Chronology of the COVID-19 Pandemic

References Included
 2005
In 2005, President George W. Bush warned about a Pandemic.

Pres. George W. Bush in 2005: "If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too
late to prepare." "A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire," Bush said at the time. "If
caught early it might be extinguished with limited damage. If allowed to
smolder, undetected, it can grow to an inferno that can spread quickly beyond
our ability to control it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcj6KUr4aA
 September 20, 2014
"The War Against EBOLA is Real."

“If this outbreak is not quickly contained in the region, it could spread at a fast pace in a more inter-
connected world since the “Bubonic Plague” which began in1347. The developed world is moving
quickly to ensure that this deadly disease does not find its way onto their doorsteps. Countries like
The United States and The United Kingdom may be advanced, but they cannot afford it and they
definitely do not wish to see their healthcare systems become overwhelmed by people fleeing the
crisis and coming onto their shores for medical attention. The leadership of the most powerful nation
on the planet is “conducting business “in its own interest, hence the need to understand and act
promptly to bring a swift end to this deadly disease for the sake of the whole world!”

~ Preston Williams III

https://www.scribd.com/document/240338064/The-War-Against-EBOLA-is-Real
 September 25, 2014
“Leaders urged to strengthen global health security in wake of Ebola epidemic.”

Hoping to make the most of the world’s attention in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, President Obama and other
leaders will try again to strengthen a longer-term strategy to enhance global health security.

The White House, which launched an initiative in February aimed at preventing the global spread of infectious-disease epidemics,
will host a meeting Friday of officials from 44 countries to discuss how to develop basic disease detection and monitoring systems
to contain the spread of deadly illnesses.

The United States has pledged to help 30 countries bolster their capacity to deal with infectious disease and bio¬terrorism threats
over the course of five years; a total of 100 nations have committed to take action in connection with the administration’s initiative.

- The Washington Post

https://tinyurl.com/y2amfzfm
 September 26, 2014
Following the EBOLA outbreak in West Africa, President Barack Obama took the
initiative to address concerns about the epidemic.

The President Delivers Remarks at the Global Health Security Agenda Summit.

President Obama addressed 44 nations gathered at the White House for the Global Health
Security Agenda Summit on September 26, 2014.

~ The White House

 
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/video/2014/09/26/presiden
t-delivers-remarks-global-health-security-agenda-summit
 
 
 October 25, 2014
"Here’s the bottom line. Patients can beat this disease. And we can beat this
disease. But we have to stay vigilant. We have to work together at every level
— federal, state and local. And we have to keep leading the global response,
because the best way to stop this disease, the best way to keep Americans
safe, is to stop it at its source — in West Africa."
– President Barack Obama
 
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/ebola-response
 October 25, 2014
“The Obama Administration's Response to Ebola.”

On top of expanding the network of hospitals that can assess, respond, and treat patients, the U.S. government is
enhancing our domestic preparedness in these key ways:
• Increasing the number of Ebola testing labs throughout the U.S. that can quickly and safely screen a potential
Ebola specimen
• Educating more than 150,000 health care workers on how to identify, isolate, diagnose, and care for patients
under investigation for Ebola
• Developing countermeasures — including the first Ebola vaccine to progress to Phase 2 testing — to prevent and
treat Ebola
• Converting at least 10 of the Ebola Treatment Centers into long-term Regional Ebola and Pandemic Treatment
Centers for long-term readiness for years to come
• Helping state and local public health systems accelerate and improve their operational readiness and
preparedness for Ebola or other infectious diseases

~ The White House

 
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/ebola-response
In 2014, President Barack Obama warned Americans about preparing for a global
pandemic.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1248046216539242496
  
November 4, 2014: President Obama issued an Executive Order – “Advancing the
Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure from Infectious
Disease Threats.”
~ The White House

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/04/executive-order-adva
ncing-global-health-security-agenda-achieve-world
 May 10, 2018
Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly.

"When the next pandemic occurs (and make no mistake, it will) and the federal
government is unable to respond in a coordinated and effective fashion to protect
the lives of US citizens and others, this decision by John Bolton and Donald Trump
will be why."

~ Stephen Schwartz | The Washington Post

https://tinyurl.com/ycnz67uw
 November 2019
According to a secret report released by the U.S. military's National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), an arm of the Pentagon's
Defense Intelligence Agency, the Trump administration was informed about the outbreak of a “strange virus” in November 2019.

“Whistleblowers silenced by China could have stopped global coronavirus spread.”

~ 60 Minutes Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQcvcyzQGE

Several U.S. researchers, doctors, and public health officials including Dr. David Nabarro working at the World Health Organization's
(WHO) Geneva headquarters relayed real-time information on the emergence and spread of the virus to the Trump administration.
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-researchers-warned-trump-admin-about-coronavirus-last-year-2020-4
 December 2019
■ December 31, 2019: Taiwan blew the whistle on what they learned about the new virus in
Wuhan, China by sending an e-mail which went unnoticed by the World Health Organization.
“Did the World Health Organisation fail to act on China's COVID-19 cover-up?” | 60 Minutes
Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WvzHvN6mCM

■ December 31, 2019: China officially alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) to several
cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people in the central Hubei
province. At the time, the virus was unknown. It was classified as a cluster of pneumonia of
unknown etiology.

■ NOTE: According to established policies and guidelines, the WHO cannot enter any country
to conduct investigations or make policy changes unless invited by that country.
 
 January 2020
■ January 2020: Ray Arthur, Director of the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Global Disease
Detection Operations Center participated in daily "incident management" calls with the World Health
Organization (WHO).

https://news.yahoo.com/report-trump-administration-received-real-043300814.html?guccounter=1
 
■ January 3, 2020: The White House security Council was briefed about the virus in China.

■ January 7, 2020: President Donald Trump and the global community including the World Health
Organization (WHO), Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), etc. were informed by the Chinese
government about the new “Novel” Coronavirus disease strain.
 January 7, 2020
The United States Announces Assistance To Combat the Novel Coronavirus - United States Department of State

Press Statement | The United States Announces Assistance To Combat the Novel Coronavirus - United States Department of
State

This week the State Department has facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese
people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials. These donations are a testament to the generosity
of the American people.

Today, the United States government is announcing it is prepared to spend up to $100 million in existing funds to assist China
and other impacted countries, both directly and through multilateral organizations, to contain and combat the novel coronavirus.
This commitment – along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates
strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak.

This assistance only adds to what the United States has done to strengthen health security programs around the world. For the
last 20 years, the United States through USAID has invested over one billion dollars to strengthen the capacity of more than 25
countries to prevent, detect, and respond to existing and emerging infectious disease threats. Since 2015, under our
commitment to the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), this support has helped improve surveillance and laboratory
systems, risk communication, outbreak response, and address the rising threat of anti-microbial resistance.

The United States is and will remain the world’s most generous donor. We encourage the rest of the world to match our
commitment. Working together, we can have a profound impact to contain this growing threat."

~ Michael R. Pompeo
Secretary of State | United States of America

https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-announces-assistance-to-combat-the-novel-coronavirus/
 January 7, 2020
The Daily Beast
American companies sold more medical equipment to China in January
and February 2020 than any other time in the preceding decade, USA
Today reports. U.S. businesses sold $17.5 million worth of face masks,
$13.6 million in surgical garments, and $27.2 million worth of ventilators
to China as the latter grappled with the initial outbreak of COVID-19,
according to the story. The CDC reported the first confirmed case on
American soil on Jan. 20, and the United States is now facing a dire
shortage of protective equipment that has resulted in doctors taking
desperate measures to avoid infection. The president has engaged in
public confrontations over the lack of adequate ventilators.
https://tinyurl.com/ydy8gun5
USA Today
US exports of masks, PPE to China surged in early phase of coronavirus.
"The U.S. Department of State also donated 17.8 tons of medical equipment
to China in February. The mass donation included “masks, gowns, gauze,
respirators, and other vital materials.”
The Census Bureau collects the data as a dollar value representing the
product’s sale price. The total exports of these items could be greater,
because the Census data does not capture small, private shipments that
family members may have sent to China, or small packages that are exempt
from certain filing requirements.
https://tinyurl.comrx6yqek
 January 7, 2020
AZ Central Daily Mail Online
U.S. exports of surgical masks, ventilators and other personal
protective gear to China skyrocketed in January and February,
when the coronavirus was wreaking havoc in the country where it US sent $18 million worth of face masks and
began and as U.S. intelligence agencies warned it would soon
spread. PPE to China in January and February
(2020) despite warning signs of pandemic -
American companies sold more than $17.5 million worth of face
masks, more than $13.6 million in surgical garments and more leaving states in a bitter bidding war for the
than $27.2 million in ventilators to China during the first two
months of the year, far exceeding that of any other similar period
critical medical supplies.
in the past decade, according to the most recent foreign trade
data available from the U.S. Census Bureau. 
https://tinyurl.com/y8w6fv3y
https://tinyurl.com/yy5ftag4
 January 2020
■ January 8, 2020: The Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) issued its first warning about
the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

■ January 9, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement regarding cluster of
pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China.

https://www.who.int/china/news/detail/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-case
s-in-wuhan-china

■ January 10, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued comprehensive package of
technical guidance to all countries.

“WHO advice for international travel and trade in relation to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a
new coronavirus in China”.
~ World Health Organization (WJO)

https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-advice-for-international-travel-and-trade-in-relation-to
 January 2020
■ January 18, 2020: Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar tried to have an urgent
phone call with President Trump about the pending crisis. Trump cut him off to berate him about his
plan to ban flavored vaping products (e-Cigarettes, etc.).

■ January 20, 2020: Dr. George Diaz: First Coronavirus patient in U.S. (Patient One) arrives in Isopod
at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everrett, Washington.

Dr. Scott Lindquist at Washington State Dept. of Health claimed that they had conducted simulations
and believed that they were prepared to handle Coronavirus cases.

“Coronavirus Pandemic” | Watch S2020 E16 | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/coronavirus-pandemic/

■ January 20, 2020: China finally reveals the real rate of infection from the Coronavirus. They also
reveal that the disease is transmissible from human to human.
 
 January 2020
■ January 20, 2020: South Korea announced its first confirmed case of
Coronavirus. Within two weeks, the country implemented nationwide testing.

■ January 22, 2020: Asked about the Coronavirus outbreak in China, Donald
Trump said “We have it totally under control. It’s going to be just fine.”

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=231312551593478

■ January 2020: Peter Navarro (Economic Trade Advisor) wrote memo to

Trump stating the Coronavirus had the potential to wreak havoc on America.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/navarro-warning-trump-coronavi
rus.html
 January 2020
■ “Whistleblowers silenced by China could have stopped global coronavirus spread.”
~ 60 Minutes Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQcvcyzQGE

■ January 23, 2020:

• China shut down all of Wuhan.
• The World Health Organization held an international news conference.
• Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) called for a public health emergency.
• President Donald Trump refused to declare a public health emergency.

■ January 24, 2020: Donald Trump expressed appreciation to President Xi Jinping for his handling of the
virus outbreak.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1220818115354923009?lang=en

■ January 25, 2020: Doctor in Wuhan (Liang Wudong, 62) dies after treating patients with coronavirus.
~ New York Post

https://tinyurl.com/t8r2v58
 January 2020
■ January 25, 2020: Donald Trump praised & endorsed Chinese President Xi for doing a great
job in addressing the Coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQcvcyzQGE

■ January 27, 2020: Former Vice President Joe Biden wrote an Op-Ed in USA Today warning
that President Trump was failing to take this crisis seriously and needed to take more immediate
action.

Joe Biden: Trump has weakened our capacity to deal with coronavirus.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/coronavirus-donald-trump-made-us-less-pre
pared-joe-biden-column/4581710002/

■ January 28, 2020: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D- Massachusetts) released her Coronavirus
plan.

Warren Offers Infectious-Disease Plan Amid Coronavirus Outbreak | WBUR News

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/01/28/elizabeth-warren-coronavirus-infectious-diseases-plan

 
 January 2020
■ January 29, 2020: Peter Navarro Memo: Set out two stark
choices: "Aggressive Containment versus No Containment."

https://tinyurl.com/r9haa2j

■ January 30, 2020: China locked down all of Hubei Province.

■ January 30, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO)

declared a global health emergency.

■ January 30, 2020: Donald Trump held a rally in Des Moines, Iowa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1sLLAEHvJ0
 January 2020
■ January 30, 2020: Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar
Declares Public Health Emergency for United States for 2019 Novel
Coronavirus. The declaration was deemed retroactive to January 27,
2020. | HHS.gov

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/01/31/secretary-azar-declares-pu
blic-health-emergency-us-2019-novel-coronavirus.html

■ January 31, 2020: “Trump Has Sabotaged America's Response to the

Coronavirus Pandemic.”
~ Laurie Garrett | Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-stat
es-public-health-emergency-response/
 
“Trump Has Sabotaged America's Response to the
Coronavirus Pandemic.”
 

As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic.

“When Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014, President Barack Obama recognized that responding to the outbreak
overseas, while also protecting Americans at home, involved multiple U.S. government departments and agencies, none of
which were speaking to one another. Basically, the U.S. pandemic infrastructure was an enormous orchestra full of talented,
egotistical players, each jockeying for solos and fame, refusing to rehearse, and demanding higher salaries—all without a
conductor. To bring order and harmony to the chaos, rein in the agency egos, and create a coherent multiagency response
overseas and on the homefront, Obama anointed a former vice presidential staffer, Ronald Klain, as a sort of “epidemic czar”
inside the White House, clearly stipulated the roles and budgets of various agencies, and placed incident commanders in
charge in each Ebola-hit country and inside the United States. The orchestra may have still had its off-key instruments, but it
played the same tune.
 
Building on the Ebola experience, the Obama administration set up a permanent epidemic monitoring and command group
inside the White House National Security Council (NSC) and another in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—both of
which followed the scientific and public health leads of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and the diplomatic advice of the State Department.”

Laurie Garrett | Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
 
 February 2020
■ February 2, 2020: Trump said: “We pretty much have it shut down.”

■ February 3, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) released a strategic preparedness and response plan.

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/srp-04022020.pdf

■ February 5, 2020: Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requested 4 billion dollars to fight the virus.

■ February 6, 2020: Dr. Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who sounded alarm on coronavirus, has died. – CNN

The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about coronavirus has died.- BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51364382
 February 2020
■ Early February 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) offered the global community including the United
States test kits from Germany. The Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) declined the offer and decided to
go its own way by developing test kits in-house.

■ February 6, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) began distributing a quarter million tests around the world.

■ February 7, 2020: Donald Trump claimed that he had spoken with President Xi Jinping and they were working on the
problem.

“FRONTLINE investigates the American response to COVID-19 — from Washington state to Washington, D.C. — and
examines what happens when politics and science collide.”
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/coronavirus-pandemic/
 February 2020
■ February 20, 2020: Dr. Francis Reido, Director of Infectious Diseases: Several residents at Life Care Nursing Home developed symptoms
and were transferred to Evergreen Health Medical Center in Washington State.
 
■ February 23, 2020: Peter Navarro’s memo: “There is an increasing probability of a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic that could infect as many
as 100 million Americans, with a loss of life of as many as 1.2 million souls.”

https://tinyurl.com/r9haa2j

■ February 24, 2020: Rush Limbaugh said the Coronavirus is the “Common Cold”.

“Heroes of the Pandumbic”.

Saluting the Heroes of the Coronavirus Pandumbic | The Daily Show – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o
 February 2020
■ February 24, 2020: Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact
with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting
to look very good to me!"
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1232058127740174339?lang=en

■ February 25, 2020: Donald Trump threatened to fire Nancy Messonnier, CDC’s Chief of Respiratory Diseases after she said the
agency was preparing for a pandemic.
“It’s not a question of if this will happen but when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illnesses.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494187-trump-threatened-to-fire-cdcs-chief-of-respiratory-diseases-in

■ February 25, 2020: Larry Kudlow (Director of the United States National Economic Council):” We have contained this. I won’t
say airtight, but pretty close to airtight.”

“Larry Kudlow says US has contained the coronavirus and the economy is holding up nicely.” ~ CNBC

•https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/larry-kudlow-says-us-has-contained-the-coronavirus-and-the-economy-is-holding-up-nicely.ht
ml
 February 2020
■ February 26, 2020: Donald Trump: “You treat this like the flu because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low.”

■ February 26, 2020: Donald Trump bragged we only had 15 cases and we were "going to be down close to zero soon"

https://twitter.com/TheDemCoalition/status/1257984755649388544

■ February 27, 2020: Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee expressed his concerns about the Coronavirus outbreak.

“Gov. Jay Inslee to Mike Pence on coronavirus call: Stick to the science.”
- The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/28/inslee-pence-coronavirus/
 February 2020
■ February 27, 2020: Donald Trump claimed the virus outbreak would “DISAPPEAR”.

https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders/videos/3059248120802904/

■ February 28, 2020: Instead of taking appropriate action and preventative measures to avoid the disease coming to
America and killing citizens, he lied. He touted an alternate reality claiming that the disease was no worse than the
seasonal flu and claimed that it was a "Democratic Party Hoax" to destroy his presidency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5TZ6fTYrsE

“Trump Calls Coronavirus The Democrats' ‘New Hoax’ As Potential ‘Community Spread’ Cases Rise | TODAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELOZ6fU20Sk
 February 2020
■ February 28, 2020: FOX News host Geraldo Rivera: “The far more deadly more lethal threat right
now is not the Coronavirus, it’s the ordinary old flu.”

■ February 29, 2020: First confirmed death from Coronavirus in United States. Washington State
declared a “State of Emergency.
 March 2020
■ March 2, 2020: FOX News guest Dr. Drew Pinsky: “It’s milder than we thought.”

■ March 3, 2020: FOX News host Jesse Watters: “Wanna know how I feel about the
Coronavirus? If I get it, I’ll beat it. I’m not afraid of the Coronavirus and no one else should
be that afraid either.”

■ March 4, 2020: During FOX News interview, Donald trump suggested it would be OK to
go to work if infected with the Coronavirus.

■ March 4, 2020: Republican congressman Matt Gaetz mocked concerns about the
spread of the virus by wearing a gas mask on Capitol Hill.
 March 2020
■ March 5, 2020: California and Maryland declared “States of Emergency:

■ March 6, 2020: Kentucky and Utah declared “States of Emergency:

■ March 6, 2020: FOX News host Dr. Marc Siegel:” This virus should be compared to the flu, at worst
it could be the flu.”

■ March 6, 2020: Kellyanne Conway (counselor to President Trump): “It is being contained.”

■ March 6, 2020: Trump calls Governor Jay Inslee a 'snake' amid coronavirus outbreak in
Washington state. | TheHill

https://tinyurl.com/ybxxqpke
 March 2020
■ March 7, 2020: FOX News host Jeanine Pirro:” It’s a virus like the flu. All the talk about
the Coronavirus being more deadly doesn’t reflect reality”.

■ March 7, 2020: New York declared “State of Emergency:

■ March 8, 2020: 60 Minutes Australia aired a documentary about the deadly

Coronavirus resulting from “wet markets” in China.

“Journalist goes undercover at "wet markets", where the Coronavirus started.”

~ 60 Minutes Australia

https://tinyurl.com/s24tbwk
 March 2020
■ March 8, 2020: MSNBC - "Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is compared to
President Woodrow Wilson’s response to the ‘Spanish Flu’ outbreak during WWI, during which Wilson lied to
the public to prevent panic about the deadly, viral outbreak that killed 675,000 Americans. "

https://tinyurl.com/sqa569a 

■ March 9, 2020: FOX News host Lou Dobbs” The left-wing media is playing up fears about the Coronavirus.”

■ March 9, 2020: Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "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. At this
moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!“

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1237027356314869761
 March 2020
■ March 9, 2020: FOX News host Sean Hannity, restated Donald Trump’s claim: "This scaring the
living hell out of people -- I see it, again, as like, let's bludgeon Trump with this new hoax."

■ March 9, 2020: FOX News host Laura Ingraham: “The facts are pretty reassuring, but you’d never
know it watching all this stuff.”

■ March 10, 2020: Donald Trump continued to mislead the American people, claiming that people
should “just stay calm and the disease would go away”.

■ March 10, 2020: FOX News host Tomi Lahren: “The sky is falling because we have a few dozen
cases of Coronavirus on a cruise ship? I am more concerned about stepping on a used heroin needle
than I am getting the Coronavirus.”
 March 2020
■ March 11, 2020: Donald Trump continued his “Misinformation / Disinformation Campaign” by
attacking the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and carrying on his practice of “censorship
through noise.”.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/trump-coronavirus-threat/607825/

■ March 11, 2020: FOX News guest Matt Schlapp: “It’s very, very difficult to contract this virus.”

■ March 11, 2020: World Health Organization (WHO) declares the Coronavirus Outbreak a Global
Pandemic.
 March 2020
■ Five times the Trump administration downplayed the coronavirus."
- Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/five-times-the-trump-administration-downplayed-the-coronavirus-202
0-3

■ March 13, 2020: Senator Sherrod Brown: "Two years ago, President Trump fired the entire global
health security team at the White House. Their job?
Managing pandemics. Now we're all paying the price for President Trump's decisions."

• https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1238582557689683968
 March 2020
■ March 13, 2020: Former. NSC Health Official: Trump admin had 'no backup plan' for virus.

Elizabeth Cameron, who was the former Senior Director for Global Health Security on the National
Security council -- before the Trump administration eliminated the position -- explains to Yasmin
Vassoughian the various missteps by the White House in facing this threat. She goes into detail on
what she and her organization could've done to slow the pandemic, had President Trump not
shuttered the group.”

~ MSNBC

https://tinyurl.com/r8v2x6k

■ March 13, 2020: Donald Trump declares a “National Emergency”.

 March 2020
■ March 15, 2020: Republican congressman Devin Nunes encouraged families to go out to
restaurants and take advantage of the reduced crowd.

■ March 16, 2020: Dr. Sara Cody - Seven Bay Area Jurisdictions Order Residents to Stay Home -
Public Health Department - County of Santa Clara

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/news/Pages/press-release-03-16-20.aspx

■ March 16, 2020: Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’

- The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-respirators.html
 March 2020
■ March 17, 2020: Donald Trump: “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic. I took it very
seriously.”

Trump says he knew coronavirus was a pandemic 'long before' it was declared | TheHill
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/488031-trump-says-he-knew-coronavirus-was-a-pandemic-long-b
efore-it-was

Trump dissed coronavirus pandemic worry, now claims he warned about it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/trump-dissed-coronavirus-pandemic-worry-now-claims-he-warned-about-it.h
tml

■ March 18, 2020: Sean Hannity changed his tone: "By the way, this program has always taken the
coronavirus seriously. We've never called the virus a hoax."

https://tinyurl.com/yadk5g2r
 March 2020
■ March 19, 2020: Officials from the Trump Administration Fight Criticism Over Cutting Global Health
Staff | Time
https://time.com/5806558/administration-officials-fight-criticism/
•
■ March 19, 2020: Bob Woodward tapes show Donald Trump knew the dangers of COVID-19 but
downplayed it. – CBS News / CNN News
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJkVOs0s3mw

■ March 19, 2020: Donald Trump said: It could have been stopped pretty easily if everybody had
known about it. EVERYBODY in leadership positions around the WORLD knew about it.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=231312551593478
 March 2020
■ March 20, 2020: “Coronavirus: Trump outbid states on medical supplies.”
- Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-outbid-states-on-medical-supplies-2020-3
■ March 23, 2020: Washington State Governor Jay Inslee issued a stay-at-home state-wide
emergency order.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/washington-gov-jay-inslee-issues-statewide-stay-at-home-order-amid-
coronavirus-pandemic

■ March 26, 2020: The United States of America surpassed every nation on earth with the most
Coronavirus cases and the most deaths.

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/568292923795019/
 April 1, 2020
“Pentagon Seeking 100,000 Body Bags for Civilians in Virus Crisis”.
– Bloomberg

https://tinyurl.com/w76qo2t
Chronology of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Preston Williams III (Researcher)
B.Sc. * M.Sc. * CPA * CIS * SSM
 Preston Williams III
Listed as one of the “Top 20 Chief Information Officers (CIO’s) on Twitter and Top
100 Most Influential Chief Information Technology Officers in the World”, Preston
Williams III is a Researcher. He is a contributor to Academia.edu, CloudBook, CIO
Water Cooler & Enterprise Efficiency. His work is published on SCRIBD.com,
ResearchGate and in several magazines, including Cloud Technology Insights, CIO
Water Cooler, Symantec CIO Review, CIO Energy Insights, Energy Management,
Enterprise Security, Capital Markets & CIO Outlook among others.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonw/