I find those anonymous cut/pasted paragraphs of partisan spin so... compelling!
Shame on Joe for thinking h1n1 could be more severe and thus recommending travel restrictions and avoiding confined spaces!
H1N1...
Trump was told in January/Early February that COVID was five times deadlier than any flu, then spent two months sitting on his hands and lying to the public about it.
REDSTATEWARD has no way to defend actions that lead to 190,000 dead Americans, but he likes Tax Cuts, so...
Well, let’s see.
February 2 — Global Air Travel Is Restricted
By 5 pm on Sunday, those en route to the United States have to have left China or they can face a 2-week home-based quarantine if they had been in Hubei province. Mainland visitors, however, will need to undergo health screenings upon their return, and foreign nationals can even be denied admittance. Other countries beginning to impose similar air-travel restrictions at this point include Australia, Germany, Italy, and New Zealand.
February 3 — US Declares Public Health Emergency
The Trump administration declares a public health emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement comes 3 days after WHO declared a Global Health Emergency as more than 9800 cases of the virus and more than 200 deaths had been confirmed worldwide.
February 10 — China’s COVID-19 Deaths Exceed Those of SARS Crisis
The COVID-19 death toll surpasses that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak from 17 years ago, totaling 908 reported deaths in China in the last month compared with 774 deaths in the SARS crisis.
February 25 — CDC Says COVID-19 Is Heading Toward Pandemic Status
February 25 - Nancy Pelosi live on TV invites “ everyone” to visit Chinatown and deplores xenophobia.