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What does it take to please you ignorant snowflakes? Because he declared a public health emergency in January, and he banned travel from China, in January.

Be honest Larry, you know dayum well that if Trump had done anything more to prepare for this, he would have been skewered by the DNC and their propaganda arm, the lamestream media for over-reacting, because they were all running stories about how it was no big deal..

So what would it take to please you ignorant snowflakes?

I started watching BBC and BBC America, in order to make sure that my news is not influenced by American politics. They have the Coronavirus at about the same place in growth that ours was about two weeks ago. Their reporters are asking their Prime Minister and Minister of Health the same questions American media asked President Trump about testing, etc. The big difference is that the Brits did not have to sit through a campaign rally like event featuring endorsements by corporate business exs\ecutives whose companies benefited from the tax break and the stimulus bills, and an atttack on our Constitutionally guaranteed separationn of church and state.. And, no matter how difficult the question, the government servant replying did so with honesty and respect. They are facing the same crisis and their government is working to make things better for all their citizens and taking responsibility for doing so. And, it is a conservative government. Could it be possible, in any stretch of the imagination, that Mr. Trump might influence how people respond to him, by the things he says aand does? Just asking.

I think you will find they have issued this same warning since 2012 if you go look a little deeper.

I guess that is why Obama established an office in the White House to deal with pandemics. That would be the same NSC office that Trump cut for "budget reasons." The biggest difference between the Swine Flu Pandemic that hit in April 2009 and disappeared for the most part by April 2010, is that the Coronavirus is far more infectious and deadly. Although 60-million Americans got the Swine Flu, only 0.02% died, as compared with 1% in normal seasonal flus and 3.4% so far, with the Coronavirus. I did a quick literature search and could not find examples of Obama downplaying the potential danger of H1N1 or blaming others for any imperfect acts on his part.

The flu did put a strain on the health care system. Doctor visits were three times what they were for garden variety flus and hospitalizations were high. A vaccination was available before the second wave and the first 40-millionn doses went fast. Subsequent supplies rolled out and 100-million additionnal vaccines were given. The states with the lowest vaccination rates were in the South. Mississippi had one third the vaccination rate of Rhode Island, for example. The last states reporting H1N1 were in thhe South. I suspect that, since these states tend to be Republican stronholds, the longer and more widespread infections tend to color their collective memories of the epidemic.

Just from the facts, and reviewing more than one timeline report, it appears that H1N1 was not anticipated. But, I cannot find examples of major management problems associated with its course. Scientists were allowed to make appropriate decisionns and political leaders of all stripes mostly supported them and the health care community. So, it appears that the real warning of what could happens predates your 2012 citation. And, it appears that the right things were done by all political leaders, for the most part.