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What the Epoch Times forgets to mention
This timeline provides a look at the key inflection points in the crucial ten-week period where the United States lost the ability to effectively respond to the virus that is causing unprecedented death and economic destruction.
JAN. 3, 2020 CDC is first alerted to a public health event in Wuhan Province, China. Per HHS Secretary Alex Azar in Press Q&A. JAN. 10, 2020 Former Trump Advisor: "We face a global health threat...*new* kind of coronavirus. Coordinate!" Former Trump Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert urges action on COVID-19. JAN. 18, 2020 Azar can't get through to Trump to speak with him about the virus until Jan. 18. Trump redirects conversation to vaping. Washington Post: Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar struggles to get through to Trump about the threat of COVID; JAN. 20, 2020 "The first human infection with new coronavirus has been reported in the U.S." CDC JAN. 21, 2020 "VIRUS" "China virus kills six; 300 infected..." Conservative media begins to sound the alarm, with the Drudge Report running “VIRUS” as a banner headline. JAN. 21, 2020 "This is an evolving situation and again, we do expect additional cases in the United States" The CDC’s Nancy Messonnier announces in a briefing that more cases are expected in the United States. JAN. 22, 2020 Bullet image "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China." On CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Trump dismisses the possibility of a coming pandemic. JANUARY 2020 Intelligence agencies began warning Trump Admin that China wasn't being honest about the scale of the crisis as early as January. Washington Post: JAN. 24, 2020 Bullet image "The US greatly appreciates China's efforts and transparency. I want to thank President Xi!" Trump tweets a thanks to China and President Xi “on behalf of the American people” JAN. 27, 2020 Joe Biden: Short-sighted Trump has left us unprepared for a dangerous epidemic Biden op-ed on how Trump’s actions have hampered the U.S. ability to respond to coronavirus. JAN. 28, 2020 Former Trump Admin Officials: "Act Now to Prevent an American Epidemic" Scott Gottlieb and Luciana Borio op-ed in the Wall Street Journal offer 4-point plan to prepare for COVID-19 JAN. 29, 2020 Multiple news reports published on the need to address mask hoarding and shortages. New York Times, The Atlantic JAN. 28, 2020 Trump Admin Public Health Officials Begin Dire "Red Dawn" Email Chain discussing threat. New York Times JAN. 29, 2020 GOP Senator Tom Cotton Privately Warns Trump About Coronavirus Threat From National Review article on the Senator who saw the virus coming. FEB. 2, 2020 Bullet image "Well we pretty much shut it down coming in from China...Getting along with China. Getting along with Russia." In an interview with Sean Hannity, Trump dismisses any threat from COVID-19. FEB. 2, 2020 The Trump administration restricts travel from China for immigrants and noncitizens. This was not a travel ban as Trump claims. Americans continue to fly between the countries. FEB. 3, 2020 “If we take strong measures now, we may be able to blunt the impact of the virus on the United States” Public health officials around the world prepare for “social distancing” measures. FEB. 3, 2020 Fox News host Tucker Carlson begins covering COVID seriously after a friend with "access to intelligence" informs him of the extent of the threat. Fox News FEB. 4, 2020 "It’s time to start testing more people, even if they haven’t visited China or been in contact with someone infected" In the Wall Street Journal, Former Trump Officials Scott Gottlieb & Luciana Borio urge the administration to expand testing, provide more protective equipment, and accelerate vaccine development. FEB. 5, 2020 HHS Secretary Alex Azar requests $2 billion for respirator masks and other supplies. Trump officials balk, wait weeks, then ask for only $500 million. Washington Post FEB. 5, 2020 "Just left the Administration briefing on Coronavirus. Bottom line: they aren't taking this seriously enough...Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff etc. And they need it now." Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweet FEB. 7, 2020 Mike Pompeo announces that the Trump Administration is sending 17.8 tons of medical supplies to China. State Department Press Release. FEB. 10, 2020 Bullet image “A lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat—as the heat comes in.” At a White House press conference, Trump suggests that COVID will go away as the weather gets warmer. FEB. 20, 2020 Former Trump Officials Gottlieb & Borio urge expanded testing and increased vigilance against COVID. Wall Street Journal op-ed FEB. 23, 2020 Bullet image "President Xi loves his country. He’s working very hard to solve the problem and he will solve the problem. Okay?" Trump defends the performance of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a press conference. FEB. 23, 2020 Harvard School of Public Health official Michael Mina issues a warning on limited COVID tests and the lack of transparency on testing failures. FEB. 24, 2020 Bullet image "Coronavirus very much under control...Stock Market starting to look very good to me!" Trump Tweet. Note: The Dow Jones was at 27,960 that day. It has dropped as low as 18,591. FEB 24, 2020 "You should seriously consider buying these {stock market} dips." Trump’s top economic advisor Larry Kudlow FEB. 24, 2020 Dr. Robert Kadlec at HHS requests urgent COVID task force meeting with POTUS to provide social distancing recommendations. Meeting is cancelled. President did not make social distancing recommendations until 3/16, 21 days later. FEB. 25, 2020 Bullet image "Cryin Chuck Schumer is complaining...that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus Trump requests $1.8-2.5 billion for COVID response, mocks Democrats for saying more is needed. FEB. 25, 2020 CDC Expert Nancy Messonnier: "Disruption to everyday life might be severe." Messonnier warns Americans to start preparing for school and business closures in response to the virus. Trump reportedly shouted at his staffers in response to the warning, complaining that she was scaring people. FEB. 26, 2020 Bullet image "When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done" Trump press conference FEB. 27, 2020 Bullet image "It's gonna disappear one day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear" Trump press conference FEB. 29, 2020 First COVID-19 death in United States A Washington state man in his 50s became the first person to die from COVID in the United States. MAR. 4, 2020 The Department of Health and Human Services stated that they had only about 1% of the respirators needed for a full-blown pandemic. HHS statement to CNBC MAR. 4, 2020 Trump ally Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) wears gas mask on house floor to mock those expressing concerns about the coming pandemic. Within a few days, Gaetz is under quarantine and has one of his constituents die of COVID. MAR. 4, 2020 Bullet image "President Xi is working very, very hard in China...Their numbers have gotten much better with respect to the coronavirus, very much better" Trump again praises China’s President Xi on his performance fighting COVID. MAR. 6, 2020 Bullet image "I’ve heard the numbers are getting much better in China, but I hear the numbers are getting much better in Italy" Trump states that the number of COVID cases are going down in both China and Italy. Note: China has faced widespread skepticism over its reported numbers, and in early March Italy’s cases were beginning to skyrocket. MAR. 6, 2020 Bullet image "I like this stuff. I really get it... Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability." Trump during a tour of the CDC in Atlanta. MAR. 6, 2020 Bullet image “I didn’t know people died from the flu.” A Trump remark during a tour of the CDC in Atlanta. MAR. 6, 2020 Bullet image “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault...I'd rather have them stay on, personally.” Trump suggests that he doesn’t want Americans sickened by COVID on a cruise to return the United States, because it would make the numbers of infected in the country look worse. MAR. 6, 2020 Bullet image “Anybody who wants a test gets a test.” Trump lies about test availability during a tour of the CDC in Atlanta. Note: On this date just 1911 tests were conducted in the whole country. MAR. 6, 2020 "We don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward" Vice President Pence. MAR. 7, 2020 Conservative journalist Tucker Carlson flies to Mar-a-Lago to implore Trump to take the coronavirus threat more seriously in private. Vanity Fair. MAR. 9, 2020 Bullet image "So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on." Trump tweets a comparison to seasonal flu. MAR. 9, 2020 "People you voted for have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem. It's definitely not just the flu." Tucker Carlson obliquely criticizes Trump in his opening monologue. MAR. 9, 2020 "It’s now or never for the U.S. if it hopes to keep coronavirus from burning out of control" Tom Bossert, Former Homeland Security advisor for Trump, urges swift and aggressive action against the virus to prevent catastrophe. MAR. 10, 2020 Bullet image "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away." Trump remarks during a press conference. MAR. 10, 2020 "Viruses that spread like this tend to spread more. In certain communities at-risk people need to listen to social distancing recommendations. " CDC official Nancy Messonnier sounds the alarm again. MAR. 10, 2020 "A looming shortage in lab materials is threatening to delay coronavirus test results and cause officials to undercount the number of Americans with the virus" POLITICO reports that US testing is threatened by lab material shortages MAR. 11, 2020 "Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have contracted the virus. An NBA player has it. Stock market futures plunge again. The NBA season is canceled." The scope and severity of the crisis becomes tangible. MAR. 11, 2020 Bullet image “If we get rid of the coronavirus problem quickly, we won’t need [economic] stimulus.” Trump minimizes the potential economic impact at a press conference. MAR. 12, 2020 House Democrats propose additional economic stimulus to address crisis Initial package. MAR. 12, 2020 “The bottom line is it’s going to get worse...the number could go way up and be involved in many, many millions" Remarks from Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as the US death toll reaches 37. MAR. 13, 2020 Bullet image "I don't take responsibility at all." Trump’s remarks at a White House Rose Garden press conference. MAR. 20, 2020 Bullet image Jared Kushner said it was on this date that he began to "build a team" to address the logistics of the COVID-19 crisis. Trump Press Conference https://thebulwark.com/the-ten-weeks...6a0f3-79680897 |
You're quotes by Trump are selected out of broader contexts. And many were off the cuff remarks that reflected the general consensus being narrated by WHO, the Dems, the MSM, as well. Pasting them all together as a timeline without also inserting them within "the big picture" is obviously meant to slant against Trump.
And some points are misleading such as saying the travel ban was not a travel ban. It absolutely was a ban, as it stated, on foreign nationals, and the Americans that were still "traveling" were basically those who were returning from China. Several bullet points were actually failures of the federal administrative agencies to be appropriately stocked before Trump was elected, as well and even more telling, failures of State and local agencies to have maintained supplies and readiness,exemplified by New York where a great percentage of the outbreak has occurred. And the testing delays were directly attributable the failure of the CDC to create test kits when it tried to invent a better test than was already being used by other countries and WHO, and the created kits were faulty so were returned after sparse use until the CDC finally, sort of, got it right. The delays in kits, and supplies was a failure of the whole entrenched bureaucracy at all levels of government. Trump had to lead the effort to correct that failure, which pretty much has happened. |
Bitchslappedboy is just crying wolf like he did during the Impeachmas hoax. Empty barrels ring loudest as you may notice. He is just a liberal fool with nothing better to do than repeat #^^^^^^^& talking points.
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Given all that info that we had back in January, can we agree that one thing Trump did, was restrict travel from China? And Joe Biden came out against that, said it was an overreaction, so he wouldn't have even done that.
Good thing Biden wasn't in charge. Right? Otherwise, this is just an exercise in bashing Trump, not an exercise that cares at all about truth. |
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He has lead his blaming brigade every minute he has been on the air for weeks, in blaming and shuffling off responsibility anywhere possible. I have noticed that Fox News and the president no longer love the hydroxychloroquine. Perhaps the president and his propaganda arm should stop handing out medical advice? The longer we pretend that Trump* isn’t mentally ill, the more devastation we’re going to experience. |
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Trump*s travel ban was on what date? Azar declared a public health emergency for the novel coronavirus on Jan. 31, and announced the travel restrictions to and from China, effective Feb. 2. Isn't that correct? Biden wrote an Op-ed in USA today on January 27th and espoused the same talking points again at a political event within hours of Azar's announcement. "The possibility of a pandemic is a challenge Donald Trump is unqualified to handle as president. I remember how Trump sought to stoke fear and stigma during the 2014 Ebola epidemic. He called President Barack Obama a “dope” and “incompetent” and railed against the evidence-based response our administration put in place — which quelled the crisis and saved hundreds of thousands of lives — in favor of reactionary travel bans that would only have made things worse. He advocated abandoning exposed and infected American citizens rather than bringing them home for treatment. Trump’s demonstrated failures of judgment and his repeated rejection of science make him the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health challenge. The outbreak of a new coronavirus, which has already infected more than 2,700 people and killed over 80 in China, will get worse before it gets better. Cases have been confirmed in a dozen countries, with at least five in the United States. There will likely be more. Diseases don't stop at borders or walls The State Department has scheduled an evacuation flight and advised Americans against traveling to Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, and is evacuating non-essential personnel. Trump has blithely tweeted that “it will all work out well.” Yet the steps he has taken as president have only weakened our capacity to respond. Trump has rolled back much of the progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. He proposed draconian cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for International Development — the very agencies we need to fight this outbreak and prevent future ones. He dismissed the top White House official in charge of global health security and dismantled the entire team. And he has treated with utmost contempt institutions that facilitate international cooperation, thus undermining the global efforts that keep us safe from pandemics and biological attacks. To be blunt, I am concerned that the Trump administration’s shortsighted policies have left us unprepared for a dangerous epidemic that will come sooner or later. Pandemic diseases are a prime example of why international cooperation is a requirement of leadership in 2020. Diseases do not stop at borders. They cannot be thwarted by building a wall. We cannot keep ourselves safe without helping to keep others safe as well and without enlisting the help of other nations in return. And here’s the truth — the United States must step forward to lead these efforts, because no other nation has the resources, the reach or the relationships to marshal an effective international response." |
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There are so many things he ignored and lied about since that the totality paints a damning picture of someone so unprepared for the job (which is what everyone has been saying since the election). |
Thank goodness we have experts here to guide our president if the need arises.👍🏽
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Here's what I claimed: One, Trump restricted travel from China, I believe in late January. Two, Biden claimed that was an over-reaction and racist (therefore, safe to say Biden wouldn't have done it). Three, Trump haters are saying he didn't do enough. If Trump didn't do enough, and Biden (at the time) wouldn't have done what Trump did, that mean Biden would have done less. If Trump ordered schools and businesses locked down in January, the left would have said he was a berserk dictator. There was zero consensus in January that we weren't doing nearly enough. Hindsight is always 20-20. |
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To the libs here...if Trump was negligent for not doing more in January, why can't any of you say that Pelosi and Diblasio were more negligent for going on TV in late February, and encouraging their constituents to go to crowded public places?
Answer: Orange Man Bad. Nothing else matters. I stopped watching the daily briefings because I cannot stand Trumps style, I just can't take the attacks and the blaming and passing the buck. I can say that even though I will vote for Trump again, because I am not crazy. None of you can say that if Trump was negligent in January, that necessarily means Pelosi and DIblasio were more negligent in late February. You can't say that, because you can't criticize a democrat. SO you try to have it both ways. Sorry. |
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DeBlasio and Pelosi are not the president of the US and did not receive the briefings that he did. Nor did they constantly lie and refuse to take any responsibility
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They certainly left themselves without a leg to stand on regarding the issue. But they still bloviate as if they knew all along. Good members of the Party.
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Thanks for the scoop! "and did not receive the briefings that he did' I see! So you have seen transcripts of the briefings that Pelosi, the speaker of the house, did attend? You know for a certainty that she had no reason not to tell people to go to Chinatown, but that Trump should have known to do more. Wow! You are making stuff up out of thin air, stuff you can't possibly know, because only Trump can be at fault. |
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It certainly did not help to have the WHO claim their was no indication that the virus was transferrable human to human, therefor not easily contagious. And recommending not to take drastic measures because that would instill unnecessary fear and panic. Nor was it helpful that this attitude was accepted by our politicians, medical community, and media. Trump, in that atmosphere, would have been blistered as an authoritarian demagogue if he would have shut the country down at that time. Nor would it have been likely that he could have convinced the Congress to spend trillions to fight what was not believed to be that serious. Plus, at the time of any intelligence briefings, the virus would have already arrived and infected enough thousands that the spread would be rapid and already huge. With what was actually known, and what was nearly universally believed, there was nothing realistically that could be done in time to stop what happened. And there is one, true, demonic, culprit. The CCP. That should be enough for the rest of the world to begin weening off of China's cheap technological labor, and economic "help" enough to help bring about its demise. You and Pete F may think the world will be saved by getting rid of Trump. I think Trump is the wrong boogey man. Rather, the world will be rescued from a severe political and economic virus when the CCP is abolished. |
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It certainly did not help to have the WHO claim their was no indication that the virus was transferrable human to human, therefor not easily contagious. And recommending not to take drastic measures because that would instill unnecessary fear and panic. Nor was it helpful that this attitude was accepted by our politicians, medical community, and media. Trump, in that atmosphere, would have been blistered as an authoritarian demagogue if he would have shut the country down at that time. Nor would it have been likely that he could have convinced the Congress to spend trillions to fight what was not believed to be that serious. Plus, at the time of any intelligence briefings, the virus would have already arrived and infected enough thousands that the spread would be rapid and already huge. With what was actually known, and what was nearly universally believed, there was nothing realistically that could be done in time to stop what happened. And there is one, true, demonic, culprit. The CCP. That should be enough for the rest of the world to begin weening off of China's cheap technological labor, and economic "help" enough to help bring about its demise. You and Pete F may think the world will be saved by getting rid of Trump. I think Trump is the wrong boogey man. Rather, the world will be rescued from a severe political and economic virus when the CCP is abolished. |
If I ignored you the first time what makes you think I could care enough to respond this time?
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Now I know better. |
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · Mar 27 Just finished a very good conversation with President Xi of China. Discussed in great detail the CoronaVirus that is ravaging large parts of our Planet. China has been through much & has developed a strong understanding of the Virus. We are working closely together. Much respect! Trump is a poster child for being played by China. At the time of this tweet, China was engaged in multi-platform attacks on the American people to bolster their own image and credibility (this tweet helps them with that) and to undermine ours. China has a lot to thank Trump for. |
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I saw who posted and figured I probably made a spelling mistake, the horror........
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You really should be teaching civics to high schoolers all over the world. Your knowledge is wasted here. |
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In this thread, I said I can't stand his style. And in hindsight, obviously he should have done more. However, it's a naked re-writing of very recent history, to claim there was any kind of consensus then, that he should have gone much further. Your ilk called him a dictator for doing the one thing he did! Go back and read what Pelosi, Biden, Schumer, and all the news sites where you get you facts, had to say in January. The consensus was that it wasn't a big deal. |
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"Your ilk called him a dictator for doing the one (halfassed) thing he did!"
Oh poor Trumplican, victimized again, unfortunately you keep repeating lies. Here is what your "ilk" is buying into..............he always repeats the scam he's done before......just watch and you will hear the words he's using now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK9AhOo3Fj0&t=75s |
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