> Several hundred thousand people are dead because politicians failed to act effectively. And if politicians had acted effectively, would zero people have died

> Several hundred thousand people are dead because politicians failed to act effectively. And if politicians had acted effectively, would zero people have died? We're talking about a mostly invisible natural killer. It's going to kill people, regardless of who does what. Influenza has killed thousands every year since the dawn of time, but we don't blame anyone for it.