Who is we? The CDC is actively watching for pandemic signals all the time. We know pandemics happen, we know their rough power law occurrences. We know the mos

Who is we? The CDC is actively watching for pandemic signals all the time. We know pandemics happen, we know their rough power law occurrences. We know the most dangerous vectors of transmission. We can prepare for them. We typically don’t. Just look at all the aging housing infrastructure on the California coast. We know there will be major earthquakes and we know how often they happen, yet the general populace cares more about how pretty the historic buildings look, even though we know they will kill people. These are not black swan events.