The difference between a conspiracy theorist and an individual who believes in the mainstream is that the latter comes to understand the same truths a year late.
Covid-19 Timeline 2020 (part1)
January 9 — WHO Announces Mysterious Coronavirus-Related Pneumonia in Wuhan, China
January 20 — CDC Says 3 US Airports Will Begin Screening for Coronavirus
January 21 — CDC Confirms First US Coronavirus Case
January 21 — Chinese Scientist Confirms COVID-19 Human Transmission
January 23 — Wuhan Now Under Quarantine
January 31 — WHO Issues Global Health Emergency
February 2 — Global Air Travel Is Restricted
February 3 — US Declares Public Health Emergency
February 10 — China’s COVID-19 Deaths Exceed Those of SARS Crisis
February 25 — CDC Says COVID-19 Is Heading Toward Pandemic Status
March 6 — 21 Passengers on California Cruise Ship Test Positive
March 11 — WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic
March 13 — Trump Declares COVID-19 a National Emergency
March 13 — Travel Ban on Non-US Citizens Traveling From Europe Goes Into Effect
March 17 — University of Minnesota Begins Testing Hydroxychloroquine
March 17 — CMS Temporarily Expands Use of Telehealth
March 17 — Administration Asks Congress to Send Americans Direct Financial Relief
March 19 — California Issues Statewide Stay-at-Home Order
March 24 — With Clinical Trials on Hold, Innovation Stalls
March 25 — Reports Find Extended Shutdowns Can Delay Second Wave
March 26 — Senate Passes CARES Act
March 27 — Trump Signs CARES Act Into Law
March 30 — FDA Authorizes Use of Hydroxychloroquine
March 31 — COVID-19 Can Be Transmitted Through the Eye
April 8 — Troubles With the COVID-19 Cocktail
April 16 — “Gating Criteria” Emerge as a Way to Reopen the Economy
April 28 — Young, Poor Avoid Care for COVID-19 Symptoms
April 29 — NIH Trial Shows Early Promise for Remdesivir
May 1 — Remdesivir Wins EUA
May 9 — Saliva-Based Diagnostic Test Allowed for At-Home Use
May 12 — Death Toll Likely Underestimated, Fauci Testifies
May 21 — United States and AstraZeneca Form Vaccine Deal
May 28 — US COVID-19 Deaths Pass the 100,000 Mark
June 4 — Lancet, NEJM Retract COVID-19 Studies on Hydroxychloroquine
June 10 — US COVID-19 Cases Reach 2 Million
June 16 — HHS Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Will Be Free for Some
June 18 — WHO Ends Study Into Hydroxychloroquine
June 20 — NIH Halts Trial of Hydroxychloroquine
June 22 — Study Suggests 80% of Cases in March Went Undetected
June 26 — White House Coronavirus Task Force Addresses Rising Cases in the South
June 29 — Gilead Sets Price for Remdesivir at $3120
June 30 — Fauci Warns New COVID-19 Cases Could Hit 100,000 a Day
July 2 — States Reverse Reopening Plans
July 6 — Scientists, Citing Airborne Transmission, Ask WHO to Revise Guidance
July 7 — CMS Plans to Pay More for Home Dialysis Equipment
July 7 — US Surpasses 3 Million Infections, Begins WHO Withdrawal
July 9 — WHO Announces COVID-19 Can Be Airborne
July 14 — States With COVID-19 Spikes Report Greatest Health Insurance Coverage Losses
July 14 — Early Moderna Data Point to Vaccine Candidate’s Efficacy
July 15 — New Hospital Data Reporting Protocol Prompts Concern
July 16 — US Reports New Record of Daily COVID-19 Cases
July 20 — Diagnostic Delays From COVID-19 May Increase Cancer-Related Deaths
July 21 — Vaccines From AstraZeneca, CanSino Biologics Show Promising Results
July 22 — HHS, DOD Announce Vaccine Distribution Agreement With Pfizer and BioNTech
July 23 — Antibody Levels Drop After First 3 Months of COVID-19 Infection
July 23 — Antibody Cocktail May Treat, Prevent COVID-19
July 27 — Moderna Vaccine Begins Phase 3 Trial, Receives $472M From Trump Administration
July 27 — Senate Introduces HEALS Act
July 29 — FDA Grants Truvian EUA for Rapid Antibody Test
August 3 — New US Pandemic Phase; US to Pay Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline $2B for Vaccine
August 4 — Rural Hotspots Face Lack of Intensive Care Unit Beds
August 7 — Talks Stall on Second Relief Package
August 11 — Trump Administration Reaches Deal With Moderna
August 12 — Severe Obesity Increases Mortality Risk From COVID-19
August 13 — Biden Calls for 3-Month Mask Mandate
August 15 — FDA Approves Saliva Test
August 17 — COVID-19 Now the Third-Leading Cause of Death in the US
August 23 — Convalescent Plasma Is Cleared for Use by FDA
August 24 — Remdesivir’s Clinical Benefits Questioned
August 25 — CDC Changes Testing Guidance, but Later Reverses Itself
August 26 — FDA Grants EUA to Abbott’s Rapid Test
August 28 — First Known Case of COVID-19 Reinfection Reported in the US