On December 31, Wuhan confirmed that they were treating dozens of pneumonia of unknown cause.
On January 11, they reported their first death.
On January 20th, the first confirmed case in the US.
On January 23rd, Wuhan, a city of more than 11 million was cut off.
On January 30th, the W.H.O. declared a global health emergency.
On January 31st, Trump restricted travel from China
On February 2nd, the first death outside of China, was reported.
Think about that for a second.
On February 7th, the Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm, died.
On February 14th, France announces its first coronavirus death.
On February 23rd, Italy sees a major surge in cases and officials lock down towns.
On February 26th, Latin America reports its first case
On February 28th, Africa reports its first case
On February 29th, the US records its first coronavirus death
On March 11th, Trump blocks most visitors from Europe
On March 13th, Trump declares a national emergency.
On March 17th, France imposes a nationwide lock down
On March 19th, China reports zero new infections
On March 23rd, Britain locks down.
On March 24th, India lock down
On March 26th, the US leads the world in confirmed cases.
On April 4th, the CDC recommends that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public.
It took 67 days to reach 100,000 cases in the US. That was March 27th. 5 days later the US had 200,000 cases. It only took 3 more days for the US to reach 300,00 cases. Today, 4 days later, we've reached 400,000. Staggering, and scary shit for sure!
Virus movie worthy. Dammit.
No comments:
Post a Comment