Mar 11 - Trump corrects multiple major misstatements in his national address.
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/12/officials-walk-back-numerous-inaccurate-claims-made-by-trump-during-bungled-coronavirus-address/Mar 12 - Finally ordered N95masks
Mar 13 - [Declared state of emergency]
Mar 13 - " I dont take responsibility at all."
Mar 14 - Young Asian-American family of 4 stabbed in TX Sam's Club by man who thinks they're responsible for COVID.
Mar 15 - "It's a very contagious virus. It's incredible. But it's something we have tremendous control of."
Mar 15 - 3,613 COVID-19 cases, 69 deaths
Mar 17 - “This is a pandemic,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Mar 18 - "It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate."
Mar 19 - "And we’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA has been so great. They — they’ve gone through the approval process. It’s been approved."
Mar 19 - FDA "Chrloroquine has not been approved for use against COVID-19."
Mar 20 - Trump says he is going to enact the Defense Production Act
Mar 23 - Dow Jones closes at 18,591.93
Mar 23 - "You look at automobile accidents, which are far greater than any numbers we're talking about. That doesn't mean we're going to tell everybody no more driving of cars. So we have to do things to get our country open."
Mar 25 - 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment.