Democratic Primaries

Here's an excerpt from The Rachel Maddow Show, 5 day short of a month ago:
http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/rachel-maddow-show/2020-02-24-0]

Meanwhile, today was one of those days when the financial news, the stock

market news was big enough news that it jumped off the business pages and

became front-page news. Markets both in the United States and around the

world tanked today amid fears that the global spread of the coronavirus is

reaching epidemic – excuse me – reaching pandemic proportions.

So, apparently 5 days short of a month ago, so many people knew about the coronavirus that fears of this virus was causing the markets to tank, and Rachel Maddow was already referring to it as a "pandemic" instead of an epidemic.

Also:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-specialrep/special-report-how-korea-trounced-u-s-in-race-to-test-people-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2153BW]

Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus


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A week after the Jan. 27 meeting, South Korea’s CDC approved one company’s diagnostic test. Another company soon followed. By the end of February, South Korea was making headlines around the world for its drive-through screening centers and ability to test thousands of people daily.

South Korea’s swift action stands in stark contrast to what has transpired in the United States. Seven weeks after the train station meeting, the Koreans have tested well over 290,000 people and identified over 8,000 infections. New cases are falling off: Ninety-three were reported Wednesday, down from a daily peak of 909 two weeks earlier.

The United States, whose first case was detected the same day as South Korea’s, is not even close to meeting demand for testing. About 60,000 tests have been run by public and private labs in a country of 330 million, federal officials said Tuesday.
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No one was talking about the virus a month ago? Hogwash!