Pandemic preparedness is one of the simplest thing in the world: have trained personnel, listen to a few epidemiologist expert when it comes to quarantine, make

Pandemic preparedness is one of the simplest thing in the world: have trained personnel, listen to a few epidemiologist expert when it comes to quarantine, make sure a few of the incredibly cheap and easy to manufacture protective equipments are available. The GWB admin still had the level of competence to organize something like the last Iraq war so it made sense it could have pandemic preparedness which is orders of magnitudes easier. I don't think the US public really realize how incompetent and dumb the current administration looks from abroad.