History will judge Trump to unprepared and asleep a the wheel. His blustering and promotions of misinformation and lies during the early stages of the coronavirus crisis can not be ignored or covered up. It will be not that Governors, mayors, and Congress had to push and pry Trump into acting Presidential and coming to grips with the crisis. Even at this late date, he is acting immaturely and blaming others for his failures.
Hmm, nobody's expert on Covid-19, but you. Scientists don’t know everything about it yet. In this case, they’re just beginning their research. In the absence of hard data, all we have are theories as mere hypotheses. Since you know everything (that isn't so), please tell us, how can you be prepared for something that doesn't exist?
Scientists are scrambling to find adequate way to stop spreading of the virus. Different countries are taking different measures, why? Because, beside isolation, nobody knows how to deal with it.
Chinese forced population containment, along with a home medical visit every two days. Those suspected of being infected were taken by force to hospital, or were block from exiting their homes.
The WHO advocates the confinement of the population, without medical visits at home. They assume that children become healthy carriers of the disease and infect grandparents in whom the disease can develop acutely.
Swedes are trying something different. They consider that only the elderly need to be protected and that there is no evidence that the disease is spread by children. They are therefore only confining the elderly and not closing down schools or businesses.
Since Covid-19 is a new thing, and nobody knew about it until recently, nobody was prepared for it, including US. So again, how we could be prepared for something that Chinese were hiding for months and we didn't know it existed?