PamEllis (@PCE)

I found this timeline on another FB page and thought I would share : I was tired of hearing how Trump called the virus a hoax and “did nothing” until March.... So I did research. Here’s the real timeline of what happened (all of this BEFORE we had even one death in the US) : 1/6 CDC issues travel advisory for Wuhan. 1/11 CDC tweets about corona related “pneumonia outbreak in China” 1/14 WHO tweets that there is no evidence of human to human transmission. 1/17 CDC started doing health screenings at 3 airports of travelers from China. 1/21 first case in US for someone who traveled directly from Wuhan. 1/23 WHO again says no human to human transmission outside of China. 1/27 WHO raises alert level but is still saying China has it contained. 1/28 CDC states “ While CDC considers covid a serious situation and is taking preparedness measures, the immediate risk in the US is considered low.” 1/29 White House announces Coronavirus Task Force created. Note - this is despite the WHO downplaying the threat! 1/31 Trump bans travel from China. Media and multiple Democrats slam his decision calling it racist/xenophobic. 2/5 Trump acquitted (impeachment). 2/5 Chuck Schumer in a tweet continues to call Trumps’ travel ban from China “premature.” 2/7 White House’s Coronavirus Task Force gives press briefing. 2/9 White House Coronavirus Task Force meets with all governors regarding virus. 2/12 CDC waiting for approval from Chinese for CDC team to travel to China. 2/18 HHS announces partnership to develop vaccine. 2/21 Italy identifies its very first case in their country. 2/21 CDC tweets that it is working with States for preparedness. 2/24 Trump sent letter to Congress asking for $25B for virus effort. 2/24 Nancy Pelosi made a stop in Chinatown and encouraged people to “please come and visit and enjoy Chinatown.” 2/25 there is still no reported community spread in the US!!! (Per CDC tweet.) 2/27 first community transmission in US. 2/27 Trump appoints Pence to coordinate efforts. 2/29 FIRST reported Covid19 death in US. It is helpful to look at the actual timeline. All of this happened BEFORE the 1st death in US. I got most of this info from CDC tweets so anyone can look it up to check for accuracy. There were many more actions in between, I just took some highlights.