The US military provide plenty of early advice suggesting a pandemic was on it way, but that advice was mostly ignored: https://ktvz.com/politics/2020/03/21/wa

The US military provide plenty of early advice suggesting a pandemic was on it way, but that advice was mostly ignored: https://ktvz.com/politics/2020/03/21/washington-post-us-intelligence-warned-trump-in-january-and-february-as-he-dismissed-coronavirus-threat/ https://ktvz.com/politics/2020/03/21/washington-post-us-inte... Some of the politicians did heed the advice, at least when it came to managing their share portfolios, taking the opportunity to sell up while telling their constituents there was no imminent threat: https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-dumped-up-to-1-7-million-of-stock-after-reassuring-public-about-coronavirus-preparedness https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-dumped-up-to-1-7-...