I sympathize with the idea that someone should be punished for the systemic failures leading to the pandemic, and additional failures that exacerbated it. Ultim

I sympathize with the idea that someone should be punished for the systemic failures leading to the pandemic, and additional failures that exacerbated it. Ultimately the problem is way bigger than one guy, though. My impression is that hindsight is 20:20, and even though we now know the damage that was caused, I don’t think any of the actions that led up to the disaster were criminal. It’s not illegal to have systems so precarious and yet so dangerous. Many such systems still exist (see: 2007 financial crisis). My hope is that this will serve as a correction and that virology can continue while avoiding the riskiest scenarios.