Ignorance that should be excruciatingly painful:
No adequate testing ...
Shipping of CDC 2019 coronavirus test kits begins:
February 6, 2020,
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0206-coronavirus-diagnostic-test-kits.htmlUnfortunately, some mangler in the CDC Atlanta lab set up the production line in a way that caused cross-contamination. Trump's, "The buck stops here," responsibility for an F-up that far out of his control was to get things back on track. Something like getting the not-invented-here-syndrome infested bureaucracy to give up a little power,
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... no plan, no strategy ...
CDC established a coronavirus incident management system:
January 7, 2020,
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/videos/coronavirus/COVID-19-webinar.pdfCDC alert to clinicians to ask patients with "severe respiratory illness" whether they had traveled to Wuhan:
January 8, 2020,
https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00424.aspThe 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/CDC activated its emergency operations center:
January 20, 2020,
https://emergency.cdc.gov/recentincidents/index.asp?cid=EPR-homepageCDC 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-idUSKBN1ZM2XSWhite 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-coronavirusUS personnel evacuated from Wuhan:
January 29, 2020,
https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-chartering-evacuation-flight-wuhan-coronavirus-zone-california/story?id=68571310Trump declared a public health emergency:
January 31, 2020,
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-suspends-us-flights-china-amid-coronavirus/story?id=68666037People 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... no vaccine ...
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.htmlPharmaceuticals company Moderna 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.htmlHHS 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.htmlHHS 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/Experimental vaccine submitted for testing:
February 26, 2020, Moderna,
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine/index.htmlEli 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... no pills ...
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.htmlHHS 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-beginsArmy 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-BB116BNRAs for responsibility for this coronavirus going worldwide and factors affecting the timing of nations' responses, just read the China timeline linked in my signature. I'll be adding to it - more infuriating info - but it's already enough to show that China and WHO cost the nations of the world 5-7 weeks of preparation and response.