The video is over a year old. And I saw some of those videos over two years ago. I have heard that some of those are not real and some are not COVID. But its true that in china, people wont help. They will stand around, maybe call the police. And somebody will definitely get out their phone and start recording.
They were all over the news at the start of the "pandemic." My co-workers and I watched them as they were reportedly being shown "live." Then, apparently having served their purpose, they disappeared.