Even looking within western EU, things could have been done so much better - remember how poorly Italy handled the start of the pandemic? But the true disaster

Even looking within western EU, things could have been done so much better - remember how poorly Italy handled the start of the pandemic? But the true disaster is in Eastern and to a lesser degree central EU, as well as India, Pakistan, etc. Not to mention the trainwreck that was in the USA and to a lesser degree South America. Try to look outside the box, the world is more than just western EU.