Review of White House response to virus outbreak, before most were paying heed

1) A review of the White House response to the Coronavirus outbreak…. IN JANUARY, before most were paying attention.

2) In **2018** President Trump established a National Biodefense Strategy specifically to improve the speed of action for any biological risk to U.S. Citizens. [pdf link below]
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

3) Following the initial reports from China; and anticipating multiple agency aspects of U.S. government would need a unified command structure; on January 30th President Trump assembled a unified task force to coordinate all response efforts across the totality of government.

4) The task force is coordinated through the National Security Council. It is composed of subject matter experts from White House and several United States Government agencies, and it includes some of the Nation’s foremost experts on infectious diseases.

Subject: Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President’s Coronavirus Task Force The White House Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2020 https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-statement-from-the-press-secretary-regarding-t-1841341883

5) At the time the task force was established, January 30th, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation, using his authority pursuant to Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, temporarily suspending the entry into the United States of foreign nationals.

6) The travel restrictions were targeted toward those who would most likely pose a risk of transmitting the 2019 novel coronavirus.

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