The Corona Virus Pandemic, an Analysis: Part 2
Dr. Roger Hodkinson Part Two – How to Prepare for the Next Big One Lessons learned In Part One, good grounds were presented to describe how perverted the COVID-19 experience has been to date. Just about every resource expected to help define and support an effective public health response proved to be suspect: the WHO, CDC, FDA, NIAID, laboratory testing, statistics and computerised modelling, assessment of treatment options and the media. Those serious deficiencies plus the lack of preparedness were made painfully obvious, with a devastating number of unnecessary deaths and a severe interruption of the global economy. We must seriously re-examine how to minimise deaths while not killing commerce. The cure must not be worse than the disease! Eight major failures created a perfect storm: The ‘experts’ at all levels were often flat out wrongBureaucratic obstructionism was rampantComputer modelling wildly exaggerated riskThe media fanned the fire, driving unprecedented public paranoiaLarge scale testing was dangerously delayedMany well intentioned interventions were just plain guess workEssential medical supplies, equipment and drugs had not been strategically stockpiledOur political leaders succumbed to disinformation and media hysteria But the most important lesson was that Common Sense was singularly ignored! So let’s review what must be done before ‘The Next Big One’. The WHO To be blunt, heads should roll. In particular Drs. Adhanom and Ryan ...