Thread by @VABVOX

In the @CNN timeline, ▪@WHO noted a "pneumonia cluster" of unknown cause on Dec 31, 2019
▪Jan 7: China confirms identification of #novelcoronavirus
▪Jan 14: @WHO press briefing signals human-to-human transmission
▪Jan 21: 1st confirmed case in WA state
#CoronavirusPandemic
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Mid-January is when @ewarren puts out her plan for #coronavirus, as was reported by Reuters, AP and CNN. No other candidate had a plan.
▪On Jan 29 Biden published an op-ed about the virus.
▪Jan 30 @NEJM publishes a letter on asymptomatic transmission.
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▪In the first week of February the @CDCgov announced human-to-human transmission.
▪THIS was the point at which there needed to be massive mitigation efforts--as were urged by Drs. Fauci and Birx. But because there were so few cases, Trump decided it would "wash over" US.
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