Covid-19 Timeline, Just the Facts and You Decide

Covid-19 Timeline, Just the Facts - You Decide
The View from the Middle

It really bothers me that the 4th Estate in America, which I will refer to as the “lame-stream” media, has abandoned their true job of performing investigations and providing information and accepted the much lesser role of “Trump bashing at all costs”. I truly believe that it doesn’t matter what President Trump does on any issue, the press will ignore any positive results and figure out how to criticize him for virtually everything. The media’s relentless effort to suggest that the President acted late in his response to the Coronavirus is the latest example of this obsession. Don’t let the lame-stream media blur your minds with false information or the strategic avoidance of facts. Check out the timeline below and make up your own mind. Would you have acted any sooner in declaring a national emergency?

It wasn’t until mid-December of 2019 (actually 12/12/19) that China even began to let the world know that something was amiss in Wuhan. Unexplained cases of pneumonia were showing up there. I’m only going to say this once because I could repeat it throughout this article, but China was lying then and they continue to lie and suppress the truth today. It wasn’t until January 7th that China identified the cause of these “mysterious” cases of pneumonia as the Coronavirus.

On January 14th, the pathetic World Health Organization (WHO) told the world that, “there was no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel Coronavirus.” On January 21st, we experienced the first case of Covid-19 in America, in Seattle Washington, but on January 23rd the WHO put out a statement that the Coronavirus, “Does not yet constitute a public health emergency of international concern.” On January 24th, Dr. Anthony Fauci (now America’s Doctor) said that “the Coronavirus isn’t something that the American public needs to worry about or be frightened of.” It wasn’t until January 28th that China’s President, Xi Jinping, even agreed to allow a team, including our CDC, to investigate the Coronavirus outbreak.

Let’s take a brief break here. On April 1st , Joe Scarborough, MSNBC co-host and revisionist historian, claimed that, “everyone saw this coming in early January.” If Morning Joe knew, he kept it his little secret, and the only story the NY Times published in mid-January was trumpeting the WHO’s claim that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. Joe is either outright lying or just delusional. Those are your only choices.

On January 29th, the Whitehouse created a task force to monitor and contain this virus. This was a day BEFORE the first human-to-human transmission of the Coronavirus in the US. Then, on January 31st the President announced the travel ban on people coming here from China for which he was roundly criticized for overreacting, xenophobia and fearmongering by Joe Biden. You be the judge, but I think this was a very important move by the President. Not only did it prevent many more infected people from coming into the United States, but it sent a strong warning to the people of this country that the Coronavirus was a big deal!! Two weeks later, on February 17th, America’s Doctor, Tony Fauci was still saying that, “the risk of the Coronavirus in the USA is miniscule.”

Here’s another side note. During this entire period, what were Nancy Pelosi, Adam (full of) Schiff, Chuck Schumer and Democrats in Congress doing? They were completely focused on impeaching President Trump from September of 2019 until February 5th, 2020. In fact, when President Trump warned the country of the Coronavirus during his SOTU speech on February 4th, Nancy Pelosi responded by tearing up his speech. I don’t remember any comments by her or Schumer concerning Covid-19 after that speech. In fact, as late as February 24th, Nancy Pelosi was encouraging her constituents to “come to Chinatown” and join her in celebrating the Chinese New Year. This would eventually pack hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets of San Francisco. For perspective, this was the same timing as the ill-advised Mardi Gras celebration that probably created the hot spot that New Orleans eventually became.

On February 29th (think of this as March 1st), the US experienced its first death from Covid-19 as a 50-year old man in Washington state died with no history of foreign travel. This was the first evidence of community spread in America. On March 2nd, it was announced that US pharmaceutical companies were already working on a vaccine. Now, that seems incredibly responsive to me, especially since a week later, on March 9th, Tony Fauci was still giving his blessing to cruise line vacations “if you are healthy”, and New York Mayor Bill De Blasio was still downplaying Covid-19 on March 10th when he said, "even if you were to get it, (it) basically acts like a common cold or flu.” The next day, March 11th, President Trump banned travel from Europe, which had become the new epicenter for this disease and on March the 13th, President Trump declared this a national emergency.

Now, with all this input, you tell me if you would have acted any sooner than President Trump. Be honest, but also recognize that the lame-stream media was going to condemn you no matter what you did, since that is what they believe their job is.

It is sad that the lame-stream, mainstream media has decided to revise history, or just ignore it when it doesn't fit their narrative. I have, however, provided you with the accurate dates and quotes from politicians and media talking heads so that you can see the truth. And the truth is that President Trump was ahead of virtually everyone in politics, the media and even Dr. Fauci and the World Health Organization in recognizing and actually acting to minimize the Coronavirus in this country. No matter which side of the political aisle you stand on, it is important to know the truth about every situation and person. The above is the absolute truth. Embrace it, and the truth shall set you free, and you can make a rational judgement on how the President reacted to this disease.