Morning Jolt: The Comprehensive Timeline of China’s COVID-19 Lies

On today’s menu: a day-by-day, month-by-month breakdown of China’s coronavirus coverup and the irreparable damage it has caused around the globe.

The Timeline of a Viral Ticking Time Bomb

The story of the coronavirus pandemic is still being written. But at this early date, we can see all kinds of moments where different decisions could have lessened the severity of the outbreak we are currently enduring. You have probably heard variations of, "Chinese authorities denied that the virus could be transferred from human to human until it was too late." What you have probably not heard is how emphatically, loudly, and repeatedly the Chinese government insisted human transmission was impossible, long after doctors in Wuhan had concluded human transmission was ongoing — and how the World Health Organization assented to that conclusion, despite the suspicions of other outside health experts.

The U.S. government's response to this threat was clearly not nearly enough, and not enacted anywhere near quickly enough. Most European governments weren't prepared either. Few governments around the world were or are prepared for the scale of the ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 23 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 23 2020 The Comprehensive Timeline of China's COVID-19 Lies On today’s menu: a day-by-day, month-by-month breakdown of China’s coronavirus coverup and the irreparable damage it has caused around the globe. The Timeline of a Viral Ticking Time Bomb The story of the coronavirus pandemic is still being written. But at this early date, we can see all kinds of moments where different decisions could have lessened the severity of the outbreak we are currently enduring. You have probably heard variations of, "Chinese authorities denied that the virus could be transferred from human to human until it was too late." What you have probably not heard is how emphatically, loudly, and repeatedly the Chinese government insisted human transmission was impossible, long after doctors in Wuhan had concluded human transmission was ongoing — and how the World Health Organization assented to that conclusion, despite the suspicions of other outside health experts. The U.S. government's response to this threat was clearly not nearly enough, and not enacted anywhere near quickly enough. Most European governments weren't prepared either. Few governments around the world were or are prepared for the scale of the ...   READ MORE

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