I think some countries are still at stage 2 of the Yes Minister observation of how a government responds, some are at stage 3 > In stage one we say nothing is

I think some countries are still at stage 2 of the Yes Minister observation of how a government responds, some are at stage 3 > In stage one we say nothing is going to happen. > Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. > In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there’s nothing we can do. > Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it’s too late now.