Dec 6: first reported cases indicating human-human transmission https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext https://www

Dec 6: first reported cases indicating human-human transmission https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Dec 25-31: doctors in Wuhan become infected - more evidence of human-human transmission. China government denies human-human transmission On site, Dr Li Wenlian warns about transmissibility https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30382-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Jan 1: Dr Li is forced to sign a statement at the police station for "spreading rumors" https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/the-2019-coronavirus-virus-lands-in-the-u-s-after-killing-17-and-taking-eight-to-prison/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/the-2019-coronavi... Also, companies in China investigating the virus are told to stop. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-china https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-... Jan 4: US is finally notified. China authorities continue to deny human-human transmission http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010309017 http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010309017 Jan 6: NYT first report. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/asia/china-SARS-pneumonialike.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/asia/china-SARS-pne... > Wang Linfa, an expert on emerging infectious diseases at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, said he was frustrated that scientists in China were not allowed to speak to him about the outbreak. Dr. Wang said, however, that he thought the virus was likely not spreading from humans to humans because health workers had not contracted the disease. “We should not go into panic mode,” he said. Jan 8: China authorities still saying human transmission not a problem https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/health/china-pneumonia-outbreak-virus.html?searchResultPosition=7 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/health/china-pneumonia-ou... Jan 10: NYT: still reporting China authorities "no human transmission" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/asia/china-virus-wuhan-death.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/asia/china-virus-wu... China doctors saying otherwise: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30154-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... ... it goes on like this for a while ... Jan 14: WHO continues to echo China propaganda: not human transmissible https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fworld%2Fworld-health-organization-january-tweet-china-human-transmission-coronavirus https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152?ref_src=t... Jan 15: China authorities finally admit: human transmissible Jan 17: US CDC finally announces screening of travelers from Wuhan Jan 18: President Trump informed by HHS - first official meeting In Wuhan, China authorities allow celebration of new year to proceed as normal https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/02/06/wuhan-neighbourhood-sees-infections-after-40000-families-gather-for-potluck https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/02/06/wuhan-ne... Yep, they handled it alright.