Under John Bolton, the Trump administration disbands the NSA's Global Health Security Team (pandemic response team), established under President Obama in 2014, leaving America underprepared to handle any major public health crisis.
05/10/2018
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Mysterious pneumonia-like illness appears in Inner Mongolia
11/03/2019
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Chinese government notifies WHO of diagnosis of a "bacterial" plague infection
11/13/2019
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Chad Wolf
5th Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appointed Under the Trump Administration
11/14/2019
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FUN FACT
DHS, formed in 2002 after 9/11, is responsible for public security, anti-terrorism, border security, immigrtion, customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management.
11/14/2019
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Chinese government notifies WHO (in late Dec 2019) that the 1st Covid-19 case (mistaken for the plague) can be traced back to this date
12/08/2019
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Chinese doctors, while continuing research, discover cases reported as "plague" actually originated from a new strain of the coronavirus.
12/27/2019
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President Trump speaks on the coronavirus: We have it totally under control. ... It’s going to be just fine.
01/22/2020
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All the US cases have occurred in individuals who have traveled to Wuhan, China. No identified cases of person-to-person transmission identified. Researchers from the CDC and WHO continue study of the virus.
01/27/2020
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The CDC does not recommend isolating otherwise healthy individuals who have traveled from Wuhan City if they do not have symptoms.
01/27/2020
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WHO and China's leaders discuss next steps in the battle against coronavirus outbreak
01/28/2020
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U.S. CDC extends its Level 3 travel warning from Wuhan City in China to the entire country. Travelers are advised to avoid all nonessential travel to China.
01/28/2020
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President Trump speaks on the coronavirus: “We think we have it very well under control... we’re working very closely with China and other countries...”
01/30/2020
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New evidence indicates that people who are infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus may become contagious before symptoms are noticeable, however the CDC and WHO have not recommended any change in treatment regarding asymptomatic individuals.
01/31/2020
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President Trump issues an executive order blocking entry to the US from anyone who has been in China in the last 14 days -- effective Feburary 2, 2020.
01/31/2020
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President Trump threatens withholding assistance from the state of New York unless it stops the numerous lawsuits in process against his administration and businesses, labeling them as "unnecessary lawsuits & harassment".
02/13/2020
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Chad Wolf, recently appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Testifies Before Congress See Him On YouTube
02/27/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
69
Total (Reported) Deaths:
1
Limited, Suppressed Testing
03/01/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
1,025
Total (Reported) Deaths:
28
Limited, Suppressed Testing
03/11/2020
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Kim Kardashian West Shares Predictions of Psychic Sylvia Browne, where She Seemingly Predicts COVID-19 and Donald Trump's Position. "In around 2020 a... pneumonia-like illness will spread... [and then] it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived..."
03/11/2020
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In talking to reporters, President Trump designates himself "War-Time President", stating "We must sacrifice together, because we are all in this together, and we will come through together".
Real-Time History will Later Challenge this Notion
03/18/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
19,624
Total (Reported) Deaths:
260
Limited, Suppressed Testing
03/21/2020
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Healthcare Workers Rally For More Personal Protective Equipment To Fight Coronavirus
03/23/2020
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Doctor Shares The Biggest Lie About COVID-19 | UK Data
03/30/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
164,620
Total (Reported) Deaths:
3,170
Limited, Suppressed Testing
03/31/2020
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Coronavirus outbreak: Registered nurse describes working on the front line amid COVID-19 pandemic
04/08/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
466,033
Total (Reported) Deaths:
16,690
Limited, Suppressed Testing
04/10/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
759,687
Total (Reported) Deaths:
40,682
Limited, Suppressed Testing
04/20/2020
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President Trump fires Dr. Rick Bright, a leading vaccine development expert and the director of BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority).
04/21/2020
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FUN FACT
BARDA is responsible for procurement and development of countermeasures against bioterrorism, and chemical, nuclear and radiological threats as well as pandemic and emerging diseases.
04/21/2020
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Communities Across America
(2 million Americans)
Lack Access to Clean Water
Rendering them Defenseless in the Fight Against Covid-19
04/21/2020
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Dr. Rick Bright says that he was demoted because he refused to promote use of hydroxychloroquine in the fight against the coronavirus, as endorsed and insisted upon by President Trump.
04/22/2020
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(Messaging) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke on radio saying that he wants state governments to file bankruptcy, rather than provide any federal assistance to lessen the impact or harm suffered by the people there.
04/22/2020
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Despite courageous, valiant, and sometimes lethal efforts, of frontline medical workers, "War-Time" President Trump refuses to “arm his soldiers” with PPE and threatens to withhold recovery aid unless he receives personal and/or political benefit.
04/28/2020
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President Trump threatens to withhold taxpayer-funded aid from states hard-hit by coronavirus outbreak unless they adjust their sanctuary-city policies -- accusing them of years of bad management.
04/28/2020
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Former President George W. Bush (43) issues PSA that speaks to the love of humanity that U.S. Presidents have held for the country and its people. He seems to honor the past, while offering hope for the future.
05/03/2020
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State and Mainstream Media (through Clever Conflation) Follow Trump Administration Lead in Shifting Weight of Coronavirus Response Upon China
Only 6o of separation.
05/03/2020
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Chad Wolf, Secretary of DHS Accuses China of Hiding Coronavirus Info and Hoarding Supplies in Report
05/03/2020
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, world-renowned infectious disease expert, states that, based on scientific evidence, the coronavirus evolved in nature and jumped species.
05/04/2020
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Russia and United States Decline Participation in Global Coronavirus Vaccine Research Summit held by World Leaders
05/04/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
1,171,510
Total (Reported) Deaths:
68,279
Limited, Suppressed Testing
05/05/2020
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(Messaging) 2 White House Staff Test Positive for COVID-19
Scientists Removed from Trump's Primary Pandemic Messaging Stream
05/07/2020
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(Messaging) "History is Written By the Winners" -- William Barr, U.S. Attorney General, Trump Administration
Trump's GOP in Lockstep, Game Planning a Barrage of Lies?
05/10/2020
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(Messaging) President Donald Trump Begins Promoting "OBAMAGATE" as the Beginning of Media Campaign to Criminalize the Presidency of his Predecessor -- African American, Barack Obama
05/10/2020
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"This is why the whole concept of tests aren't necessarily great... and might be overrated". “I like the numbers being where they are,” and testing for disease would raise the nation's case count --- suppressing testing is "common sense". (Trump 45)
05/14/2020
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In "tweets" focused on delegitimizing the practice, President Trump threatens to hold taxpayer-funded dollars from the states of Michigan and Nevada for mediating their concerns for public safety by making voting-by-mail readily available to its citizens.
05/20/2020
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President Trump holds re-election campaign rally in Tulsa, OK, attended by at least 6.2K supporters. Despite the spiked increase in COVID-19 cases, the majority in attendance wore no masks and failed to observe social distancing guidelines.
06/20/2020
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President Trump confesses, at a campaign rally for his 2nd term of office, that he ordered a reduction in testing for infection to keep the numbers down for better optics.
06/21/2020
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The British Empires Selects South Africans and Afro-Brazilians as Guinea Pigs for Testing their Experimental COVID-19 Vaccines
06/24/2020
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Fmr. US Chief Data Scientist: COVID Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon | Amanpour and Company
06/25/2020
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Sanjay Gupta: I'm concerned because it feels like we've given up at this point | CNN
06/27/2020
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A U.S. Intelligence Report that Russia Paid Bounties to Taliban to Kill American Servicemen is made Public. The President Made Two Statements: (1) He was never provided this information, and then (2) The report is a malicious lie against Russia, a hoax.
06/27/2020
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Using Twitter, President Trump shared a video shouting out "White Power!" After offering thanks to those whom he termed "great people", the President removed the strong, precedent setting message that had been delivered [at once] to the nation and world.
06/28/2020
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The Trump Organization owns/operates 17 different golf courses around the world -- 12 in the USA. The Secret Service has spent over $133 million (and counting) in support of Trump's over 300 golf course visits since the start of his presidency.
06/28/2020
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Coronavirus IX: Evictions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
06/28/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
2.6 million
Total (Reported) Deaths:
128,000
Suppressed Testing
06/29/2020
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(Messaging) In Support of Deadly Violence as the Means by which to Counter Protests, President Trump Shares Video of St. Louis Couple Brandishing a Pistol and a Military-grade AR-15 Rifle at Passing Protestors.
06/29/2020
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Total (Reported) Cases:
10.7 million
Total (Reported) Deaths:
516,401
Total Recovered:
5.9 million
07/01/2020
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In a Stunning Mandate, Russian Voters Agree to Allow the Current President, Vladimir Putin, to Seek 2 More Terms to Extend His Rule Until 2036.
Will this News Taunt and Inspire Our Current U.S. President?
07/01/2020
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Speaking to the American People by Interview, President Trump States that he Thinks (and Hopes) that the Coronavirus will at Some Point "Sorta Disappear" and Despite a Climbing Number Cases and Deaths that "We're Gonna be Very Good" with the Coronavirus"
07/01/2020
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Bush, Obama Admin. Had ‘Eloquent & Detailed’ Pandemic Playbook Which Trump Ignored | All In | MSNBC
07/01/2020
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