Didn't the intelligence community warn of a likely pandemic with sars and swine and...
There's an old joke about sysadmins that when they do their jobs correctly, they never get any credit because nothing is ever noticed going wrong.
Health crisis response is the same way.
Yes, and MERS as well, and these warnings were listened to. Actions were taken. Experts deployed. Testing enacted. A whole machine of pandemic expertise, sitting dormant, shuddered to life, and pinched off the supply of fresh hosts for the viruses.
This time, not so much.