On February 26, 2020 Dr Anthony Fauci wrote to CBS News that Americans should not yield to fear.

On February 27, 2020, next day, he wrote “be prepared to mitigate an outbreak in this country by measures that include social distancing, teleworking, temporary closure of schools, etc.” [1]

February 27th was also the day the media narrative in the U.S. shifted, with the New York Times leading the way with its first alarmist piece, by Peter Daszak of the EcoHealth Alliance, and also an alarmist podcast with science and health reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr., which quoted directly from China a 2% mortality rate for the virus. It is also the day Deborah Birx was hired as the Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator.” [2]