“But is it unfair to engage in so much 20-20 hindsight? After all, who could see COVID coming?”
Anyone who didn’t think there would be another virus out of Wuhan is an idiot that deserves the virus themselves for the sake of cleaning up the gene pool. No lab, genetic engineering or anything besides classic bureaucratic ass-covering (plus people eating bats, dogs, etc) needed.
If a person doesn’t wish to be second-guessed and held responsible for everything that they ‘should’ have seen coming then they should stay the hell out of any sort of leadership position. If you want the glory, the money, and/or the fame then you are also going to get the blame when things go wrong.
President, CEO, Prime minister, you can’t claim credit for a good economy without taking the blame when things go south, you can’t claim the victories without also being held to account for the defeats.
You have a good point. Government seems to be forever reactive instead of proactive.
Perhaps I’m late to the game here. But, is that what 5G is about? Being proactive to the safety of our infrastructure ie EMP’s?
This is America. There’s plenty of blame to go around.
What about those who couldn't find Wuhan on a map three months ago? Were you guys idiots, too?
To fail to close the borders by February 1 was criminally irresponsible (and they’re still not closed, although it no longer matters). None of this needed to happen.
That the Senate would have removed Trump on February 5 had he done so is an excuse.
I had a teacher in ninth grade whose favorite phrase was “that is not an excuse, that is a reason for failure”.
What Hillary would have done is irrelevant. She’s not the President.