I wonder what the professional epidemiologists were posting about here on twitter in mid-late January when we had our last chance to stop the worst pandemic in our lifetimes? Let's have a look: https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1219360231412641793
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/18/no-airport-screening-for-new-sars-like-virus-yet-china