"...Just consider the disappointing, even tragic, analyses that have been appearing over the past year:
- The federal government had reports and warnings and war games about pandemic danger at least as far back as 2001, but was apparently unprepared when it hit.
- Simulations as recently as 2019 predicted that agencies would fail to work together even after all those reports and plans.
- A Seattle lab doing a flu study proposed in February 2020 to start monitoring the novel coronavirus. When it couldn't get approval from state and federal officials, the lab went ahead on its own. As the New York Times reported, "the Seattle Flu Study illustrates how existing regulations and red tape — sometimes designed to protect privacy and health — have impeded the rapid rollout of testing nationally."...
...When disasters happen, people naturally turn to government for a response.
But our experience with disaster response should remind us not to expect too much and to avoid regulations and crowding-out that impede responses by private-sector businesses, nonprofits, and individuals...Read all.
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