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Forced isolation in my house for 21 days and counting has given me a lot of time to think about things. Like; how in the hell was the entire world forced into quarantine literally in a matter of days? How we did get here? How in the hell did a microscopic blob of genome popularly called “coronavirus” manage to take over the entire world so quickly? I decided I needed to build a timeline and map it out.
I took a shot at a timeline a couple of weeks ago in an earlier post, for just five days worth of events. Since then I spent some time researching and working with new web building tools, and finally put it together. What I offer below the fold is over 200 coronavirus-related events, most of which have occurred since December.
Timeline Background
This is a complex timeline as it pulls together events from around the world through multiple sources. I’ve been careful to reference every entry, going back to source documents such as the actual press notes or Tweet whenever possible.
The red icon after each entry links to the reference.
This timeline is largely American-centric but I have included key data points from around the globe as needed. Many Chinese events are also includes given the probable origination of this pandemic.
I was careful to identify my source documents as this timeline doesn’t make our present administration look very good. No opinion, just facts, but trump-supporting right-wingers are going to jump on every instance of “MEDIA BIAS” possible to discredit information that happens to not conform to their world views.
This timeline is by no means complete and does not capture every worthy event. The pandemic is moving too fast to capture all news-worthy events. My timeline is simply meant to be a snapshot of events. I hope this timeline proves useful in understanding these interesting times we find ourselves in.
May 20, 2020 Editor Note: I’ve just posted a newer and more complete edition of a Coronavirus timeline COVID-19 Timeline Project. It provides more complete timeline information and extends past the ending point of this timeline. This newer timeline will be maintained current for at least the next several months.
Prelude
Year 2014
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January 2017
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Spring 2018
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May 2018
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July 2019
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September 2019
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organizations that worked on the PREDICT program laid off dozens of scientists and analysts.
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November 18, 2019
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December 2019
December 30
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January 2020
January 1
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January 7
January 9
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January 20
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January 21
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January 23
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January 24
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January 28
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January 29
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January 31
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February 2020
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February 5
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February 7
Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, the first doctor to identify the new virus strain, dies in Wuhan, China.
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February 10
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February 11
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February 12
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February 13
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February 14
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February 18
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February 19
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February 21
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February 23
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February 24
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February 25
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February 26
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February 27
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February 28
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February 29
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March 2020
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March 3
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March 4
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March 6
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March 7
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March 8
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March 9
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March 10
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March 11
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March 12
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March 13
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March 17
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March 18
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March 20
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March 23
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March 27
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March 28
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March 29
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March 31
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April 2020
Working Notes
For my loyal readers who made it all the way through this timeline, I have a special bonus feature. I’ve included my working notes of events and reference links freely available under a creative commons license. It’s my hope that other people might find my work useful as a start for adding or otherwise expanding this timeline with additional references. Please feel free to download and use as desired, and post your timeline in your blog or other media.
Ron Charest
Coronavirus Timeline Working Notes
April 5, 2020: Formatting changed from a central timeline to a right-side timeline layout, to improve readability. I’m still learning how to use many of these advanced website-building tools.
May 20, 2020 Editor Note: I’ve just posted a newer and more complete edition of a Coronavirus timeline COVID-19 Timeline Project. It provides more complete timeline information and extends past the ending point of this timeline. This newer timeline will be maintained current for at least the next several months.
December 27, 2022: Reformatted the Timeline Working Notes download link.