It seems that many coronavirus deaths were caused because political taboos, bureaucratic fiefdoms and virtue-signaling mandates stood in the way of common sense action. The system was paralyzed by its own rhetoric.
To a great extent the bureaucratic empires performed as designed. They used the crises to capture budget increases and inflate their power while carefully avoiding anything politically incorrect. A winning strategy in normal times, a disaster in the present.
Even though the press coverage is designed to make one side look stupid it has had the unintended effect of making everyone look imbecilic, including the press itself. Nothing about the people on TV inspires confidence. Nothing.
I guess it's true. The only thing holding things up is either God or Space Aliens.
