January 21 - Fauci "This is not a major threat to the people of the United States, and this is not something that the citizens of the United States should be worried about"

January 30th - World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in relation to China’s novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) categorized as a viral pneumonia.

January 31, 2020 - Trump restricts travel (China)

Jan. 31 article in The New York Times quoted epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm as saying that Trump's decision to restrict travel from China was "more of an emotional or political reaction."

January 31 - Vox tweet - "Is this going to be a deadly pandemic? NO"

January 31 - The Verge - Trump is anti science and an idiot for going against WHO's recommendation of NO RESTRICTIONS on travel

January 31 “I want to emphasize that this is a serious health situation in China, but I want to emphasize that the risk to the American public currently is low.” — CDC Director Robert Redfield, at a coronavirus task force briefing

Feb 4, NY Times "The Racism at the Heart of Trump's 'Travel Ban'"

Feb. 5 - Democrats blast President Trump for the China travel ban

Feb 5 - Trump's travel ban is an attack on Africans, CNN

February 24 - Pelosi pushes tourism for Chinatown

February 28 - Pelosi criticizes the President's responses to the virus as "underwhelming"

February 28, 2020: A massive WHO vaccination campaign was announced by WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Feb 28 - CDC warns virus spread in U.S. is "inevitable"

March 5, WHO Director General confirms that outside China there are 2055 cases reported in 33 countries. Around 80% of those cases continue to come from just three countries (South Korea, Iran, Italy). "These figures suggested that we are not facing a global health emergency, that the probability of infection was low. And Based on China’s experience the treatment for the virus infection was effective."

March 6 - Trump signs an $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to aid the coronavirus response.

March 9 - Bernie sanders is asked if he would close the border to prevent Coronavirus from further spreading. He says he would not.

March 11 - Trump announces travel restrictions from Europe

March 12 - NPR questions Trump's travel ban

March 12 - CNN - Trump's Euro travel ban is racist

March 13 - Trump's travel restrictions on Europe is politically motivated and will not prevent coronavirus cases - CNBC

March 13 - Trump declares a "national emergency"

March 13 - NY Mayor DeBlasio encourages New Yorkers to go about their daily lives as usual

March 16 - Trump announces his task force’s “15 days to slow the spread” social distancing guidelines

March 19 - The State Department issues a global Level 4 health advisory telling Americans to avoid all international travel

March 27 - CARES act

April 3 - CDC recommends masks