That's a really bad example, because the cost of the pandemic alone for the German government was forecasted as 1500 billion EUR [1]. Any spending that would m

That's a really bad example, because the cost of the pandemic alone for the German government was forecasted as 1500 billion EUR [1]. Any spending that would make the pandemic become a fraction less severe is probably a net win. So if you have to chose between 60m EUR offer and a 95% chance of success of all features and in time delivery and another offer of 10m EUR and 90%, what should you choose? Why be thrifty at this point? My question is rather why didn't they went out to spend more? So many more things that could have been added: public places check-ins (e.g. When visiting restaurants), more interfaces for laboratory to upload data, manual meeting log, collaborations with other countries... [1] https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-10/coronavirus-krise-kosten-gesundheitssystem-konjunkturprogramme-wirtschaft-wiederaufbau https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-10/coronavirus-...