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US Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Notes

 Covid-19 Info on ProvGardener

Some government reports that are only dated by month and year are listed arbitrarily on the 15th day.
As the pandemic ramps up during March and April, it is impossible to keep up with the tsunami of information that is engulfing us. These are notes that I'd like to revisit someday and develop better. I have a backlog of stuff to add as of April 2.

Notes re US Pandemic Preparedness & Response US Total Cases Us Deaths
Wed

2020-06-24

2295272 120171
Sat

2020-06-06

1857872 107911
Fri

2020-06-05

1837803 106876
Thu

2020-06-04

George Floyd death much more in the news than the virus

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1823220 106051
Wed

2020-06-03

1798330 105008
Tue

2020-06-02

1783638 104247
Mon

2020-06-01

1734040 102640
Sun

2020-05-31

1716078 101567
Sat

2020-05-30

1694864 100304
Fri

2020-05-29

1675258 98889
Thu

2020-05-28

1658896 98119
Wed

2020-05-27

1634010 97529
Tue

2020-05-26

1618757 96909
Mon

2020-05-25

1592599 95863
Sun

2020-05-24

1568448 94011
Sat

2020-05-23

1547973 92923
Fri

2020-05-22

1525186 91527
Thu

2020-05-21

1501876 90203
Wed

2020-05-20

1477459 89271
Tue

2020-05-19

1464232 88574
Mon

2020-05-18

1432265 87180
Sun

2020-05-17

1409452 85860
Sat

2020-05-16

1382362 83819
Fri

2020-05-15

1361522 82119
Thu

2020-05-14

1340098 80695
Wed

2020-05-13

1322054 79634
Tue

2020-05-12

1298287 78652
Mon

2020-05-11

1271645 76916
Sun

2020-05-10

1245775 75364
Sat

2020-05-09

1245874 69889
Fri

2020-05-08

CDC new cases: 28974. CDC deaths: 2180 new.

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1215571 67146
Thu

2020-05-07

1193452 65197
Wed

2020-05-06

1171185 62698
Tue

2020-05-05

CDC reports recently began identifying # of new cases and deaths. Listed for May 5: 1171510 cases, 19138 new. 68279 deaths, 823 new.

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1154985 61906
Mon

2020-05-04

1125719 60710
Sun

2020-05-03

1093880 62406
Sat

2020-05-02

1067127 57406
Fri

2020-05-01

1035353 55337
Thu

2020-04-30

1003974 52428
Wed

2020-04-29

President orders meat packing companies to stay open.

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983457 50492
Tue

2020-04-28

960916 49170
Mon

2020-04-27

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-...

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931698 47980
Sun

2020-04-26

no press briefing

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899281 46204
Sat

2020-04-25

No press briefing

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860772 44053
Fri

2020-04-24

Covid-19 Press Briefing

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83053 42311
Thu

2020-04-23

800926 40072
Wed

2020-04-22

776907 37602
Tue

2020-04-21

751273 35884
Mon

2020-04-20

703605 34203
Sun

2020-04-19

x

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695353 32427
Sat

2020-04-18

665330 30384
Fri

2020-04-17

632781 28221
Thu

2020-04-16

604070 25871
Wed

2020-04-15

x

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578268 23476
Tue

2020-04-14

x

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553822 21972
Mon

2020-04-13

Today governors of NY, CT, RI, NJ, DE, and PA met to begin coordinating plans to open economy safely and by data and scientific advice. Governor of MA will also join. President Trump asserted that he alone has the power to open the economy and can overrule the governors.

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524514 20444
Sun

2020-04-12

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-respons...

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492881 18516
Sat

2020-04-11

x

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461275 16596
Fri

2020-04-10

425889 14665
Thu

2020-04-09

x

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395030 12740
Wed

2020-04-08

x

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363321 10845
Tue

2020-04-07

333811 9559
Mon

2020-04-06

x

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307318 8358
Sun

2020-04-05

x

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273808 7020
Sat

2020-04-04

x

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241703 5854
Fri

2020-04-03

Politico reported that the definition of the Strategic National Stoockpile was changed this morning on the webpage:

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213600 4793
Thu

2020-04-02

187302 3846
Wed

2020-04-01

Press Briefing 4/1/20

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163199 2850
Tue

2020-03-31

140640 2398
Mon

2020-03-30

March 30, 2020 article in Washington Post, "‘No national response’: One senator’s alarming account of the first days." - discusses Secretary Azar's and Dr. Fauci's presentations to the Senate Committee on February 5.

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122653 2112
Sun

2020-03-29

At last, signs of a coherent national plan:

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103321 1668
Sat

2020-03-28

This is the first weekend that CDC is updating number of cases and deaths.

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85228 1243
Fri

2020-03-27

Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing on March 27, 2020

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68334 991
Thu

2020-03-26

Huge $2 trillion stimulus is passing in Congress; stock market is going up (17% from the bottom) but still far below its peak. Both Senators Reed of RI and Ted Cruze of Texas have called on President Trump to use the DPA.

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63570 884
Wed

2020-03-25

President Trump at March 25 briefing

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51914 673
Tue

2020-03-24

Links

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42164 471
Mon

2020-03-23

 

 

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31573 402
Sun

2020-03-22

 Some sort of new test. Mercy and Comfort. Comfort going in 3-4 weeks probably in NY harbor. Mercy will go to Los Angeles.

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15219 201
Sat

2020-03-21

President's news conference

 

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15219 201
Fri

2020-03-20

Tax filing deadline extended to July 15. Suspending student loan interest and penalties for 60 days. Tremendous emphasis on border security. Yes, everyone is controling borders. Individuals under 19 seem to recover.

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10442 150
Thu

2020-03-19

 

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7087 100
Wed

2020-03-18

Navy ships Comfort and Mercy to be deployed. Activating the Defense Production Act (but it's not clear if it's being used). FEMA is now involved.

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3536 58
Tue

2020-03-17

3503 58
Mon

2020-03-16

1678 41
Sun

2020-03-15

1678 41
Sat

2020-03-14

1678 41
Fri

2020-03-13

1264 36
Thu

2020-03-12

987 29
Wed

2020-03-11

696 25
Tue

2020-03-10

472 19
Mon

2020-03-09

Coronavirus Task Force Briefing Video

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213 11
Sun

2020-03-08

213 11
Sat

2020-03-07

213 11
Fri

2020-03-06

148 10
Thu

2020-03-05

129 9
Wed

2020-03-04

108 6
Tue

2020-03-03

64 2
Mon

2020-03-02

62 0
Sun

2020-03-01

62 0
Sat

2020-02-29

First US death, which caused this press conference on a Saturday.. 40+ million masks available.. Hope it will not be a major circumstance. Don't incite panic. Travel ban for China keeps threat low. Now banning travel from Iran.

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62 0
Thu

2020-02-27

59 0
Wed

2020-02-26

VP Pence put in charge of federal response.

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53 0
Tue

2020-02-25

Testimony transcript. Secretary Azar before Congress February 25, 2020. Coronavirus first mentioned at  minute 11 approximately by Senator Murray.

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Thu

2020-02-20

Mon

2020-02-10

[On this date, the Rhode Island Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity Legislative Report 2020 was released at a conference at the Convention Center. This report has been referenced several times in April as informing the response to coronavirus. See for example April 21.]

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Wed

2020-02-05

March 30, 2020 article in Washington Post, "‘No national response’: One senator’s alarming account of the first days." - discusses Secretary Azar's and Dr. Fauci's presentations to the Senate Committee on February 5.

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Thu

2020-01-30

 

https://www.phe.gov/emergency/events/COVID19/Documents/2019nCoV-Listenin...

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Tue

2020-01-28

Tue

2020-01-21

The WHO Situation Report - 1 documents the origins of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the first notice China gave WHO on Dec 31, 2019, to new c

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Fri

2020-01-10

GCM teleconference–Note for the Records
Date : Friday 10 January at 2pm GVA time.
Subject: Pneumonia in Wuhan, China.

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Wed

2019-12-04

Written Testimony, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Flu Season:  U.S.

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Tue

2019-10-15

A 63-page paper, "Crimson Contagion 2019 Functional Exercise Draft After-Action Report, October 2019," by DHHS Office of tthe Assistant Secretar

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Sun

2019-09-15

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Fri

2017-01-13

A Politico article on March 20, 2020 ("Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’") reports that 7 days before Trump's inauguration (1/

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Mon

2016-07-11

Memorandum to Ambassador Susan E. Rice NSC Lessons Learned Study on Ebola, July 11, 2016. 73 pp.

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Fri

2016-05-06

Executive Order - Facilitation of a Presidential Transition, May 6, 2016, which includes: "The White House Transition Coordinating Council shall: ...

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Mon

2006-05-15

Publication sometime in May 2006 of National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan by the Homeland Security Council. 233pp.

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Tue

2005-11-01

National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza November 2005 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/pdf/pandemic-influenza-strate...

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