FLASHBACK: Jan. 21: Fauci Says Coronavirus ‘Not A Major Threat’ To U.S. ('minuscule' in February)

Daily Caller ^ | 4/03/20 | William Davis

[9YearLurker]

Fauci and crew have been setting up Trump and the US from the start.

He wasn’t on stage yesterday, let’s hope they are finding a way to flush him out of their system.

[trebb]

Perhaps - but there's plenty of them opinions to go around and actual data was slow and much is still unknown because of China's 'reticence'...

If one is looking for a scapegoat to pour their anger on, then China should serve as a good target...and they know it because they are still hiding a lot of data.

[NetAddicted]

Maybe Dr Fauci’s saying not many will die.

[WildHighlander57]

matt04 wrote:

“I’m looking at the state numbers. NY has ~103k cases CA ~13k. NY has almost 40% of all US cases. Both states have large international airports. I would have thought that CA would be worse off as geographically flights from China are more likely to go to CA.

We need to investigate how NY got so bad.”

In addition to getting the worse strain of WuhanVirus, NY has mass transit that is the main mode of transportation.

LA & CA does not, and got the less worse strain of the virus.

[BobL]

China holds ‘professional conferences’ like crazy (maybe every month, in all their large cities), as I get emails at work inviting me (never go, of course). My guess is that Fauchi and people like him did go, maybe went often. And when they did, they got wined and dined, BIG TIME, as I know that from people who actually went there as part of a large, international, project, over 20 years ago (I can only imagine what it’s like now).

And if they did go, they got to know Chinese ‘experts’ there and it became personal relationships, with trust between the people (or at least the Americans trusting their Chinese counterparts). So the virus breaks out, Taiwan yells WATCH OUT, THIS IS THE BIG ONE (mid January). And instead of taking Taiwan’s advice, they take the ‘advice’ of their ‘friends’ in China, who fully understand what’s good for their ‘health’, and good for the ‘health’ of their families over there.

...and so here we are.

The question that I’ll always wonder - if Americans and other Westerners had been FULLY INFORMED, and educated, as to just how bad and inhumane Communism was and still is - would our top people have been a bit more suspicious of China, especially when there were other countries disputing what they were saying?

[Libloather]

Then again, some folks are big fans of the Chicoms -

The working class, socialism and the fight against the pandemic

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/pers-a01.html?pk_campaign=inline-feature-ad&pk_kwd=pers-a01

[ealgeone]

"It could be mild. I don’t think it’s going to be that mild either. It’s really going to depend on how we mobilize,"

There's his Clinton moment.

The dude is harder to nail down than nailing jello to the wall.

[tbw2]

We could argue the first impeachment distracted from the early stages of the Chinese virus pandemic.

A new investigation definitely would.

[matt04]

Good point, I forgot how much NYC relies on subways for transportation. I would love to see if cities like Boston are having similar problems due to the reliance on the subway system as well, but I have not heard any apocalyptic from them like New York City yet.

[Enterprise]

Jan 14, WHO declared no evidence of human-to-human transmission of virus.
- Jan 21, Dr. Fauci makes this statement about the Coronavirus: "“This is not a major threat to the people of the United States and this is not something that the citizens of the United States should be worried about right now,”
- Jan 23, At an emergency committee convened by the World Health Organization, the WHO says that the Wuhan coronavirus does not yet constitute a public health emergency of international concern.
- Jan 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom in Beijing. At the meeting, Xi and the WHO agree to send a team of international experts, including US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff, to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak.
- Jan 29, The White House announces the formation of a new task force that will help monitor and contain the spread of the virus.
- Jan 31, Trump bans travel from Wuhan, press cites "experts" claiming it is counterproductive.
- Feb 1, Florence holds "Hug a Chinese Person Day".
- Feb 4, President Trump dedicates part of State of the Union Address to the Coronavirus issue. Nancy Pelosi tears up her copy of this address on national television.
- Feb 9, NYC holds Chinatown parade with assurances of no danger from the mayor
- Feb 23, 1st evidence of community transfer within U.S.
- Feb 24, Pelosi says to shop more: "‘Come to Chinatown ... come join us"
- Feb 25, Mardi Gras was held with few people sounding warnings
- Feb 26, Pence takes over task force, daily briefings begin.
- March 1, just 42 confirmed cases in U.S.
- March 3, NYC mayor encourages New Yorkers to go to the movies.
- March 5, NYC mayor rides the subway to assure people it is safe to do so.
- March 11, WHO acknowledged a pandemic scale virus on March 11