Climate change is a mix of
politics and science, mainly
politics.
The Wuhan virus was
a mix of Chinese politics
and science, defeating the
purpose of the World Health
Organization (WHO).
What happened in China:
November 17, 2019:
A 55 year-old man from
the Hubei Province
(Wuhan is the capitol)
is the first person
known to be infected,
according to the South
China Morning Post.
December 1, 2019:
The first offically
documented case:
A man in his 70s,
already bedridden
from a stroke.
China claims
December 8,
rather than
December 1,
in the official
records.
Mid-December 2019:
Human to human
transmission among
close contacts
becomes known.
This was reported
on January 29, 2020,
in the New England
Journal of Medicine.
December 27, 2019:
A Chinese lab sequences
most of the virus genome.
Samples were taken from
a 65 year-old patient.
The findings were reported
to Wuhan medical officials,
and the Chinese Academy
of Medical Services.
December 30, 2019:
Dr. Ai Fen, at Wuhan
Central Hospital, uses
social media platform
WeChat to share a
report of a new,
and contagious
SARS-like virus.
She's later reprimanded
by her hospital for
"spreading rumors".
Dr. Li Wenliang of Wuhan
shares the same report
on WeChat with former
medical school classmates,
warning them to be be
cautious.
Wuhan Health Commission
warns Wuhan Central
Hospital that employees
are not to spread information
about the "unknown pneumonia",
or they will face penalties !
And asks hospitals to report
any patients with "pneumonia
patients with unknown causes".
December 31, 2019:
Wuhan Health Commission
confirms 27 cases of
an unknown pneumonia.
But claims the disease was
"preventable and controllable",
there is no evidence the
disease can spread between
people, and no health care
workers were infected.
The World Health
Organization ( WHO )
is informed.
January 2, 2020:
The PLA Naval University
of Engineering in Wuhan
bans visitors whose
temperature measures
above 100.4 degrees F.,
according to leaked
internal documents.
January 14, 2020:
WHO admits "limited
human to human
transmission,
potentially among
families" is possible.
January 15, 2020:
A U.S. man from
Washington state
returns from Wuhan,
and later becomes
the first reported
U.S. infection
-- he tested positive
on January 20, 2020.
(A Japanese case was
reported on January 16.)
January 18, 2020:
Wuhan hosts a 40,000
family 'annual potluck
buffet' in the Baibuting
community.
January 23, 2020:
Wuhan is
locked down
... after up to five
million residents
had "escaped"
from the city,
without being
screened for
the virus.
January 24, 2020:
13 other cities
in the Hubei Province,
of which Wuhan is
the capitol, are
locked down.
Lunar New Year
celebrations begin --
after hundreds of
millions travel around
the China to meet up
with family members !
January 30, 2020:
Nations around the
world begin closing
borders, and issuing
travel restrictions.
The WHO declares
a global health
emergency.