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Coronavirus Events Timeline and InfoDump
Texacon:
Excellent information! Thanks for compiling this.
KC
Delmar:
Well done!
SVPete:
Re the info-dump below, the main sources are:
https://www.axios.com/timeline-the-early-days-of-chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-and-cover-up-ee65211a-afb6-4641-97b8-353718a5faab.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/chinas-devastating-lies/
First some notes. I double-checked the source for each listed event.
* The first event on National Review's list (12/6) is not confirmed by the linked Lancet article. There is nothing resembling what NR quoted, supposedly from Lancet. While some Prog orgs claim NR lied, my guess is that either Lancet edited their article or the incorrect link is in NR's article. Other sources have information consistent with or ante-dating NR's 12/6 date.
* The South China Morning Post is over a century old, and is based in Hong Kong. The Straits Times is ~175 years old and is based in Singapore. Their information is vaguely sourced, to some degree, that's the nature of getting information from inside China.
* Some of NR's source articles are behind paywalls. While I found alternative sources for some, others I simply omitted. I won't support paywalls by paying or linking blocked information.
* Some of NR's source articles are Chinese language. I used Google Translate to verify the content.
So, put down your coffee and hold on to your seat:
Possible first contraction of coronavirus (9 cases reported in November): November 17, 2019, https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back
Nine cases reported: November, 2019, https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back
Pneumonia patients in study published by NEJM, earliest illness onset: December 8, 2020, https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316
Early Wuhan patient Wei Guixian starts feeling ill: December 10, 2020, https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early-coronavirus-missteps-11583508932
Pneumonia patients in study published by NEJM, at least one early admission: December, 12, 2020, https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316
Pneumonia patients studied by Lancet, at least one early admission: December, 16, 2020, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
Pneumonia patients studied by NEJM, earliest patient with infected person contact, not the meat market: December, 19, 2020, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
Cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan recognized: December 21, 2019, http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/a3907201-f64f-4154-a19e-4253b453d10c
Recognition of infection of hospital staff reported: December 25, 2020, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IzzCnz4Yr2jEIYZePiu_ow (Chinese language)
Guangzhou genomics company (one of several) partly sequence virus DNA, recognized as similar to SARS (a corona virus): December 27, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-china
Zhang Jixian, a doctor at a Hubei Provincial hospital informed health authorities it was a new coronavirus: December 27, 2020, https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back
Ai Fen, director of Wuhan Central Hospital, posted a WeChat message about the new SARS-like virus and reprimanded: December 30, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/coronavirus-wuhan-doctor-ai-fen-speaks-out-against-authorities
Li Wenliang sent WeChat message to fellow doctors, warning to protect themselves from infection: December 30, 2019, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30382-2/fulltext
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: December 31, 2019, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2019123108989 (Chinese language, second paragraph)
Genomics company employee ordered by Hubei Provincial Health Commission official to stop testing and destroy samples: January 1, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-china
14 of 41 studied patients had no direct connection to the Huanan seafood market: January 2, 2020, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
China's National Health Commission ordered institutions not to publish any information and ordered labs to transfer samples to testing institutions (without designating an institution) or to destroy them: January 3, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-china
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: January 3, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010309017 (Chinese language)
Li Wenliang detained by Wuhan police for "spreading false rumors": January 3, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/07/coronavirus-chinese-rage-death-whistleblower-doctor-li-wenliang Died of Covid-19, February 7, 2020
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: January 5, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010509020 (Chinese language)
After unknowingly treating a patient with coronavirus, Li Wenliang had symptoms: January 10, 2020, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51403795 (human-human transmission!)
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: January 11, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109035 (Chinese language)
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts: January 14, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011409039 (Chinese language)
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed "there is no clear evidence of person-to-person transmission" but "the possibility of limited person-to-person transmission cannot be ruled out": January 15, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011509040 (Chinese language, Google Translate translation)
First confirmed US case left Wuhan to come to the US: January 15, 2020, confirmed January 21, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts: January 17, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011809064 (Chinese language)
Tens of thousands gather for Wuhan's Lunar New Year banquet: January 18, 2020, https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/02/06/wuhan-neighbourhood-sees-infections-after-40000-families-gather-for-potluck
China and WHO claim that how the virus is transmitted is unknown: January 19, 2020, https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51168333
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts: January 19/20, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020012009077 (Chinese language)
First acknowledgement of human-human transmission of coronavirus: January 20, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-human-transmission-coronavirus-reported-china/story?id=68403105
WHO delegation reported human-human transmission had happened (January 20-21), announced by WHO: January 22, 2020, https://www.who.int/china/news/detail/22-01-2020-field-visit-wuhan-china-jan-2020
Wuhan and other cities in Hubei Province shut down travel: January 23, 2020, https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-01-27/5-million-people-left-Wuhan-before-the-lockdown-where-did-they-go--NACCu9wItW/index.html
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