There was a good post earlier today about how all germ warfare war games end in failure.
What the WH needed and imho still needs are military germ warfare experts, not CDCs close the barn door after the horse leaves mentality.
(To be absolutely clear—I do _not_ believe this was germ warfare, but I _do_ believe that the tactics that the military has to cope with germ warfare should be a critical part of any strategy to cope with this virus.)
We have two documented strains of this virus. The original strain or clade S-COV was manageable with a lower infection rate and complication rate. That strain morphed into L-COV on around 1/20/20 in Wuhan. Much more aggressive with more complications. They hope it burned out in Wuhan.
Now are we going to see more morphs ? Does Iran have L-COV ? Does Italy have a worse new strain ? Does Washington State have L-COV. Are newer strains or morphs going to be worse or weaker ?