COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
Timeline of significant global, Australian and SA data points in the initial response and first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Wuhan Seafood Market closed for renovation
The South China [Huanan] Seafood Wholesale Market was reported to have been closed for renovation [English], yet the Lancet paper states the market was shut down by the local health authorities!
China CDC report “22% of patients had direct exposure to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market before illness onset” of “viral pneumonia of unknown etiology (VPUE)”. Lancet study suggest 66% of initial 41 cases had direct exposure to market. [1]
Eight Chinese Doctors tried to warn of SARS-like virus
8 Chinese people [Doctors] were dealt with in accordance with the CCP law for disseminating false information about “Wuhan Viral Pneumonia” on the Internet. [translation] [4, 5]
Reported BBC 3/1/20
Dr Li Wenliang, who died on Feb 7, 2020, was trying to warn about the SARS-like virus.[1, 2, 3]
By 28 January, 2020 the Supreme People’s Court of China vindicated all doctors of wrong doing.
Wuhan: 27 of 41 hospital patients had connection to seafood market
By Jan 2, 2020, 41 admitted hospital patients had been identified as having laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection in China. Of these there were 30 men, 11 women all with a median age of 49 years. Of the 41 patients, 27 had been exposed to Huanan seafood market. [1]
China first alerted WHO of new viral pneumonia
On January 3, 2020, according to a China White Paper, the Wuhan City Health Commission (WCHC) issued an Information Circular on a Viral Pneumonia of Unknown Cause, reporting a total of 44 cases. They first became aware on December 27, 2019.
Under the direction of the National Health Commission (NHC), China CDC and three other institutions carried out parallel laboratory testing of the samples to identify the pathogen. The NHC and the Health Commission of Hubei Province jointly formulated nine documents, including Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Viral Pneumonia of Unknown Cause (for Trial Implementation).
From January 3rd onward, China began to update the WHO on a regular basis on the development of the disease.
On January 5, 2020 the WHO made the official announced the disease outbreak of “Pneumonia of unknown cause” in China. [1, 2]
WHO activates their Incident Management System
As part of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Emergency Response Framework [2nd Ed 2017] an Incident Management System (IMS) was activated across the three levels of WHO (country office, regional office and headquarters) within 24 hrs “of grading the emergency.”
China first notified the WHO on January 3, 2020 of a new viral pneumonia, one week after they first became aware.
“On 5 January 2020, WHO shared detailed information and risk analyses about the cluster of cases with all Member States through the International Health Regulations Event Information Site (EIS), and published a public Disease Outbreak News alert.” [1, 2]
[Time Zones may account for this appearing to be greater than 24 hrs.]
China’s CDC director telephones US CDC director
On January 4, 2020 the Director of China’s CDC [George Gao Fu] held a telephone conversation with the director of the United States CDC [Robert Redfield] according to, and specifically stated in China’s June 2020 white paper. [1, 2]
George Gao Fu has been a board member of the GPMB with Dr Anthony Fauci since it’s formation, and played part in the coronavirus simulation, Event 201 in October 2019.
CIA officer in Wuhan contacted Dr Robert Malone
According to Dr Robert Malone a CIA officer [Michael Callahan [1]] , who was in Wuhan at the time called him on January 4, 2020 and said:
“Robert, you’ve got to get your team spun up because we’ve got a problem with this virus”
From this point Dr Malone made a “Threat Assessment” through following the epidemiological data and “decided to focus on repurposed drugs.” [ref @22:20 min]
“Dr. Callahan escaped Wuhan surreptitiously by boat immediately prior to the lockdown of the region on 23 January 2020.” [2]
WHO notifies Member States of an unknown pneumonia
On January 5, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) made the official announcement of a disease outbreak of “Pneumonia of unknown cause” in China. Which alterted member states [1, 2, 3]
In a WHO tweet on January 4, 2020 they made an early announcment, then their website on January 5, 2020 they stated:
On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. As of 3 January 2020, a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology have been reported to WHO by the national authorities in China. Of the 44 cases reported, 11 are severely ill, while the remaining 33 patients are in stable condition. According to media reports, the concerned market in Wuhan was closed on 1 January 2020 for environmental sanitation and disinfection.
The causal agent has not yet been identified or confirmed. On 1 January 2020, WHO requested further information from national authorities to assess the risk….The clinical signs and symptoms are mainly fever, with a few patients having difficulty in breathing, and chest radiographs showing invasive lesions of both lungs.
According to the authorities, some patients were operating dealers or vendors in the Huanan Seafood market. Based on the preliminary information from the Chinese investigation team, no evidence of significant human-to-human transmission and no health care worker infections have been reported.
Further details were announced on Jan 11, 2020.
China had been investigating since December 27, 2019 when they first became aware of the unknown pneumonia.
By January 14, 2022 the WHO reported “Thailand (ex-China)” had received the first “imported case” in a 61-year-old Chinese woman who was living in Wuhan City.
Novel coronavirus identified by Chinese authorities
The Chinese authorities identified a “new type of coronavirus, which was isolated on January 7, 2020“, and officially determied it to be the causal agent of the viral pneumonia outbreak. In their Situation Report 1 the WHO stated the genome was released to the public on January 12, 2020.
Reported by China on January 3, 2020 under the direction of the National Health Commission (NHC), China CDC and three other institutions [unnamed] they began parallel laboratory testing of the samples in order to identify the pathogen. [1]
China’s CDC report that on “January 3, 2020, the sequence of novel β-genus coronaviruses (2019-nCoV) was determined from specimens collected from patients in Wuhan by scientists of the National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention (IVDC), and three distinct strains have been established.”
On January 7, 2020, this novel coronavirus was confirmed to be the pathogenic cause of this viral pneumonia of unknown etiology (VPUE) cluster, and the disease has been designated novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (NCIP).
WHO: China identifies a novel coronavirus as cause of pneumonia cluster
On January 9, 2020 the WHO announced “Chinese authorities have made a preliminary determination of a novel (or new) coronavirus, identified in a hospitalized person with pneumonia in Wuhan. Chinese investigators conducted gene sequencing of the virus, using an isolate from one positive patient sample.” [1]
Initial information about the cases of pneumonia include the occupation, location and symptom profile of the people affected – pointed to a coronavirus (CoV) as a possible pathogen causing this cluster.
“WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers. WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the information currently available.”
Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) genome sequence is made public
The sequence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was posted to a public web server on January 10, 2020 [6]
Following China’s Jan 7, 2020 announcement a “viral genome sequence was released for immediate public health support via the community online resource virological.org on 10 January (Wuhan-Hu-1, GenBank accession number MN908947), followed by four other genomes deposited on 12 January in the viral sequence database curated by the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)”, according to Drosten et al. [4]
According to WHO on 12 January 2020, “China shared the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus for countries to use in developing specific diagnostic kits.”
The genetic sequence of 2019–nCoV (now SARS-CoV-2), a new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in Wuhan, China (collection date 26/12/2019), was published on GISAID for countries to use in developing specific diagnostic kits. [3]
- The University of Sydney coordinated the notice of release of the genome to the world
- The complete genome sequence called SARS-CoV-2 isolate Wuhan-Hu-1
The virus is closely related genetically to SARS-CoV (82%) and to SARS-related bat and civet coronaviruses within the family Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus. [1, 2] The epidemiology of this subgenus is largely unknown, especially outside China.
China’s CDC report that on “January 3, 2020, the sequence of novel β-genus coronaviruses (2019-nCoV) was determined from specimens collected from patients in Wuhan by scientists of the National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention (IVDC), and three distinct strains have been established.”
The genome sequence was published by China’s CDC. [5] The new Betacoronavirus genome sequence was deposited in GISAID (www.gisaid.org) under the accession numbers:
- EPI_ISL_402119
- EPI_ISL_402020
- EPI_ISL_402121
BioNTech initiates vaccine mRNA code
Following the SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence made public by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on January 10, 2020, BioNTech initiated the development of it’s COVID-19 vaccine mRNA sequence of which would become known as “BNT162b2”.
China officials report outbreak is “under control” and mostly “mild condition”
On January 10, 2020, according to a Five Eye’s report, Wang Guangfa, a People’s Republic of China officials says the outbreak is “under control” and mostly a “mild condition”.
WHO was notified of seafood market link
On 11 and 12 January 2020, the WHO stated in their Situation Report 1 that they “received further detailed information from the National Health Commission China that the outbreak is associated with exposures in one seafood market in Wuhan City”
“22% of patients had direct exposure to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market before illness onset”
“Despite extensive searching, no animal from the market has thus far been identified as a possible source of infection.”
WHO release clinical treatment guidelines
WHO clinical treatment guidelines for novel CoV based on MERS infection – first released, then updated on 28th January 2020.
Advanced stage illness includes pneumonia, ARDS & sepsis.
High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) or non-invasive ventilation (NIV) should only be used in selected patient.
According to WHO, based on SARS and MERS data, corticosteroids should not be routinely given systemically.
Yet, early into the pandemic US frontline doctors had great success using early corticosteroid treatment such as Budesonide, contrary to WHO’s blanket recommendation not to use it.
The Lancet study states “no antiviral treatment for coronavirus infection has been proven to be effective.” Yet, early on in pandemic doctors discover through past literature that Zinc + HCQ demonstrates to be an effective anti-viral.
The China lab who shared the genomic sequence data is closed by authorities
On January 12, 2020, Professor Zhang Yongzhen’s lab in Shanghai is closed by authorities for “rectification”, one day after it shares genomic sequence data with the world for the first time, a Five Eyes intelligence report exposes.
Moderna design mRNA vaccine sequence in one hour
Melissa J. Moore PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Moderna recaps in a 2022 TED Talk that as soon as Chinese novel-CoV virus gene sequence was made public on January 10, 2020, they “got immediately to work”. [1, 2]
Within 2 days, following discussions with their National Institutes of Health (NIH) partners, they agreed on “which form of spike protein they’d put in their vaccines”. So on January 12, 2020 it “took Moderna’s mRNA design team just one hour to design” the modified mRNA vaccine sequence which was immediately put onto their manufacturing equipment and used in their phase 1 trials.
Remember, Moderna had never brought a product to market and the FDA considered mRNA as a “gene therapy“, yet by 2022 Moore refered to the use of their technology as a “vaccine” when used in a few trial patients who already had cancer (not as a preventative!).
“By January of 2020, we had already manufactured, quality controlled and delivered to several dozen patients personalised cancervaccines. So we had the know-how and the capacity to manufacture vaccines quickly.”
“There is a coming Tsunami of mRNA medicine” [called vaccines?]
WHO releases PCR “diagnostic” protocol – The catalyst for pandemic “cases”
On January 13, 2020 the “WHO publishes the protocol for RT-PCR assay designed by a WHO partner laboratory to diagnose the novel coronavirus”. [ updated V2] Target PCR gene primers and probes from 7 world labs, reinforcing up to 45 cycles of amplification.
WHO “immediately began working with companies to produce high-quality PCR kits that were shipped to laboratories worldwide in early February 2020” [1]
This PCR test protocol was developed by Dr Drosten under “sever time constraints” and was in turn adopted by WHO without any clinical testing to then became the foundation for “diagnosing” COVID-19, and 17 days later generated the “case data” that justified declaring a PHEIC. [2]
PCR is a laboratory technique, also referred to as a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT).
The WHO protocol references Christian Dorsten et al, of which their paper was published 10 days later on 23 Jan, after less than 24 hours in peer review, in a journal that Drosten is an editorial member!
By Nov 2020, this paper had been externally peer review finding 10 major scientific flaws, and major conflicts of interest. [3]
WHO released Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2 – 17 Jan, 19 Mar, 11 Sept 2020. It wasn’t until the September edition before “clinical” criteria became part of the diagnosis on top of PCR.
Drosten also raced to design the diagnostic test protocol for 2003 SARS and 2009 H1N1 swine flu. [CV]
PCR tests have been the driver of “diagnosing” an “infected case” and to justify the “quarantining” of healthy people referred to as “asymptomatic carriers”.
PCR test with up to 40 cycles of amplification is recommended by CDC and AU health to “avoid false positives”, Dorsten’s paper references 45 cycles, yet in 2014 he stated PCR is not suitable for mass testing and turns healthy people into “statistically ill”.
Kary Mullis, PCR inventer, his patent used 20 cycles as each cycle doubles the initial sample.
WHO pushes “test, test, test” even though they know the PCR tests are meaningless as a diagnostic tool to determine an alleged infection of SARS-CoV-2.
WHO knows “the cycle threshold (Ct) needed to detect virus is inversely proportional to the patient’s viral load.” This means when virus levels are low a high Ct is required to detect it (>35) and vice versa.
By Jan 2020 WHO reported the CDC had “developed a rRT-PCR test that can diagnose 2019-nCoV.” CDC rushed to produce the test kit and applied for FDA EUA, for a product that states “this test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens.” [4]
“Since no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV were available for CDC use at the time the test was developed…for detection of the 2019-nCoV RNA… characterized stocks [computer generated sequences were used] of in vitro transcribed full length RNA”. [2020, 2021]
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Moderna vaccine sequence finalised
President Trump is said to have partnered with Moderna-NIH to begin producing a COVID-19 vaccine, piggybacking on November 2015 collaborations. [1, 2]
On March 2, 2020, Moderna’s CEO Stéphane Bance, told President Trump that “we’re able to move very, very fast from a few phone calls to getting a vaccine made, ready for the clinic” because of existing MERS working relationship already with DARPA and NIH. He said “in only 42 days from the sequence of the virus, [we sent] our vaccine to Dr. Fauci’s team at the NIH“. [5]
Using this brand new vaccine platform and in the fastest time ever, on January 13, 2020, the NIAID spike protein design team in collaboration with Moderna “finalized the sequence for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine” and “mobilized toward clinical manufacture” and “the first clinical batch was completed on February 7, 2020.” “Mutations were made to the spike-encoding gene so that the protein it encodes stays in a stable, “prefusion” form.” [3]
On 24th February, 2020, Moderna ship their “first batch of [mRNA-1273] its candidate mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 for phase 1 study”
Moderna (formally called ModeRNA) who has never before brought a product to market, they attribute their technology to an operating system. [4]
Later a $1.5 billion deal was struck with Moderna under Operation Warp Speed. Moderna received $483 million taxpayer funding from US government for the development. On Feb 4, 2021 pharma giants were granted immunity from liability.
First “imported” case of coronavirus
On 13 January 2020, the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand reported to the WHO the first imported case of lab-confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from Wuhan, Hubei Province. [1]
“The case is a 61-year-old Chinese woman living in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. On 5 January 2020, she developed fever with chills, sore throat and headache. On 8 January 2020, she took a direct flight to Thailand from Wuhan City… [She] was detected on the same day by thermal surveillance at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), Thailand, and was hospitalized the same day.”
“She reported a history of visiting a local fresh market in Wuhan on regular basis prior to the onset of illness on 5 January 2020; however, she did not report visiting the Huanan South China Seafood Market from where most of the cases were detected.
On January 15, 2020, Japan reports the next imported case of lab-confirmed 2019-nCoV from Wuhan.
Chinese official privately warns virus will likely be a major public health event
On January 14, 2020 the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) National Health Commission’s chief, Ma Xiaowei, privately warns colleagues that the coronavirus is likely to develop into a major public health event according to a Five Eyes intelligence report leaked in May 2020.
Eight days later Wuhan goes into lockdown.
BioNTech launches Project Lightspeed to find a vaccine candidate
By mid January 2020 BioNTech starts Project Lightspeed [2] to develop a vaccine against this new coronavirus, several vaccine candidates are selected and initial non-clinical studies are conducted.
According to New York Times article, after Dr. Sahin, BioNTech’s CEO read an article in the The Lancet that left him convinced that the coronavirus would explode into a full-blown pandemic, scientists at the company, based in Mainz, Germany, canceled their vacations and set to work on what they called Project Lightspeed. [1]
- By Mid-January 2020 “BioNTech selects several vaccine candidates and conducts initial non-clinical studies.”
- BioNTech then partnered with Pfizer (and Fosun Pharma) in March 17 & 16, 2020 respectively, to co-develop and commercialization of an mRNA-based vaccine.
- By December 2020, just after 11 months, the FDA awarded Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA), the first product BioNTech has brought to market.
BioNTech vaccine development timeline – HERE
US-China historic trade deal
After a year-and-a-half of negotiations and tariff escalation on January 15, 2020 US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed an historic and enforceable agreement on a Phase One trade deal. The agreement required structural reforms and other changes to China’s economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange. With the am of “securing a level playing field for American competitiveness”. [1, 2, 3]
The agreement went into effect on February 14, 2020, but by the end of 2021 China failed to reach anywhere near their purchase committed under the agreement, under the China-friendly Biden at the helm.
Imperial College release their first modelling predictions
On January 16, 2020 Neil Ferguson et al at the UK Imperial College, WHO collaboration centre, released their first modelling report “Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in Wuhan City, China“, followed by their Report 2 on January 22, 2020 with their updated figures. [1, 2]
- Report 1: estimated 1700 cases in Wuhan so far
- Report 2: estimated 4000 cases in Wuhan with symptoms onset by January 18, 2020
On 23 January 2020 when China’s CDC director, Gao Fu was asked about the “UK universities” estimation of 2,000 people having been infected in China, he responded:
“What we’ve learned about the real situation is not in line with the model by the British scientist.”
“In order to know the exact casualty caused by a new virus, facts should be ascertained by the available numbers and it should not be based on theories.”
WEF: Food Action Alliance to transform food systems
On January 22, 2020 the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a partner of the United Nations announced the launch of Food Action Alliance (FAA) which they “catalysed“, with the help of the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Rabobank.
The FAA is a “coalition of organizations and initiatives” set up “to tackle an urgent historic challenge: to reshape the way we think, produce, supply and consume food,” to aid in the “transformation” of currently “unsustainable food systems” for both the growing population and in order to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .[1, 2, 3, 4, ]
The FAA is said to build on the extensive experience of WEF’s New Vision for Agriculture initiative which was launched in Davos 2010 to help world hunger. [6, 7, 8] It “is a ‘platform of platforms’ bringing together an unparalleled global network of public-, private- sector and non-state actors and existing initiatives and platforms to mobilize and coordinate collective investment and action to deliver on national food systems strategies and support a transition to improved food systems.” [4]
From this they hold a “Food Systems Summit”
The Rockefeller Foundation weighs in with a “Reset the Table” report in July 2020 stating “America faces a hunger and nutrition crisis unlike any this country has seen in generations”. Food is on the Agenda-menu.
By mid-2022 the Dutch farmers get a taste for what is instore for “transformation”.
China/WHO: Human to Human transmission confirmed
On January 20, 2020 it is reported that scientists in China confirm human-to-human transmission of the new novel coronavirus, showing it is “contagious”. The WHO believe this is limited to “between close contacts”, as healthcare worker caring for patients with 2019-nCoV become infected. [1]
Though intelligence from a leaked Five Eyes report suggests China was aware there was “evidence of human-human transmission from early December,” yet Chinese authorities denied such transmission “until January 20.”
Officials in Taiwan had sounded the alarm about people spreading the virus to each other as early as December 31, 2019 and experts in Hong Kong did the same on January 4, 2020. [1]
WHO state “animal-to-human infection still appeared to be the main source of the outbreak”.
Global labs have begun work on “diagnostic tests” and started “work on a vaccine”.
[At the same time President Trump is being impeached]
Diamond Princess cruise ship departs Japan
On January 20, 2020 the Diamond Princess cruise ship departed Yokohama, Japan for a 14-day cruise to China, Vietnam, and Taiwan, then back to Japan. On January 25, 2020 a passenger disembarks the ship in Hong Hong, China and 7 days later developed a fever. The ship was quarantined in Yokohama on it’s return on February 3, 2020. [1]
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