"On December 31, 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) became aware of cases in China and began developing reports for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 1.[64][65]
On January 3, CDC Director Robert Redfield was notified by a counterpart in China that a "mysterious respiratory illness was spreading in Wuhan [China]"; he notified HHS Secretary Alex Azar, who shared the report with the National Security Council (NSC). According to The Washington Post, warnings about the virus were included in the President's Daily Brief in early January, an indicator of the emphasis placed on the virus by the intelligence community.[65][64] "
OK? So he knew about it by January 3rd. (Much later he BS'd: "nobody saw this coming.")
"On January 8, the CDC issued its first public alert about the coronavirus.[64]
On January 9, the WHO issued a statement naming the disease as a new coronavirus in Wuhan.[66]
On January 10, the WHO issued a comprehensive package of guidance to countries on how to test for potential cases.[68] By this date, the WHO warned of the risk of human-to-human transmission.[69][70] "
The testing method was made available to us on January 10th.
"On January 18, HHS Secretary Azar discussed the coronavirus outbreak with President Donald Trump, who criticized Azar for being "alarmist".[64]
On January 20, both the WHO and Chinese authorities announced the confirmation that human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus had already occurred.[75][76]
The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in an American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.[77]
By January 20, the CDC developed its own coronavirus test (as it typically does) and used it to evaluate the first U.S. case.
On January 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a statement on the coronavirus, indicating that: "Human-to-human transmission is occurring and a preliminary R0 estimate of 1.4–2.5 was presented. Amplification has occurred in one health care facility. Of confirmed cases, 25% are reported to be severe.
On January 24, President Trump praised China for its coronavirus efforts in a tweet.
The New York Times reported that President Trump was told "at the time" of a January 29 memo by trade adviser Peter Navarro that the coronavirus could cause as many as half a million deaths and trillions in economic damage.
January 30, HHS Secretary Azar warned President Trump about the "possibility of a pandemic".
On January 30, the first case of person-to-person transmission was confirmed in Chicago, between a married couple, after the wife returned from China.[88]
On January 30, the WHO named the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, warning that "all countries should be prepared for containment, including active surveillance, early detection, isolation and case management, contact tracing and prevention of onward spread".[89][90]
On January 31, the Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, declared a public health emergency, and imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine for any U.S. citizens who has visited Hubei Province in China within the preceding two weeks. It also began denying entry of non-U.S. nationals who had traveled to China within the preceding two weeks.
President Trump repeatedly claimed credit for acting early with the travel ban. However, The Washington Post reported that 300,000 people traveled to the U.S. from China during the month prior to the ban.[64] The New York Times reported that more than 40,000 persons traveled from China to the U.S. after the January 31 partial ban [65]
Wiki
Feb 5th - CDC begins shipping some tests. WHO has already shipped 250,000.
CNN
February 13th - CDC tests found to be defective.
Fox
February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” (So wrong.)
February 25: “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.” (As they totally botched testing while other nations had no problem.)
February 25: “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.” (This was a total lie. We still have no vaccine.)
February 26: “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.” (Obviously that wasn't correct. We are over a million Active Cases, and close to 100,000 deaths.)
February 26: “We're going very substantially down, not up.”
February 28: “Now the Democrats are ... this is their new hoax.” (We all wish it was a hoax.)
February 29 “So far, we have lost nobody to corona virus in the United States.”
Mar 1st - HHS launched an investigation into the manufacturing defect in the CDC tests
CNN
March 6: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test." (Not true.)
March 6: “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault.”
Mar 9th - Limited testing is finally available in all 50 States.
CNN
March 9: “This blindsided the world.” (BS! You were told about it at least by January 3rd)
March 10: "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away." (Total BS)
Mar 13th - 553 cases confirmed in the USA. DT announces state of emergency, Says he takes no responsibility.
March 13: “I don't take responsibility at all”
March 16: "I give myself a 10 out of 10"
March 19: "Nobody knew there would be a pandemic or epidemic of this proportion.” (BS! You were warned on January 30th: "all countries should be prepared for containment, including active surveillance, early detection, isolation and case management, contact tracing and prevention of onward spread")
May 13th - " ... there are still parts of the country with a paucity of testing ... "
KHN
May 24th - "The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to
testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.
The United States is the worst-affected country in the world, with more than 1.6 million diagnosed cases and at least 97,424 deaths."
ABC
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