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“There are no ‘lessons learned’ except those proven by actions taken”
The SARS-Coronavirus-2/COVID-19 timeline in Dr Lucey’s presentation is sobering. He has a four-part mantra he refers to early on, the first part of which is…

“Go fast”

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19 Nov 2019, **before** SARS-Coronavirus-2 is known about, Dr Lucey is invited to give a talk at a UN webinar and decides to talk about ‘Lessons from SARS for the next rapidly spreading respiratory pandemic’

23 Dec, an invite for the webinar goes out to more than 200 people
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Some time in the second-half of Dec 2019, Dr Li Wenjiang warns of a SARS-like contagious pneumonia

Dr Lucey becomes aware of this on 30 Dec and is concerned

Hong Kong CHP publishes their concerns **immediately** (and comprehensively 7 days a week since)
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Dr Lucey begins writing updates about the new outbreak on 6 Jan

He is allowed to publish on the Infectious Disease Society of America blog on 7 Jan

He gives his presentation to the UN in NYC on 14 Jan, with considerable publicity material in the corridors of the venue
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Throughout January, China’s CDC has been denying the rapidly spreading disease is contagious from person to person and continues to do so until…

On 20 Jan, they admit there are 14 healthcare workers infected
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25 Jan, Dr Lucey questions whether SARS-Coronavirus-2 *might* predate December and have an origin other than the Wuhan seafood market

26 Jan, @sciencecohen interviews Dr Lucey and reports this hypothesis: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/wuhan-seafood-market-may-not-be-source-novel-virus-spreading-globally">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...
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6 Feb:

Dr Li Wenjiang, who first alerted the world in December, dies of COVID-19, aged 34

Dr Lucey and a Georgetown University colleague publish ‘Coronavirus – unknown source, unrecognized spread, and pandemic potential’: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-unknown-source-unrecognized-spread-and-pandemic-potential">https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/c...
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