I'm not in the medical profession so I can't say for certain. I would note that after 9/11 that the feds started stockpiling bio/chemical/medical gear and then palletized the material so as to be able to transport it to affected sites by military cargo planes. That wouldn't be out of the question. Surveying capabilities, by region, to deal with a SARS pandemic is doable. This would at least identify where investment in the infrastructure is critical. Even without SARS rearing its ugly head, the statistical occurence of pandemics suggests that we are overdue and if SARS goes away then what other bug is around the corner?
Given the role of viruses in nature, and given the total biomass available on the planet for a mutated virus to exploit, it is inevitable that we will be dealing with a massive problem, probably within most of our lifetimes.