Feb 4 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying reports the death toll has surpassed 400 with over 20,000 people infected, and requests the United States "not to overreact". (Reuters)Feb 7 Italy confirms that an Italian man has contracted the virus, after he visited his girlfriend in Wuhan. Feb 9 The death toll of the coronavirus outbreak surpasses the death toll of the 2002–03 SARS outbreak, at 910 deaths. That's an interesting statistic, it is pretty clear evidence that something bad is brewing, maybe maybe not, but if that didn't get the USA to move their collective asses, there's something wrong. Fauci, would definitely be warning the WH, but I presume he was ignored judging by Trump's playing it down even two weeks later.
Feb 10, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, warns that overseas cases of the virus could be the "tip of the iceberg". (Yahoo! News)
In a rare public appearance and wearing a mask, Xi Jinping visits a hospital in Beijing, and urges "more decisive measures" to combat the virus. (BBC)
This is the day it went from a China problem to a pandemic. the USA is already being warned.
Feb 14Iran reports its first two cases of the virus. Hours later, it was announced both infected people have died. (Times of Israel) (Al Jazerra)Feb 21Italy confirms 18 more coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to twenty-one. All eighteen are Italian citizens. (Corriere della Sera)
Eleven municipalities of the province of Lodi are put on lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic, leaving around 50,000 people affected. (Metro)The Stock Market is about to tank. Which is not a problem for the US senators who sold their stock due to probably paying attention to Dr Fauci. See why Trump is a multi bankrupt, and Bezoz isn't.
Feb 222020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States
The United States reports 34 confirmed cases of the illness and expects more. (The New York Times)Feb 27A woman is diagnosed with the coronavirus after a possible person-to-person transmission. It would be the first case of transmission in the United States with no known contacts to overseas cases. (NBC)It's pretty clear by now the US is well behind the 8 ball even though the rest of the world has recognised the seriousness of the problem at this stage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/February_2020Trump eh? such a pious fellow...
He said he’d like to see normalcy return by Easter Sunday, which is April 12. “Wouldn’t it be great to have all the churches full?” he asked. “You’ll have packed churches all over our country.”