Posted on 03/31/2020 4:26:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
No media or Nancy Pelosi false narratives or phony Joe Biden campaign ad can change the truth about the real chronology of the coronavirus.
The leftist national media incessantly reports that the spread of the coronavirus is, well, President Trump’s fault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, always good for the most incendiary and least helpful comments in any difficult situation, said on Sunday, “[T]he president — his denial at the beginning was deadly.”
Then in Joe Biden’s latest effort to be relevant, his campaign has released an ad attacking President Trump for not being sufficiently responsive to the threats of the coronavirus from the “beginning.”
Here is a key fact: In the beginning, China lied. People died. Although the first case of the coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China in early December 2019, the Chinese authorities continued through January 2020 to downplay the potential for the disease to spread.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced China’s falsehoods, saying on Jan. 14 that “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in Wuhan, China.” This was five to six weeks after the opposite was confirmed to be the case in Wuhan.
Biden’s supposed chronicle of Trump administration failures derides the president’s statement on Jan. 22, saying, “We have it totally under control, it is one person, coming in from China…” What was actually happening in the United States on Jan. 22? It was one person coming in from China. And the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had yet to confirm the human-to-human spread of the virus.
So, what did we know? When did we know it?
On Jan. 17, 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.”
Japan, South Korea, and Thailand reported their first cases of novel coronavirus on Jan. 20.
On Jan. 21, the first case of coronavirus in the United States was reported, of a man who had traveled from Wuhan, China. That is the case President Trump referred to the next day
The Biden ad skips from Jan. 22 to Feb. 27, ignoring crucial developments during that time period.
Jan. 24: 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.”
Jan. 28: The WHO published another statement about the coronavirus, with a photograph and headline saying: “WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak.” Pictured are 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.”
Think about that: On Jan. 28, the WHO praised China for its “speed and openness” in dealing with the virus. The same day, President Trump expanded U.S. airport screenings to identify travelers showing symptoms and instituted mandatory quarantines.
On Jan. 30, the WHO declared a global health emergency of international concern.
On Jan. 30, the CDC confirmed publicly for the first time the person-to-person spread of Wuhan virus and applauded WHO’s decision. That day, the president created the White House Coronavirus Task Force to coordinate efforts regarding this new disease.
The next day, Jan. 31, the president declared coronavirus a U.S. public health emergency and issued the ban on travel between the United States and China. On that same day, the Senate voted on the production of additional documents in the impeachment trial of President Trump. Campaigning in Iowa that day, Biden criticized 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.”
Feb. 4: The White House directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to step up coronavirus diagnostic testing procedures.
Feb. 5: The CDC issued a public statement saying, “While we continue to believe the immediate risk of 2019nCoV exposure to the general public is low, CDC is undertaking measures to help keep that risk low.”
Feb. 18: The CDC reaffirmed that the “risk to Americans from coronavirus is low.”
Feb. 20: The administration raised travel warnings to their highest level for Japan and South Korea.
It was not until Feb. 26 that the first case of suspected local transmission in the United States was announced by the CDC. President Trump that day named Vice President Pence to lead the Coronavirus Task Force. The next day, Feb. 27, Pence named Dr. Deborah Birx to serve as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator.
On Feb. 29, the first death from the coronavirus was recorded in the United States. On that date, President Trump halted travel with Iran.
On March 11, the WHO declared coronavirus a worldwide pandemic. The next day, on March 12, President Trump imposed travel restrictions on Europe and elsewhere. Biden criticized that decision also.
Then, on March 13, President Trump declared a national emergency.
If Pelosi believes the president should have done something at the beginning, when exactly does she think was the ‘beginning’? Was it during the impeachment proceedings that Pelosi instigated? Should Pelosi bear some responsibility for what she perceives as the president’s failure to focus on the coronavirus back in January?
The single most important step taken by President Trump was his closing of U.S. travel with China, which happened on Jan. 31, something the president reminds us at every briefing.
He’s right, but what he doesn’t say is he made that decision at a time the CDC was assuring us the risk to America was low, the WHO was covering for China, Democrats were trying to impeach the president, and Biden was attacking the decision as xenophobic.
It is impossible to overestimate the number of American lives saved by that momentous decision by President Trump on January 31. And no media or Pelosi false narratives or phony Biden campaign ad can change the truth about the real chronology of the coronavirus.
Cleta Mitchell, Esq. is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Foley and Lardner, LLP. She represented numerous citizens groups targeted by the Internal Revenue Service during the Obama administration.
Photo Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour
The CDC. Another government agency whose past reputation exceeds the current reality.
Great chronology of events.
That message alone is not enough.
It needs to be combined with the waste of time and resources of the Mueller report, and the fake impeachment. Along with the mainstream medias negligence and cooperation with the Chinese communist party.
President Trump should appeal to the Democrats to replace Biden with someone mentally healthy. and call for a break up of the media monopoly by the justice department, to restore the freedom of the press.
I would continually repeat those messages.
Mark
I hope quid pro Joe makes it the convention and receives the Rat's nomination. Then in his acceptance speech he stutters, slobbers, and is unable to read the teleprompter. Biden is vile and evil. No comfort should be give to him or his supporters. It's time we hold Rat targets in place, ridicule, abuse, defame and treat them like the pieces of schiff that they are.
That is a great timeline- one to save for future reference.
I would also note that on January 14th, there was in Wuhan a huge celebration with over 40,000 families after which they all returned to their homes, many carrying the virus. And then a million or more Chinese returned to their homeland for the Chinese new year from all over the world. Many carried the virus back. That is how this Chinese Virus suddenly appeared in much of the planet.
She was very visible then------viciously attacking the leader of the free world, as the virus gained strength and invaded the US.
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Trump was forced to fend off false, politically motivated attacks, fabricated to advance Penlosi's pathetic political ambitions.
Hate-filled Pelosi, pencil-neck Schiff, wigged out Maxine, and the rest of the vengeful Democraps showed their fangs like ravenous pit bulls.
Here Pelosi is gleeful, thinking the job is done, signing the articles of impeachment, handing out personalized pens as souvenirs.
The masterful (gag) strategist, Penlosi, then sat on the articles, refusing to send them to the Senate-------
------- tying the president hands----as the virus continued its deadly course.
I’m sure this timeline of events will be plastered all over CNN today, I’ll go check
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Never interrupt your opponent when he is making a mistake.
Biden was teaching college at the time or getting arrested with Mandela, not sure which one
The CDC and Fauci/Birx NIH are up to their eyeballs in biowarfare research and Big Pharma corruption. Trump has undoubtedly been sabotaged by some of his key advisers from the start.
But this timeline is also incredibly misleading. No confirmed cases of local transmission until the end of February—because the CDC kept a strict monopoly on testing and the guidelines expressly forbade testing anyone who didn’t have a clear line of transmission from travel or another confirmed (a this point by default travel) case.
Their policies expressly kept us in the dark on community transmission.
PDJT, please don’t listen to anyone saying you’re above this stuff. Don’t pull a bush and think it undignified to respond to scurrilous attacks. Put this timeline in an ad for the low info crowd.
Normally I’d have no fear the President would pull any punches, but these are times that require him to balance being a leader and uniter, to bring the mobs out of their miasma of fear . . . versus being a campaigner.
What say ye?
Will we ever see this timeline in the hostile media via ads?
As we all know, this will be the #1, #2 and #3 campaign issue this Fall.
Bookmarked
...and corrupt politicians were distracting him--and the American People--with their phoney "impeachment" scam,which was nothing but an attempt to steal the votes of half the US electorate and nullify the 2016 Presidential election,
as everyone knows and all honest people acknowledge.
No can do. They can only replace him with another Democrat.
The Jan 22 reference:Trump says he trusts China’s Xi on coronavirus and the US has it ‘totally under control’
Thank you for this.
BTTT
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