The official experts are often partially under the control of their governments and their politics. Eg, the doctors getting arrested in China for warning people

The official experts are often partially under the control of their governments and their politics. Eg, the doctors getting arrested in China for warning people. Sometimes, these agencies are just overconfident too, like how all our health agencies saying over and over that we have ample capacity and supplies - then New York happens. The experts are definitely what we need, but not all experts are created equal. It’s like during wwi - it took a while to weed out the useless commanders/generals since the peacetime systems failed to promote based on ability (Edit: Incidentally, I think we have some great people in Alberta at the moment. Very lucky for us)