Trump only banned Chinese citizens from traveling to the US, not all travelers from China, and Trump's ban came nearly two weeks after the first case of the virus was recorded in the US from a man returning from China
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Jan. 17: The CDC and the Department of Homeland Security announced that US citizens returning from countries known to be sources of infection countries were being rerouted to specific airports, where they would be screened and isolated.
That same day, Rod Rosenstein's sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases stated that, “based on current information, the risk from 2019-nCoV to the American public is currently deemed to be low.”
Jan. 20: Japan, South Korea, and Thailand reported their first cases of the novel coronavirus.
Jan. 21: The first case of coronavirus in the United States was reported. The infected patient was identified as a man who had traveled to the US from Wuhan, China. President Trump referred to this patient the next day, January 22.
Jan. 24: The CDC confirmed the second U.S. case of coronavirus, adding again that “based on what we know right now, the immediate risk to America remains low.”
Jan. 28: The WHO published a statement about the coronavirus, with a photograph and headline saying: “WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak.” According to the release, “The WHO delegation highly appreciated the actions China has implemented in response to the outbreak, its speed in identifying the virus and openness to sharing information with WHO and other countries.”
The same day, President Trump expanded U.S. airport screenings to identify travelers showing symptoms and instituted mandatory quarantines.
On Jan. 30, the WHO declared a global health emergency of international concern.
On Jan. 30, the CDC confirmed publicly for the first time the person-to-person spread of Wuhan virus and applauded WHO’s decision.
That same day, the president created the White House Coronavirus Task Force to coordinate efforts regarding this new disease.
The next day, Jan. 31, the president declared coronavirus a U.S. public health emergency and issued a ban on travel between the United States and China.
On that same day, the Senate voted on the production of additional documents in the impeachment trial of President Trump. Campaigning in Iowa that day, DEMOCRAT Pedo Joe Biden criticized President Trump’s China travel ban, saying, “This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia.”
Feb. 4: The White House directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to step up coronavirus diagnostic testing procedures.
Feb. 5: Rod Rosenstein's sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, issued a public statement saying, “While we continue to believe the immediate risk of 2019nCoV exposure to the general public is low, CDC is undertaking measures to help keep that risk low.”
Feb. 18: Rod Rosenstein's sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, reaffirmed that the “risk to Americans from coronavirus is low.”
Feb. 20: The Trump administration raised travel warnings to their highest level for Japan and South Korea.
Fe. 26: IThe first case of suspected local transmission in the United States was announced by Rod Rosenstein's sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, of the CDC.
That same day, President Trump named Vice President Pence to lead the Coronavirus Task Force. The next day, Feb. 27, Pence named Dr. Deborah Birx to serve as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator.
Feb. 29: The first death from the coronavirus was recorded in the United States.
On that date, President Trump halted travel with Iran.
March 11: The WHO declared coronavirus a worldwide pandemic.
The next day, on March 12, President Trump imposed travel restrictions on Europe and other international hotspots. Then, on March 13, President Trump declared a national emergency.
The single most important step taken by President Trump was his closing of U.S. travel with China, which happened on Jan. 31.
It is impossible to overestimate the number of American lives saved by that momentous decision by President Trump on January 31 which DEMOCRATS and their media surrogates decried as "racist and xenophobic".
Trump only banned Chinese citizens from traveling to the US, not all travelers from China, and Trump's ban came nearly two weeks after the first case of the virus was recorded in the US from a man returning from China
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January 31, 2020: The Trump administration’s decision to ban most foreign nationals who had been to China in the last two weeks from traveling to the United States amid an accelerating outbreak of a novel coronavirus there was preceded by calls for similar policies from conservative lawmakers and far-right supporters of the president. Public health experts, however, warn that the move could do more harm than good.
The administration’s public health emergency declaration also requires U.S. citizens returning from China to undergo some level of quarantine, depending on where they had been in China.
The World Health Organization, which declared the outbreak a global health emergency this week, has recommended against any travel or trade restrictions in response to the outbreak.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/31/as-far-right-calls-for-china-travel-ban-health-experts-warn-coronavirus-response-would-suffer/
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