Obviously there are countries in which the crisis was handled even worse (USA, Brazil, India, ...). Still, Germany did an awful job. To quote a physicist (Prof.

Obviously there are countries in which the crisis was handled even worse (USA, Brazil, India, ...). Still, Germany did an awful job. To quote a physicist (Prof. Michael Meyer-Hermann) who acted as an adviser to the government: "Everybody immediately understands it, but the next day they all say something else." [1] I was shocked when the government opened up everything when the second wave was almost over despite having a clear indicaton that a third wave was coming (numbers were rising again). The vast majority of scientists urged the politicians to not open up. Still they did it. Tens of thousands of dead people later I hear things like "We all hoped that the spread of the virus would decrease when spring comes and it gets warmer." (Armin Laschet, one of the candidates to become the next chancellor) [2]. I don't even want to talk about corruption in mask deals. [1]: (in German) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa.de/politik/corona-notbremse-inzidenz-michael-meyer-hermann-markus-lanz-zdf-hamburg-90483279.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa.de/politik/corona-notbre... [2] (in German) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zeit.de/amp/news/2021-03/24/waren-die-steigenden-corona-zahlen-wirklich-nicht-absehbar https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zeit.de/amp/news/2021-03/24...