2017, Jan 10th: “There will be a surprise outbreak”
https://ghss.georgetown.edu/pandemicprep2017/

2 years before the pandemic was announced, Fauci predicted a “surprise outbreak” was forthcoming in his keynote presentation “Pandemic Preparedness in the Next Administration” at The Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center.

2019 Oct 18th “Event 201” – novel coronavirus with mild-flu like signs to severe pneumonia” Simulation of a worldwide pandemic as an exercise for global leaders to be able to rapidly respond in lockstep. https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/media

2 Months before the COVID-19 Pandemic was announced, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, held an EVENT 201 pandemic tabletop exercise where industry leaders discussed how to direct the world during a Coronavirus pandemic with symptoms ranging from mild flu-like signs to severe pneumonia.

2019, Oct 29th “novel avian virus from China somewhere, to mandate Universal Flu Vaccine in a disruptive, innovative way” https://www.c-span.org/video/?465845-1/universal-flu-vaccine

See also my post 2019 ‘A New Avian Flu Virus From China’ To Enforce “Universal Flu Vaccine”

11 days later, Fauci and others spoke about a “novel avian virus from China somewhere, as a way to enforce a Universal Flu Vaccine in a disruptive, innovative way”

2019, Nov 25th “The other thing that I aspirationally hope to be able to encounter is the ability to rapidly respond to something brand new.  Whether it’s a brand-new pandemic or, as you mentioned, a brand new attack upon us deliberately by bio terrorists.” https://youtu.be/dGLlYQuwrRo

One month later, a few weeks before the Pandemic, Fauci was interviewed and said he “aspirationally hopes to be able to encounter the ability to rapidly respond to something brand-new pandemic or attack upon us deliberately by bio terrorists.”