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Feb 24, 2020 ~ Nancy Pelosi downplays the Coronavirus, 'Come to Chinatown. Precautions have been taken...We think it's very safe and want others to come.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 21, 2020 ~ College students who threw a coronavirus-themed party are under investigation by SUNY Albany for violating the school's student code of conduct regarding racism. Wore surgical masks next to Corona beer captioned, 'Corona virus isn't gonna stop anyone from partying.' So racist! [Fake Racism, College, Coronavirus]
Feb 10, 2020 ~ Mayor Bill de Blasio downplays the Coronavirus, 'If you're under 50 & you're healthy, which is most NYers, there's very little threat here. This disease, even if you were to get it, basically acts like a common cold or flu. And transmission is not that easy.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 9, 2020 ~ New York City Councilmember Mark Levine, 'In powerful show of defiance of coronavirus scare, huge crowds gathering in NYC's Chinatown for ceremony ahead of annual Lunar New Year parade. Chants of 'Be Strong Wuhan!' If you are staying away, you are missing out.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 9, 2020 ~ NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot continues to downplay the Coronavirus, 'I want to remind everyone to enjoy the' Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown 'and not change any plans due to misinformation spreading about #coronavirus.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 9, 2020 ~ New York City Councilmember Mark Levine on New York City's handling of the Coronavirus, ''I think in retrospect we deliberated too long on the various shutdown steps.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 7, 2020 ~ NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot continues to downplay the Coronavirus, 'We're telling New Yorkers, go about your lives, take the subway, go out, enjoy life? . If it were likely that it could be transmitted casually, we would be seeing a lot more cases.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 6, 2020 ~ New York City Councilmember Mark Treyger downplays the Coronavirus 'we will not tolerate rising xenophobia and anti-Asian/anti-Chinese sentiment we've seen related to Coronavirus. The virus of misinformation is a greater threat than Coronavirus itself.#FactsMatter'. [Coronavirus]
Feb 4, 2020 ~ Trump institutes quarantine rules and non-citizen travel ban from China as precaution for Coronavirus. Yahoo calls it 'discriminatory? rising xenophobia and nationalism, extreme measures to exclude foreigners under the *pretext* of a public health emergency.' Many dems criticize. [China, Coronavirus, Fake Xenophobia, Fake Racism, Immigration]
Feb 3, 2020 ~ Reuters, 'WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus' 'World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that "unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade"'. [Coronavirus]
Feb 3, 2020 ~ Three recent Washington Post articles downplaying COVID19. 'Get a Grippe, America. The flu is a much bigger threat than coronavirus, for now.' 'How our brains make coronavirus seem scarier than it is.' 'Why we should be wary of an aggressive government response to coronavirus.' [Coronavirus, Fake News]
Feb 2, 2020 ~ NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot in response to Trump's China travel ban, 'There is NO excuse for anyone to discriminate or stigmatize people of Asian heritage. We are here today to urge all New Yorkers to continue to live their lives as usual.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 2, 2020 ~ NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot, 'As we gear up to celebrate the #LunarNewYear in NYC, I want to assure New Yorkers that there is no reason for anyone to change their holiday plans, avoid the subway, or certain parts of the city because of #coronavirus.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 2, 2020 ~ NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot downplays the Coronavirus, 'There is no reason not to take the subway, not to take the bus, not to go out to your favorite restaurant, and certainly not to miss the parade next Sunday.' [Coronavirus]
Feb 1, 2020 ~ In response to Trump's China travel restrictions, Biden says 'This is no time for Donald Trump's record of hysteria and xenophobia, hysterical xenophobia and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science.' Admin, 'taking every responsible precaution', listening to the experts. [Coronavirus, Fake Xenophobia, China, Biden]
Jan 31, 2020 ~ Vox weighs in on the new Coronavirus in Wuhan China, 'Is this going to be a deadly pandemic? No.' [Coronavirus, Fake News, China]
Jan 30, 2020 ~ Presidet Trump declared the Wuhan Coronavirus to be a U.S. public health emergency and issued the ban on travel between the United States and China. He acted quickly, doing this the day after the WHO declares the Wuhan Coronavirus to be a global health emergency. [Coronavirus, China]
Jan 30, 2020 ~ WHO declares the Wuhan Coronavirus to be a global health emergency after confirming the first person to person transmission. [Coronavirus, China]
Jan 21, 2020 ~ Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked about the new Coronavirus in China. 'this is not a major threat for the people of the United States, and this is not something that the citizens of the United States right now should be worried about.' [Coronavirus, China]
Jan 19, 2020 ~ WHO issues statement on the new Coronavirus. No human to human transimission. 'Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.' [Coronavirus, China]

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