Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories and US Campaign: CNN
Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories and US Campaign: CNN
Read the essay from CNN about Covid-19 and the US presidential campaign.
Stephen Roach, a faculty member at Yale University and former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, is the author of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China (2014).
Read about the disbanding of the Global Health Security and Biodefense Unit with the National Security Council from Reuters.
A Timeline on US Covid-19 Response: WHO, Just Security, China Briefing, Global Times)
2018
May 7: US National Security Council director of medical and biodefense preparedness warns that the United States is not prepared for flu pandemic
May 8: National Security Advisor John Bolton removes Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council and disbands the global health security unit
2019
July: US Centers for Disease control removes US public health official based at China’s disease control agency
September: US Council of Economic Advisors warns a flu pandemic could result in tremendous losses and the country is not prepared.
October: Trump administration cuts funding for a program designed to prevent pandemics related to animal-borne viruses
Nov-Dec: US intelligence agencies warn about a new disease emerging in China
Dec 31: China, reports cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China
2020
Jan: US intelligence agencies repeat warnings about virus
Jan 3: Chinese colleagues alert the US CDC director
Jan 12: China shares genetic sequence
Jan 13: US drops currency manipulator label for China
Jan 14: WHO technical team reports human-to-human transmission
Jan 15: US and China sign phase one of a trade deal
Jan 17: CDC recommends health screenings on air travelers from Wuhan
Jan 20: US reports first Covid-19 case
Jan 22: China imposes lockdown on Wuhan and Trump reports he “trusts” China; China reports the virus can be transmitted by those not showing symptoms
Jan 27: US Coronavirus Task Force begins daily meetings
Jan 30: WHO declares a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; US commerce secretary suggests the virus could restore US supply chains and jobs
Feb 2: US limits entry from China with exemptions
Feb 5: US sends out test kits, but flaws are soon reported with tests recalled
Feb 7: The US donates medical supplies to China
Feb 16: WHO sends team, including US experts, to China
Feb 17: China grants tariff exemptions on select US goods
Feb 25: US military intelligences warns of a pandemic
Feb 28: Trump suggests the virus will disappear like a “miracle” and that opponents “politicize the coronavirus”; US rejects using WHO diagnostic test
Mar: China donates supplies to more about 80 nations
Mar 10: The US struggles to distribute test kits
Mar 11: WHO declares global health pandemic; US restricts travel from Europe
Mar 13: Trump declares national emergency
Mar 16: US announces social-distancing guidelines
Mar 17: US approves $2 trillion stimulus bill
Apr: Trump administration encourages states to set their own rules; states report that the federal officials seize supplies of medical protective gear
Apr 7: Trump describes WHO as “China-centric”
Apr 13: States lead their Covid-19 responses and announce coalitions to coordinate reopening
Apr 14: Trump halts WHO funding
Apr 29: US ramps up vaccine development
Apr 30: The administration shifts on claims that a laboratory in Wuhan created the virus
May 8: China and US reconfirm trade commitments and share Covid-19 updates
May 10: China criticizes US lawsuits, suggesting the US response is inadequate