% >>
NOW
TO
THE
STORY
OF A
% WISCONSIN
MAN
WHO
HAS
A
VERY
% BIG
PERSONAL
STAKE
IN
THE % FUTURE
MANAGEMENT
OF
% CORONAVIRUS.%IT'S
THE
STORY
OF
JAMES
% MALECHEK.
% HE
HAS
BEEN QUARANTINED
IN
% BEIJING, CHINA.
% HE IS
THE
COACH
FOR
THE CHINESE
% OLYMPIC
SWIM TEAM.
%
HE AND
COACHING STAFF WERE IN
% THE
MIDST OF
A
TRAINING
CAMP % PREPARING
FOR
THE
TOKYO
OLYMPIC
% GAMES WHEN THE
CORONAVIRUS
% OUTBREAK BEGAN.
% HE
JOINS
US
FROM
HIS
BEIJING
% APARTMENT IN
A
COMPLEX
WHERE
HE
% AND
HIS
ATHLETES
ARE
GATED FROM
% THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
% JAMES, THANKS
VERY MUCH
FOR
% JOINING
US.
% >>
MY
PLEASURE.
% >>
WE UNDERSTAND
AGAIN
THAT
IT
% HAS BEEN SIX
WEEKS
THAT
YOU % HAVE
BEEN
IN
ISOLATION.
% WHAT HAS
THAT
BEEN
LIKE?
% >>
IT'S BEEN
AN
INTERESTING
% EXPERIENCE.
% MANY
OF
THE
ATHLETES
AND % COACHING
STAFFS
HAVE
--
WE'VE
% BUILT
KIND
OF A
BOND OF
% UNDERSTANDING EVEN
THOUGH
WE'RE % FROM
COMPLETELY
OPPOSITE
SIDES % OF THE WORLD
THAT
WE
HAVE
A
LOT
% MORE
IN
COMMON.
%
IT'S
BEEN A VERY
UNIQUE
% EXPERIENCE TO
SAY
THE LEAST.
% >>
HAVE
YOU
AND
YOUR
FOLLOW
% COACHES AND
ATHLETES BEEN % TESTED
FOR CORONAVIRUS?
% >>
YES.
% WE
INITIALLY
WHEN
WE
GOT
% QUARANTINED ON
THE
27th
WE
HAD
% BEEN SCHEDULED REGULARLY
FOR
% ROUTINE
CHECKS.
% SINCE
THEN
IT'S
BEEN
MOSTLY
% TEMPERATURE CHECKS
AND
%
OCCASIONALLY SOME BLOOD
WORK
TO
% MAKE
SURE
THAT
EVERYONE
IS
% STILL FREE
FROM
THE
CORONAVIRUS.
% >>
AND
TO
DATE
THAT
IS
TRUE, % THAT
EVERYONE IS NEGATIVE.
% >>
SO
FAR
I'VE
HEARD
ZERO
% PEOPLE
WITHIN
THIS COMPLEX HAVE
% HAD
IT.
% >>
SO
STILL
HOW FRIGHTENING HAS
% IT
BEEN
TO
BE
IN
CHINA
DURING % THIS
DEADLY
OUTBREAK
THERE?
% >>
IT'S
BEEN
FAIRLY CONTROLLED
% ON
OUR
END.
% EVEN
BEFORE
WE
WERE PUT
INTO
% ISOLATION,
MAKE
SURE
YOU
AREN'T
% GOING
INTO HEAVILY CROWDED
% AREAS, CERTAIN
PARTS
OF
THE
% CITY
ARE
KNOWN FOR
LARGER
% TRAFFIC
AREAS.
% THEY SLOWLY
STARTED
TO
WEAN
US
% AWAY
FROM
THOSE AREAS
AND
SINCE
% THE
QUARANTINE
WE
HAVEN'T
HAD
% ANY
CONTACT WITH
THE
OUTSIDE
% SOURCES.
% SO
TO
ME IT'S
--
NOT
BAD.
% >>
I
WAS GOING
TO
ASK
WHAT
% ABOUT
YOUR CHINESE
SWIMMERS
OR
% STAFF?
% DO THEY
HAVE FAMILIES
THAT
THEY
% CONTINUE
TO
BE
CONCERNED
ABOUT
% OUTSIDE THE
ISOLATION
THAT
YOU % ARE
NOW
LIVING IN?
% >>
SE
VERAL
OF
THE
COACHES
ARE
% ACTUALLY FROM
WUHAN
ORIGINALLY
% AND WHEN
THE
OUTBREAK
HAPPENED,
% WE
WERE
ALREADY
AT
TRAINING
% CAMP
SO
THEY
WEREN'T
ALLOWED
TO
% GO
HOME
FOR SPRING
FESTIVAL
AND
% SEE
THEIR
FAMILIES,
WHICH
THEIR
% FAMILIES ARE
STILL
IN
WUHAN AND
% STILL IN
ISOLATION.
%
SO
SOME
OF
THE
COACHES
ARE
A
% LITTLE WORRIED
STILL
AND
HAVE
% OBVIOUSLY
CONCERN
FOR
THEIR
% LOVED ONE,
THEIR
FAMILIES STILL % TRAPPED
IN
WUHAN.
% >>
WHAT
ARE YOUR
CONCERNS
RIGHT
% NOW?
% >>
MY
BIGGEST
CONCERN
IS
JUST
% THAT
EVERYONE'S
SAFETY
IS
STILL
% KEPT TO
A
HIGH
STANDARD.
% WE'VE
BEEN
IN
THIS
QUARANTINE
% FOR
SO
LONG
ALREADY
THAT
TO ME
%
THE
SAFETY HAS
TO BE
TOP
% PRIORITY STILL.
% AS
MUCH
AS
WE
WOULD
ALL
LIKE
TO
% GET
OUT AND
HAVE
THE
ABILITY
TO
% GO
GET
DIFFERENT
FOOD
OR
% ANYTHING
LIKE
THAT,
WE STILL
% HAVE
TO
REMEMBER FIRST
AND
% FOREMOST
THAT WE'RE
PREPARING % FOR TOKYO.
% THAT'S
GOT
TO BE
THE
END
GOAL.
% THAT
MEANS
SPENDING
MORE
TIME
% IN QUARANTINE, SO
BE
IT.
% >>
ARE
YOU
TRYING TO
GET % EVACUATED BACK TO
THE
UNITED
% STATES?
% >>
I
HAVE
THOUGHT
ABOUT
IT
% SEVERAL
TIMES SINCE
THE
% QUARANTINE STARTED.
% INITIALLY MY
CONCERN
WAS
FAIRLY % HIGH ABOUT
GETTING BACK
TO THE
% U.S.%BUT SINCE
WE'VE
BEEN
IN
HERE
SO
% LONG
I'VE
SEEN
THE
PRECAUTIONS
% AND
THE
CLEANING
ROUTINES AND
% THE
CONSISTENT CHECKUPS
ON
THIS
% END.
% I'M
INDIFFERENT
BECAUSE
PART
OF
% ME WANTS TO
GO
HOME
BUT
THE
% OTHER
PART
OF
ME
LOOKS AT
THIS
% AND
GOES
WE'VE
BEEN HERE
FOR
% SIX
WEEKS,
YOU
HAVE
ZERO
CASES,
% THAT'S A
HARD
NUMBER
TO
GO % AGAINST
IN
MY
BOOK.
% SO PART OF
ME
DOES.
% >>
PART OF
YOU
DOES AND
PART
OF
% YOU
WANTS
TO
STAY
PUT AND
SEE
% IT
THROUGH.
% HOW
CONCERNED
ARE
YOUR
FAMILY
% AND
FRIENDS BACK
HERE IN % WISCONSIN?
% >>
NOT
AS
CONCERNED AS
THEY
% ORIGINALLY WERE.
% ONCE
I
HAVE
CONTACTED
THEM
AND
% JUST
TALKING
THEM
THROUGH
AND
% HELPING
THEM
TO
UNDERSTAND
THE
% WAY
THAT
THE
SITUATION
IS,
THEY
%
STEPPED
UP
ALL
THE
NECESSARY % PRECAUTIONS
FROM
THIS
END.
% TO
ME
IT'S
PRETTY
SAFE
ON
MY
% SIDE FOR
THE
TIME
BEING.
% NOW,
I
AM
A LITTLE
CONCERNED % THAT IF WE WERE
TO BE
LET OUT
% OF
QUARANTINE THAT WE'RE
% OBVIOUSLY EXPOSED
TO
THE
RISK.
% BUT
THE
RISK
IS
WORTH
BEING ON % QUARANTINE.
% >>
JAMES
MALECHEK, WE % APPRECIATE YOU
CHECKING
IN AND
% TELLING US
ABOUT THE
% CIRCUMSTANCE AND
WE HOPE
TO % CHECK IN
WITH
YOU
IN
THE
FUTURE
% AND
GOOD
LUCK ON
YOUR