Yep, they were a bit tardy to the party. But they quickly got it. I believe they reversed themselves days later and said it could indeed be transmitted from human to human. Trump was in Davos on January 22nd busy giving a speech of how it wasn't a big deal and it was under control. What prevented him from ordering action then? Sooooo, I ask again, the reason for inaction until March 13th was???
You leave out the part where during this time Nancy Pelosi and Andrew Cuomo were telling people to go about their lives as normal, herding in large numbers, riding the subway, criticizing Trump's China travel ban, and fuming over their failed coup attempt.
During the time Schiff was manufacturing and presenting false evidence in the House Intel Committee, how many meetings did he have to discuss Intel about what was happening in China and if it could become a threat to the US?
As far as I remember, Trump did not participate in the impeachment hearings...at all. But he did do a lot of tweeting, watching Fox News, and holding his MAGA pep rallies. So I can see why he might have been distracted. It's tough being a media packaged whore all the time. That's more fun than, you know, actually doing his job.