Travel from China in January, increased funding to the cdc, and has done more than any prior epidemic to prevent the spread.

This line in particular is great:
"But with enough information, the early spread of the disease could have been slowed."

What information was lacking? No one knows, but it sure sounds nice doesn't it.

"“America’s decentralised authority, expensive health care and skimpy safety-net will all make the pandemic response harder to deal with."

Ahh yes, that pesky freedom of the people, getting in the way again. We just need a dictatorship and fully centralized authority!

This article is a joke.