The timeline, as I understand it, is that China covered up the extent of the problem for weeks and the WHO abetted it.

Then when the truth came to light, Donald Trump did … nothing … for a bit over a month and now thousands of people are dead.
Like here on January 30, the WHO declared a global public health emergency and Trump did … nothing to prepare America. https://www.vox.com/2020/1/30/21076686/coronavirus-outbreak-wuhan-china-who-emergency">https://www.vox.com/2020/1/30...
The coronavirus outbreak is now a global health emergency, WHO says

With more than 8,000 cases in nearly 20 countries, the agency called for a coordinated international response.

https://www.votwitter.com/2020/1/30/21076686/coronavirus-outbreak-wuhan-china-who-emergency
By February 14, Dr Fauci was telling reporters that Covid-19 had "the makings of [a] global pandemic” and Trump did … nothing to prepare the country. https://www.vox.com/2020/2/14/21134473/coronavirus-outbreak-singapore-us-symptoms-pandemic">https://www.vox.com/2020/2/14...
Why the coronavirus outbreak might be much bigger than we know

What the situation in countries like Singapore and the US tells us about the risk of global spread.

https://www.votwitter.com/2020/2/14/21134473/coronavirus-outbreak-singapore-us-symptoms-pandemic
By February 25, experts were very clearly speaking of the need to prepare for a pandemic.

This time, Trump actually did do something... https://www.vox.com/2020/2/23/21149327/coronavirus-pandemic-meaning-italy">https://www.vox.com/2020/2/23...
"We are at a turning point": The coronavirus outbreak is looking more like a pandemic

Health experts say it’s time to prepare for worldwide spread on all continents.

https://www.votwitter.com/2020/2/23/21149327/coronavirus-pandemic-meaning-italy
… what he did was get mad at career public health officials for saying it was time to prepare for a pandemic. https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1232748385628807169">https://twitter.com/EamonJave...
Trump then went on television to tell people the virus was contained and *at the exact same time* California registered its first case of untraceable community spread. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/26/21155282/trump-coronavirus-covid19-cdc-response-cases">https://www.vox.com/future-pe...
While Trump tried to reassure America about the coronavirus, another case was reported

The novel coronavirus may now be spreading in California. No one at the White House press conference seemed to know about it.

https://www.votwitter.com/future-perfect/2020/2/26/21155282/trump-coronavirus-covid19-cdc-response-cases
That was all back in the day when people wrote individual news stories about individual coronavirus cases, instead of today doing a single roundup story tallying how many people died.
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