Perhaps he should have stirred up panic earlier so The Great TP Crisis of 2020 could have been pinned on him?
Sure, he has lagged a bit in some regards and in some regards he hasn't, but other than declaring Marshall Law and having everyone forced to stay home, WHAT was he supposed to do? And is this to be done everytime the latest world ending plague of the week hits us? Ebola, SARS, H1N1, the Hong Kong Flu, the Bird Flu...
Sure, send out the Army and shoot those who step out on sight everytime another disease emerges from some Chinese idiot who didn't boil their pangolin dick tea well enough before sipping it because he can't find a woman that can get his prong up in a country where they're only allowed to bear one child anyways.