Back in 1918 at lest in the UK, the Chief medical doctor ( government level ) did write a memorandum and then put it in a drawer, and went O well we must carry on with more pressing matters ( the war )
1 doctor in Manchester was responsible for probably saving a lot of people, just by informing people and as far as i can tell out of his own pocket.
The flu was also the reason a London hospital had the audacity to hire 2 women doctors after their chief doctor collapsed from the work load, women as doctors on a hospital was something totally new back then.
The fly ravaging US Army barracks was also handled pretty bad with warnings, even letters to the white house getting ignored.
On a personal level today, on Monday i ordered some things on the internet in Germany, i have had absolutely zero response from the company i dealt with a few months ago and then was very responsive and helpful.
I have also ordered some things in China, but at least they said "covi have decimated our workforce so only a few come to work, but more are expected to come to work soon, and orders will be fulfilled as fast as we can"
Danish health officials have said they estimate 190.000 Danes will catch this bug, so far 10 is confirmed, and around 100 people that have been close to those are "isolated" in their homes.