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Patient zero was identified Jan. 20. Swabs were sent overnight to CDC. Efforts to identify any and all contacts ensued, and the patient was sent to a biocontainment ward. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-09/how-coronavirus-spread-from-patient-zero-in-seattle">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...
Screenings at three major airports in the US began on Jan. 17.
The Coronavirus task force was created Jan 27., and publicly announced Jan. 29.
According to Brookings Inst., the CDC not accepting testing kits from WHO falls in line with previous practices of making their own tests.

The tests created by the CDC were initially faulty, but regulations stymied efforts to get testing kits from outside the country.
That article actually lays out a pretty good timeline, albeit with a heavy dose of bias.

It’s been hard to piece together the early days because everyone is just wanting to point fingers.
Here is an article identifying powers of fed and states during pandemics.

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/aboutlawsregulationsquarantineisolation.html">https://www.cdc.gov/quarantin...
Oh, hey. An article from 1/28 quoting several doctors (including Fauci) saying Coronavirus is not a serious threat in the US. My point being, early on nobody thought this was a serious threat. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/officials-say-most-americans-not-risk-coronavirus">https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-pers...
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