After having experienced and survived this latest pandemic, I wouldn’t describe what happened as a “mistake”. Using that term implies that there is a right wa

After having experienced and survived this latest pandemic, I wouldn’t describe what happened as a “mistake”. Using that term implies that there is a right way to respond and that we know what that is in advance. I don’t think we do. Perhaps some things are so complex that humans collectively just can’t prioritize, understand, plan and execute fast enough. What response we had was filled with fits and starts, and many missteps, but in the end truly amazing in the number of lives that were saved. There are plenty of other less complex problems that we are equally incapable of solving. We are flawed, and that’s ok. It has to be.