They had a coherent response strategy, this in itself was and still is an ongoing failure by multiple metrics. One thing that saved us was the few areas that bu

They had a coherent response strategy, this in itself was and still is an ongoing failure by multiple metrics. One thing that saved us was the few areas that bucked the "coherence", yet achieving similar or better results. "Quick! Everyone do the same thing in a big rush!" is about the dumbest strategy to handle anything. Thankfully cooler heads always prevail, and the panicking hot-heads hyperbolising us into a blind conformity; take notice.