> The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Whilst I entirely agree with this

> The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Whilst I entirely agree with this statement, I actually doubt that any political party that stood on a platform of pandemic-preparedness, and the budgetary spending required for such, would have been voted into Government anyway. We, the people, have been voting for that which we believe to advantage us as individuals based on the political rhetoric / media spin we're turning in to. We, the people, get the Governments we deserve.