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