Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised

Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and "blindsided the world."
She said the directorate was set up to be the smoke alarm" and get ahead of emergencies and sound a warning at the earliest sign of fire "all with the goal of avoiding a six-alarm fire."
It's impossible to assess the impact of the 2018 decision to disband the unit, she said. Cameron noted that biological experts remain at the White House, but she says it's clear that eliminating the office contributed to what she called a "sluggish domestic response."

Specifically, we need someone, preferable at the NSC, to quarterback the US government's response since that response inevitably involves several agencies across the government, Chabot said. Our bill would make this position permanent."