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WHO Quietly Changes COVID Timeline following Republican Questioning

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WHO Quietly Changes COVID Timeline following Republican Questioning | www.nationalreview.com

The World Health Organization quietly changed its timeline of the coronavirus pandemic’s first days on Tuesday, clarifying that the Chinese Communist Party never informed the organization of the pandemic on December 31, despite previous claims to the contrary.

In the new timeline, which the WHO says has been updated “in light of evolving events and new information,” the organization reveals that its Chinese Office “picked up” an online statement — which has since been deleted — made by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission describing cases of “viral pneumonia.” The WHO says it also received open-source intelligence suggesting there was “pneumonia of unknown cause” in Wuhan.

The additions clarify the WHO’s previous timeline, which simply stated that on December 31, “Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, China, reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan” — implying the report was made to the WHO. In its initial report on the outbreak, the WHO said its China office “was informed” of the unknown pneumonia cases, without clarifying that the information was not provided by the Chinese Communist Party.

The lack of clarity led multiple outlets — including Axios, the Washington Post, and the BBC — to report that Chinese authorities told the WHO’s China office about the outbreak on December 31. But an interim report released last month by Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee scrutinized that claim, and argued the CCP never actually told the WHO about the outbreak.

Well, THAT only took 6 months. Now, what about the lying MSM who said the Trump new about it in November-December?
 
A few:

Jan. 22: On whether he was worried about a pandemic: “No, we’re not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.”

Feb. 7: “Nothing is easy, but [Chinese President Xi Jinping] … will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”

Feb. 10: “I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.”

Feb. 28: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

March 6: “We did an interview on Fox last night, a town hall. I think it was very good. And I said: ‘Calm. You have to be calm. It’ll go away.' ”

March 9: “The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, ‘The risk is low to the average American.’ ”



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-timeline/




I can see why a Trumpist would want to drag a goalpost back to November.
 

How is that material?

For example, article refers to Washington Post incorrectly saying Chinese informed WHO about it on Dec 31. I guess if the had corrected WHO statement, they'd now say WHO first heard of it on Dec 31. But it does not change anything materially in that WaPo article. Absolutely nothing else would change there. Here is the context from the WaPo article they referred to:

"On Dec. 31, the Chinese informed the World Health Organization’s China office of the mysterious pneumonia cases in Wuhan. WHO officials sent Beijing a list of questions about the outbreak and offered assistance.

While scientists and public health experts scrambled to collect more information, China’s security services tried to smother it.

On Jan. 1, the Wuhan Public Security Bureau summoned eight people for posting and spreading “rumors” about Wuhan hospitals receiving SARS-like cases — detentions that were reported on “Xinwen Lianbo,” a newscast watched by tens of millions."

So, why pretend like it's some important change?
 
A few:

Jan. 22: On whether he was worried about a pandemic: “No, we’re not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.”

Feb. 7: “Nothing is easy, but [Chinese President Xi Jinping] … will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”

Feb. 10: “I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.”

Feb. 28: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

March 6: “We did an interview on Fox last night, a town hall. I think it was very good. And I said: ‘Calm. You have to be calm. It’ll go away.' ”

March 9: “The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, ‘The risk is low to the average American.’ ”



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-timeline/




I can see why a Trumpist would want to drag a goalpost back to November.


He's still pushing the wibble that it's about to disappear! Today the state of Florida saw a surge in cases unseen in any European COUNTRY at the height of their first wave!
 
I can see why a Trumpist would want to drag a goalpost back to November.

Wrong again, as usual.

US intelligence warned in November that coronavirus spreading in China could be 'cataclysmic event': report | thehill.com

Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources | abcnews.go.com

US intelligence agencies started tracking coronavirus outbreak in China as early as November | www.cnn.com

The goal post moving was from intelligence, in an attempt to smear Trump, while the MSM and their rabid mouth-breathers nodded in agreement. Now W.H.O. has sheepishly corrected the narrative after 6 months claiming they only "picked up" on it after a social media post.

Whatever the exact moment, the following timeline is indisputable:

January 3: CDC Director Robert Redfield sent an email to the director of the Chinese CDC, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus.

January 5: CDC Director Redfield sent another email to the Chinese CDC Director, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak,

January 6: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a level I travel notice for Wuhan, China due to the spreading coronavirus.

January 7: The CDC established a coronavirus incident management system to better share and respond to information about the virus.

January 11: The CDC updated a Level 1 travel health notice for Wuhan, China.

January 17: The CDC began implementing public health entry screening at the 3 U.S. airports that received the most travelers from Wuhan – San Francisco, New York JFK, and Los Angeles.

January 20: Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health is already working on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus.

My question for the intelligence community is this:

If intel knew about coronavirus in November (according to the above news articles), why did W.H.O. only find out when they "picked up" on some online statement from Wuhan Health Ministry? Because they didn't.

The articles from early April claiming Intelligence (CIA, NSA, DIA) knew about it was made up from whole cloth knowing it will take 4 years and an act of Congress to unravel it and discover who exactly leaked this false information, KNOWING the rage mob would accuse Trump of being briefed on the matter BEFORE W.H.O. is even aware.

Yeah, it's bull****, is what's going on.
 
A few:

Jan. 22: On whether he was worried about a pandemic: “No, we’re not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.”

Feb. 7: “Nothing is easy, but [Chinese President Xi Jinping] … will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”

Feb. 10: “I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.”

Feb. 28: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

March 6: “We did an interview on Fox last night, a town hall. I think it was very good. And I said: ‘Calm. You have to be calm. It’ll go away.' ”

March 9: “The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, ‘The risk is low to the average American.’ ”



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-timeline/




I can see why a Trumpist would want to drag a goalpost back to November.

What he said on Feb 28th could still happen.
 
If intel knew about coronavirus in November (according to the above news articles), why did W.H.O. only find out when they "picked up" on some online statement from Wuhan Health Ministry? Because they didn't.

No, a more obvious explanation is that because US military intelligence is still better than WHO, which relies on reporting from its well established offices.

The articles from early April claiming Intelligence (CIA, NSA, DIA) knew about it was made up from whole cloth knowing it will take 4 years and an act of Congress to unravel it and discover who exactly leaked this false information, KNOWING the rage mob would accuse Trump of being briefed on the matter BEFORE W.H.O. is even aware.

Yet NONE of the articles you linked make that statement. In fact articles acknowledge the opposite - that Trump got briefed on it in the beginning of January. So, wrong again.
 
It’s July and I’m still not entirely sure Trump knows about it.
 
It’s July and I’m still not entirely sure Trump knows about it.
US intelligence briefed Israeli intelligence in November.
Neither the White House nor the Israeli govt were interested at the time.
Another case of plausible deniability, as with Bounty-Gate and so many others.

Here's the Times of Israel: US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak in China in November — TV report | The Times of Israel

Here's a very long timeline: Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response
Scroll to November, 2019 to cut to one chase.

There's multiple timelines out there for the several aspects of this virus.
 
What he said on Feb 28th could still happen.

If hoping for miracles that dig them out of their incompetence is our best option with the current regime I don't think that's a good reason to want them in power.
 
If hoping for miracles that dig them out of their incompetence is our best option with the current regime I don't think that's a good reason to want them in power.

I never said it was their best option. You people exaggerate and come to pre packaged conclusions too often.
 
I never said it was their best option. You people exaggerate and come to pre packaged conclusions too often.

I've yet to see what they intend to do other than let the virus peter out on it's own. Only recently have they seemed to really get behind even basic preventative measures.
 
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