Coronavirus Events Timeline and InfoDump

[SVPete]

Since the MSM are token-covering and memory-holing significant events:

China informed WHO of the outbreak in Wuhan of unknown cause: December 31, 2019, https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china/en/

Covid-19 identified to WHO: January 11 and 12, 2020, https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/

China/WHO claims no evidence of  human to human transmission of corona virus: January 14, 2020, https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152

World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
Jan 14
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.

The US started screening arriving passengers from China: January 17, 2020, JFK, SFO, LAX https://www.businessinsider.com/new-disease-virus-china-us-airports-screening-cdc-2020-1 ; O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson January 22, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/21/us-screenings-coronavirus-expanded-airports-atlanta-chicago/

Pharmaceuticals company working with US government to develop vaccine: January 22, 2020, Moderna, https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/moderna-is-working-on-a-vaccine-for-chinas-deadly-coronavirus.html

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

US personnel evacuated from Wuhan: January 29, 2020 https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-chartering-evacuation-flight-wuhan-coronavirus-zone-california/story?id=68571310

State Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 4, do not travel: January 31, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-flight-ban-delta-cuts-all-flights-white-house/4620989002/

Trump declared a public health emergency: January 31, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-suspends-us-flights-china-amid-coronavirus/story?id=68666037

People entering the US from China forbidden: Announced January 31, 2020, effective February 2, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/coronavirus-us-travel-restrictions/index.html This effectively ended flights from and to China, for obvious reasons. The current date for flights to resume is March 30, 2020.

An NIH clinical trial of Remdesivir begun: February 25, 2020, at University of Nebraska Medical Center, https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-remdesivir-treat-covid-19-begins

Experimental vaccine submitted for testing: February 26, 2020, Moderna, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine/index.html

Testing labs allowed to use tests whose FDA Emergency Use Authorization requests are still pending: February 29, 2020, https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-issues-new-policy-help-expedite-availability-diagnostics

Army signed agreement with Gilead on experimental COVID-19 treatment: March 10, 2020, https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/10/army-signs-agreement-with-drug-giant-gilead-on-experimental-covid-19-treatment/

OyaGen, Inc. announced experimental treatment has been studied by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: 3/10/2020, http://www.oyageninc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OyaGen-Press-for-03102020.pdf , "OYA1", not yet tested on humans

Eli Lilly announced partnership with research company to develop a treatment/vaccine as part of the DARPA program: March 13, 2020, https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/companies/eli-lilly-joins-race-to-develop-coronavirus-treatment/ar-BB116BNR

Trump declared National Emergency: March 13, 2020, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-trumps-emergency-declaration-over-coronavirus-means-for-arizona/ar-BB11a6RO

Testing begins of Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine: March 16, 2020, at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, https://www.kpwashingtonresearch.org/news-and-events/recent-news/news-2020/kaiser-permanente-launches-coronavirus-vaccine-study-seattle

[SVPete]

Just for clarity regarding two terms in the article below, "Treatments" would be for people sick with Covid-19, and "Vaccines" would be for preventing people getting infected. Thus, treatments are the more immediate need. That said:

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/02/coronavirus-drugs-and-vaccines-in-development/

A detailed guide to the coronavirus drugs and vaccines in development
By DAMIAN GARDE // MARCH 2, 2020

Here’s a guide to some of the most talked-about efforts to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, with details on the science, history, and timeline for each endeavor.

Gilead Sciences
Approach: Treatment
Stage: Phase 3
...
Moderna Therapeutics
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Phase 1
...
CureVac
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
...
GlaxoSmithKline
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
...
Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
...
Johnson & Johnson
Approach: Vaccine and treatment
Stage: Preclinical
...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Approach: Treatment
Stage: Preclinical
...
Sanofi
Approach: Vaccine
Stage: Preclinical
...
Vir Biotechnology
Approach: Treatment
Stage: Preclinical

There is an Israeli firm whose experimental vaccine isn't on that list, https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-scientists-In-three-weeks-we-will-have-coronavirus-vaccine-619101 .

[SVPete]

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/darpas-firebreak-treatment-for-the-coronavirus
By Eliza Strickland // 05 Mar 2020 | 17:00 GMT

DARPA Races To Create a "Firebreak" Treatment for the Coronavirus

When DARPA launched its Pandemic Preparedness Platform (P3) program two years ago, the pandemic was theoretical. It seemed like a prudent idea to develop a quick response to emerging infectious diseases. Researchers working under the program sought ways to confer instant (but short-term) protection from a dangerous virus or bacteria.

Today, as the novel coronavirus causes a skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases around the world, the researchers are racing to apply their experimental techniques to a true pandemic playing out in real time. “Right now, they have one shot on goal,” says DARPA program manager Amy Jenkins. “We’re really hoping it works.”

The P3 program’s plan was to start with a new pathogen and to “develop technology to deliver medical countermeasures in under 60 days—which was crazy, unheard of,” says Jenkins. The teams have proven they can meet this ambitious timeline in previous trials using the influenza and Zika viruses. Now they’re being asked to pull off the same feat with the new coronavirus, which more formally goes by the name SARS-CoV-2 and causes the illness known as COVID-19.

[SVPete]

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/10/army-signs-agreement-with-drug-giant-gilead-on-experimental-covid-19-treatment/

Army signs agreement with drug giant Gilead on experimental COVID-19 treatment

U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command has signed an arrangement with Gilead Sciences to provide the company’s investigational coronavirus drug to U.S. troops confirmed to have the COVID-19 virus.

Gilead’s medication, remdesivir, was approved for clinical research in February by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication, which initially was developed by the Foster City, California-based company to treat Ebola, has had some demonstrated success targeting coronaviruses, including Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS.

The medicine, given intravenously, is currently being tested for safety and effectiveness in two separate clinical trials in China and one by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases. In the U.S. study, the first volunteer was an evacuee from the Diamond Princess cruise ship hospitalized with the illness at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

[SVPete]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/companies/eli-lilly-joins-race-to-develop-coronavirus-treatment/ar-BB116BNR

Eli Lilly Joins Race to Develop Coronavirus Treatment
3/13/2020

(Bloomberg) -- Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. has entered an agreement to develop an experimental therapy for the new coronavirus with with closely held biotechnology company AbCellera Biologics Inc.

The Vancouver based biotechnology firm is already working on discovering antibodies that could potentially be deployed to stop transmission of the virus and prevent the lung illness known as Covid-19.
...
A roundtable of pharmaceutical executives told U.S. President Donald Trump this month that antiviral medications could be available for patients in a matter of months. Vaccines, which would prevent healthy people from contracting the disease, are further from reaching doctors’ offices and pharmacy shelves. Gilead Sciences Inc. and AbbVie Inc. have emerged as front-runners for potential treatments for the disease, while Sanofi, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc. are developing vaccines. No executives from Lilly attended the White House meeting.

Lilly’s success in fighting the novel coronavirus will be dependent on AbCellera, which has developed propriety technology that quickly screens for potent antibodies and validates potential candidates on tight timelines. The discovery company touts its ability to “fast-track” drug programs for its many partners, which have included major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer Inc., Merck & Co. and Sanofi.

AbCellera is no stranger to pandemic response. In 2018, the company was awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, for as much as $30 million in funding to create an end-to-end platform for rapid pandemic response. ...

[SVPete]

http://www.oyageninc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OyaGen-Press-for-03102020.pdf

OyaGen, Inc. announces a compound in development with broad antiviral activity against coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2

Rochester, NY (BUSINESS WIRE)
OyaGen, Inc. The company announced today new unpublished results from collaborative research with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, MD, suggesting strong dose-dependent antiviral activity of its lead compound OYA1 against live SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent for COVID-19, based on in cell culture infectivity studies.

About OYA1. OYA1 has broad-spectrum antiviral activity in laboratory-based assays against the coronaviruses SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV and also is a dual targetspecific antiviral against filoviruses such as Ebola virus. OYA1 was strongly more effective than a positive-control compound, chlorpromazine HCl, at inhibiting SARSCoV-2 from replicating in cell culture. OYA1 had prior FDA approval as an investigational new drug for treating cancer in the 1960s but was abandoned for a lack of efficacy. Studies at that time demonstrated safety in nonhuman primates and human adults when dosed daily or weekly. Side effects may include cardiac toxicity in children when dosed every day.

[SVPete]

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/did-experimental-drug-help-us-coronavirus-patient

Did an experimental drug help a U.S. coronavirus patient?
By Jon Cohen  Mar. 13, 2020, 1:30 PM

The difficulty the medical center faced acquiring a test for its patient received widespread media scrutiny, but her fate largely escaped notice: After her condition declined, the UC Davis doctors secured what’s known as compassionate use permission from the Food and Drug Administration to test an experimental drug on their patient outside of a clinical trial. The drug, remdesivir made by Gilead Sciences, is given by an intravenous drip. Several randomized, placebo controlled trials of remdesivir for COV-19 are now underway in China and the United States and everyone is looking for quick hints on whether the drug works—a new preprint out today on the drug’s use in three COVID-19 patients is raising questions about its ultimate value.

Remdesivir cripples an enzyme called RNA polymerase that is used by many viruses to copy themselves; it does not specifically target SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.  But it worked well in test tube and animal studies of human coronaviruses, cousins of SARS-CoV-2 called severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome, that cause similar respiratory conditions. ...

George Thompson, an infectious disease specialist at the medical center, was on the team that cared for the California patient and spoke to ScienceInsider about the case. This interview has been edited for clarity and length; additional information added by ScienceInsider is in brackets.

Q:  When did the patient start on remdesivir?

A: From diagnosis to therapy, about 36 hours, which is very short for emergency approval of an investigational drug.

Q: How sick was the patient?

A: We thought they were going to pass away.
...
Q: Has the patient been discharged?

A: To protect privacy, let’s just say they are doing well.

[SVPete]

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bst/14/1/14_2020.01047/_pdf/-char/en

Breakthrough: Chloroquine phosphate has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in clinical studies

Summary:

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus is spreading rapidly, and scientists are endeavoring to discover drugs for its efficacious treatment in China. Chloroquine phosphate, an old drug for treatment of malaria, is shown to have apparent efficacy and acceptable safety against COVID-19 associated pneumonia in multicenter clinical trials conducted in China. The drug is recommended to be included in the next version of the Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19 issued by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China for treatment of COVID-19 infection in larger populations in the future.

[SVPete]

Because of the Dems' and MSM's (repetitive and redundant, I know) Trump-Has-Done-Nothing narrative, the Trump Campaign has a timeline webpage of Trump Administration actions, https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/timeline-the-trump-administrations-decisive-actions-to-combat-the-coronavirus/ . They appear to be updating it regularly from Trump's daily briefings. I've rooted through it selectively, DDGed to find supporting government webpages and non-conservative-source news articles, and merged what I chose from that webpage with my timeline above:

China informed WHO of the outbreak in Wuhan of unknown cause: December 31, 2019, https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china/en/

Taiwanese health officials alerted WHO of the infectivity of coronavirus: December 31, 2019, https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/20/who-taiwan-coronavirus-warning/ , https://www.ft.com/content/2a70a02a-644a-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68

Taiwan started boarding planes arriving from Wuhan, China to screen passengers for symptoms: December 31, 2019, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689

CDC issued a Level 1 travel notice for Wuhan, China: January 6, 2020, https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2020/01/cdc-issues-level-1-watch-travel-notice.html

CDC established a coronavirus incident management system: January 7, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/videos/coronavirus/COVID-19-webinar.pdf

Covid-19 identified to WHO: January 11 and 12, 2020, https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/

China/WHO claims no evidence of  human to human transmission of corona virus: January 14, 2020, https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152

World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
Jan 14
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.

The US started screening arriving passengers from China: January 17, 2020, JFK, SFO, LAX https://www.businessinsider.com/new-disease-virus-china-us-airports-screening-cdc-2020-1 ; O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson January 22, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/21/us-screenings-coronavirus-expanded-airports-atlanta-chicago/

Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health working developing a vaccine for coronavirus: January 20, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/health/coronavirus-nih-vaccine-development/index.html

CDC activated its emergency operations center: January 20, 2020, https://emergency.cdc.gov/recentincidents/index.asp?cid=EPR-homepage

Pharmaceuticals company working with US government to develop vaccine: January 22, 2020, Moderna, https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/moderna-is-working-on-a-vaccine-for-chinas-deadly-coronavirus.html

CDC sought “special emergency authorization” from FDA to allow states to use its coronavirus test: January 23, 2020, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-cdc-idUSKBN1ZM2XS

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

White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force: January 29, 2020, https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/480627-white-house-announces-task-force-to-monitor-coronavirus

US personnel evacuated from Wuhan: January 29, 2020 https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-chartering-evacuation-flight-wuhan-coronavirus-zone-california/story?id=68571310

Trump declared a public health emergency: January 31, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-suspends-us-flights-china-amid-coronavirus/story?id=68666037

State Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 4, do not travel: January 31, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-flight-ban-delta-cuts-all-flights-white-house/4620989002/

People entering the US from China forbidden: Announced January 31, 2020, effective February 2, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/coronavirus-us-travel-restrictions/index.html This effectively ended flights from and to China, for obvious reasons. The current date for flights to resume is March 30, 2020.

CDC had a team ready to travel to China: February 3, 2020, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-mission-idUSKBN1ZX2BV

HHS, Regeneron Collaborate to Develop 2019-nCoV Treatment: February 4, 2020, https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/02/04/hhs-regeneron-collaborate-to-develop-2019-ncov-treatment.html

Shipping of CDC 2019 coronavirus test kits begins: February 6, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0206-coronavirus-diagnostic-test-kits.html

HHS expands partnership with Janssen Research & Development for vaccine development: February 11, 2020, https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/02/11/hhs-janssen-join-forces-on-coronavirus-vaccine.html

HHS to work with Sanofi Pasteur to develop coronavirus vaccine and treatment: February 18, 2020, https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/18/sanofi-announces-it-will-work-with-hhs-to-develop-coronavirus-vaccine/

An NIH clinical trial of Remdesivir begun: February 25, 2020, at University of Nebraska Medical Center, https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-remdesivir-treat-covid-19-begins

Experimental vaccine submitted for testing: February 26, 2020, Moderna, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine/index.html

Testing labs allowed to use tests whose FDA Emergency Use Authorization requests are still pending: February 29, 2020, https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-issues-new-policy-help-expedite-availability-diagnostics

Level 4 travel advisory to Italy, South Korea: February 29, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/02/29/coronavirus-trump-adds-travel-restrictions-italy-south-korea/4914822002/

Iran travel ban announced: February 29, 2020, https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/29/trump-administration-expands-coronavirus-travel-ban-to-include-iran/

CDC lifted federal restrictions on coronavirus testing: March 4, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html

Trump and VP Pence met with health insurance companies and secured commitment to waive co-pays for coronavirus testing: March 10, 2020, https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-pence-meet-with-insurance-executives-agree-to-waive-copays-extend-treatment-80407109506

Army signed agreement with Gilead on experimental COVID-19 treatment: March 10, 2020, https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/10/army-signs-agreement-with-drug-giant-gilead-on-experimental-covid-19-treatment/

OyaGen, Inc. announced experimental treatment has been studied by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: 3/10/2020, http://www.oyageninc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OyaGen-Press-for-03102020.pdf , "OYA1", not yet tested on humans

Trump suspended travel from Europe: March 11, 2020, https://news.yahoo.com/trump-suspends-travel-from-europe-for-30-days-as-coronavirus-cases-continue-to-grow-014314635.html

Eli Lilly announced partnership with research company to develop a treatment/vaccine as part of the DARPA program: March 13, 2020, https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/companies/eli-lilly-joins-race-to-develop-coronavirus-treatment/ar-BB116BNR

Trump declared National Emergency: March 13, 2020, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-trumps-emergency-declaration-over-coronavirus-means-for-arizona/ar-BB11a6RO

Trump announced public-private partnerships for drive-through testing: March 13, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/trump-announces-public-private-partnership-increase-national-coronavirus-69587547

FDA granted emergency approval for faster coronavirus test: March 13, 2020, https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/other/487393-fda-grants-emergency-approval-for-faster-coronavirus-test

FDA emergency approval for Thermo-Fisher coronavirus test (within 24 hours of applying): March 13, 2020, https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-thermo-fisher

Public-private partnerships allowed to open up drive-through testing collection sites: March 13, 2020, https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/13/in-declaring-national-emergency-trump-pledges-drive-thru-testing-greater-flexibility-for-doctors/

FDA granted Roche AG an emergency approval for automated coronavirus testing kits: March 13, 2020, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/roche-gets-clearance-for-coronavirus-test-that-s-10-times-faster

HHS announced funding for development of two rapid diagnostic tests: March 13, 2020, https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/03/13/hhs-funds-development-covid-19-diagnostic-tests.html

European travel ban extended to include the UK and Ireland: March 14, 2020, https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/14/white-house-adds-uk-ireland-to-travel-ban-129470

Testing begins of Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine: March 16, 2020, at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, https://www.kpwashingtonresearch.org/news-and-events/recent-news/news-2020/kaiser-permanente-launches-coronavirus-vaccine-study-seattle

FDA allowing states to authorize use of tests developed by labs in their states: March 16, 2020, https://seekingalpha.com/news/3552325-fda-to-allow-states-to-authorize-coronavirus-tests

Defense Department to give HHS up to 5M respirator masks, 2,000 ventilators: March 17, 2020, https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2115200/dod-poised-to-provide-masks-ventilators-labs-to-hhs-for-coronavirus-fight/

HHS to suspended regulation against doctors practicing across state lines: March 18, 2020, https://www.medicaleconomics.com/news/coronavirus-response-doctors-can-now-practice-across-state-lines

Temporary closure of U.S.-Canada border to non-essential traffic: March 18, 2020, https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/03/18/trump-announces-temporary-u-s-canada-border-closure-amid-virus-pandemic/

HUD foreclosures and evictions suspended for a at least 60 days: March 18, 2020, https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/OCHCO/documents/20-04hsgml.pdf

Carnival Cruise Lines ships available for hospital use (non-corona virus patients): March 19, 2020, https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/19/cruise-line-offers-up-ships-for-use-as-temporary-hospitals/

State Department global level 4 health advisory, avoid all international travel: March 19, 2020, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/travel-advisory-alert-global-level-4-health-advisory-issue.html

US Mexico agree to restrict nonessential cross-border traffic: March 20, 2020, https://www.wesh.com/article/us-and-mexico-coordinating-on-plan-to-restrict-travel-across-the-border-1/31794143

Governors remain in command of National Guard, Federals pay 100% of operations cost (all states): March 22, 2020, https://www.thewrap.com/trump-fema-will-pay-100-of-cost-for-national-guard-in-new-york-california-washington/

Army ordered three army hospitals to deploy to New York and Washington: March 24, 2020, https://armyupdate.com/index.php/2020/03/25/army-medical-hospitals-deploying-to-n-y-and-washington-state/

What I have not yet rooted through, selected, and folded into this timeline is this timeline from National Review, which is explosive - thermonuclear, if not Earth-shattering - https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/chinas-devastating-lies/ . It traces the coronavirus outbreak back into early December, documenting what Chinese medical and government people knew and when, and what and when China told the world.

[J P Sousa]

That is a lot of work Pete, thanks. 

[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