It has enormous implications for future research and regulation, as well as the reform of scientific and public health institutions. If a plane crash killed a

It has enormous implications for future research and regulation, as well as the reform of scientific and public health institutions. If a plane crash killed a few hundred people, no one would question the need for a thorough investigation, root cause analysis, and preventative measures for the future. Or consider the security reforms put in place after 9/11, which killed thousands. This pandemic killed millions.