This is a case study as to why government needs to be slow, messy, and full of argument. National discovery takes a long time.
I agree with your statement about government and what it SHOULD be.
Also, though, we are now in an era of biowarfare. Soon, a biological attack both massive and highly lethal will be possible, if it isn’t already.
It would be nice, under such conditions, to have a national medical response that could operate at “warp speed”. Public support for this has been pissed away.
Perhaps that is the plan. The elites never wanted to save the public, anyway.