Yeah, you just love government, don't you? You'd give them your daughter's life to rape and discard for the greater good of killing innocent people and then losing anyway in countries that never attacked us across the Middle East and Africa. It's only fair!
Many Western governments failed in a grotesque manner in their preparation for this or any other pandemic: 1) They failed to stock up on (or build production capacity for) the medical equipment (eg ventilators) and capacity, as well as personal protective equipment...
