you just can’t get there at all [Public transport has been shut down].
Hospitals are packed.
The doctors don’t tell you to get registered or anything, you just have to line up.
You might have to wait hours in line and still [you] can’t get treated.
Perhaps you were fine before, but after queuing up for hours, you get contaminated.
And then I [want to] talk about something I saw
with my own eyes.
One day before the day Wuhan [was] locked down,
As well as before 22nd,
In the entire city of Wuhan,
There weren’t [many] people wearing masks.
There were just a bunch of people walking around without masks.
Playing mahjong,
Chitchatting everywhere,
interacting with street vendors.
I’ve got a question for us to discuss in this public platform,
What the hell had the Wuhan mayor and the Party committee secretary [been] doing?
As a local government official,
did they not receive any information?
If they had indeed [received] any first-hand information,
Why did they not take any actions?
[Passage deleted; available here.]
If you want to go outside [in Wuhan now], to get checked,
all of the public transportation are stopped.
If you want to drive yourself to the hospital,
there are no gas stations for you to refill.
Though I don’t know for a fact that the gas stations stopped operation,
I’ve heard it from the internet, and did not check it myself.
[Passage deleted; available here.]
I hope that all overseas Chinese can understand one point:
We the Chinese, at least my friends and me, in our 20s and 30s
are not dumbasses, are not brainwashed.
In our brains [minds?] we all know it clearly
Like that clown Jin Canrong, he might be able to fool some kids
but we all f***ing know what this country really is
We just have no ways, no power, our bodies are made of flesh and blood.
We can’t beat full metal jackets and tanks.
I hope every single overseas Chinese who can watch this video, [will] help us.
You don’t have to spend a dime, or do anything,
You just tap with your finger, get the message out.
[Passage deleted; available here.]
So I hope everyone who can watch my video,
can treasure [value?] this video as it was really difficult to upload.
I have been risking getting caught by the police all this time,
Trying to get the truth out.
Daily updates on the Wuhan virus can be gotten here: https://www.invidio.us/watch?t=3m49s&v=3K61AF-g3kY