I had an encounter on Facebook this week. A meme came out to remind us that if the infection numbers go up this week, don’t be alarmed. It doesn’t necessarily mean that more people are infected, but that more people are being tested. I thought that sounded reassuring and posted that to the public. But my left-leaning friends found it irritating and one of them shared this timeline in the comment section:
Dec 18th – House Impeaches Trump.
Jan 8th – First CDC warning.
Jan 9th – Trump campaign rally.
Jan 14th – Trump campaign rally.
Jan 16h – House sends impeachment articles to Senate.
Jan 18th – Trump golfs.
Jan 19th – Trump golfs.
Jan 20th – First case of coronavirus in the US, Washington State.
Jan 22nd – “No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
Jan 24th – “It will all work out well.”
Jan 28th – Trump campaign rally.
Jan 30th – Trump campaign rally.
I just find that disingenuous and a deliberate attempt to twist and manipulate events just to make the president look bad. So I did my own research and came up with my own timeline. You can read that here. Here’s an excerpt:
12/31/2019 Chinese Health officials inform WHO about cluster of 41
patients with mysterious pneumonia. Most are connected to Huanan
Seafood Market
1/1/2020 Huanan market closes
01/06/2020 CDC issues a travel notice for Wuhan China.
01/07/2020 Chinese authorities identify new coronavirus.
01/07/2020 CDC establishes coronavirus incident management system to
better share and respond to information about the virus.
01/11/2020 China records first death
01/11/2020 CDC tweets for the first time on Covid-19 A new coronavirus
may be the cause of a pneumonia outbreak being investigated in China.
CDC is closely monitoring the situation & has stood up emergency
response system in case it’s needed.
01/13/2020 First coronavirus case outside of China in Thailand
01/12/2020 The CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announced that American citizens returning from travel-restricted
countries were being rerouted to specific airports, where they would be
screened and isolated. CDC on that day also stated that, “based on current
information, the risk from 2019-nCoV to the American public is currently
deemed to be low.”
01/15/2020 The CDC Tweets: CDC continues to monitor this ongoing
investigation to learn more about this rapidly evolving outbreak/
01/20/2020 First US case reported in Washington State.
01/20/2020 Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health are
working on development of vaccine for corona virus.
01/21/2020. The CDC activates its emergency operations center to
provide ongoing coronavirus response.
01/23/2020 Wuhan is placed under quarantine.
01/23/2020 The CDC seeks special emergency authorization from FDA to
allow states to use newly developed coronavirus test.
01/24/2020 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.
01/27/2020 CDC issues level III travel notice urging Americans to avoid
travel to China.
01/28/2020 WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in
Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 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.”
01/28/2020 President Trump expands U.S. airport screenings to identify
travelers showing symptoms and instituted mandatory quarantines.
01/30/2020 WHO declares a global public health emergency
01/30/2020 President Trump creates the White House Coronavirus Task
Force to coordinate efforts regarding this new disease.
01/31/2020 President Trump declares coronavirus a US public health
emergency and issues a ban on travel between the United States and China.
Declares the coronavirus a public health emergency, suspends entry into
the US for foreign nationals who pose a risk. Department of Homeland
security funnels flights from China to just 7 domestic US airports.
01/31/2020 The Senate votes on the production of additional documents
on the impeachment trial of President Trump.
01/31/2020 Joe Biden criticizes President Trump’s China travel ban,
saying during an Iowa campaign event, “This is no time for Donald Trump’s
record of hysteria and xenophobia.”
good job