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POTUS going through the timeline we laid out.

This is the build up to seeding the Chinese New Year festivities with infected people in major cities to accelerate transmission.

RELEASE:

1/09/2020 - First COVID-19 death in Wuhan — "man that was a regular at the market"

1/15/2020 - Second death, 69-year old man in Wuhan

1/15/2020 - First person with COVID-19 traveled from China to the US

1/15/2020 - President Trump and China sign ‘phase one’ trade deal to stop economic conflict, address IP theft and forced technology transfers, and increase purchases of U.S. goods

DISTRACT:

1/15/2020 - Pelosi delivers impeachment articles to Senate

1/16/2020 - Impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins in the Senate

PROLIFERATE:

1/18/2020 - Wuhan City government holds an annual banquet celebrating the Chinese New Year

1/24/2020 - NY mayor de Blasio encourages New Yorkers to purse everyday routines including Chinese New Year parade.

1/31/2020 - POTUS shuts down travel from China

2/2/2020 - NY Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot tweet - "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

2/08/2020 - Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco

2/09/2020 - Chinese New Year Parade in New York

what was the 'release' marker?