> but most of the world didn't expect it and didn't prepare for it. You cannot say this about the United States. Both of the prior administrations developed de

> but most of the world didn't expect it and didn't prepare for it. You cannot say this about the United States. Both of the prior administrations developed detailed pandemic response plans. Bush’s plan was informed by the "near miss" of a worrying H5N1 Influenza outbreak. Obama dealt with Ebola and Zika. The Trump administration’s response to SARS-CoV-2 was so catastrophically incompetent that it nearly seems intentional. James Fallows has a very detailed piece that covers this: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/how-white-house-coronavirus-response-went-wrong/613591/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/how-whi...