That's not really a failure of politicians, because politicians don't have medical expertise. They rely on the guidance of experts in the medical profession to

That's not really a failure of politicians, because politicians don't have medical expertise. They rely on the guidance of experts in the medical profession to steer funding. So it was a human failure perhaps, and as all allocation of limited resources has winners and losers. So blame the system, and human biases, but not the government specifically.