COVID-19: February 2020

01/29/2020: 5 U.S. cases

02/14/2020: 14 U.S. cases

02/18/2020: 25 U.S. cases

02/24/2020: 53 U.S. cases, stock market starts falling

02/26/2020: Noticed a handful of people wearing masks at Chalmette Wal-Mart today.

Trump today: “[The number of people infected is] going very substantially down, not up.” “The 15 [cases] within a couple of days, is going to be down to zero.”

02/27/2020: CDC confirmed the first case in the U.S. from an unknown source (community transmission).

Trump today: “It’s going to disappear one day, it’s like a miracle.”

It’s important to wash your hands correctly:

Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Be sure to lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.

Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds.

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