A quick look at the professional background and qualifications of Heath Ministers in various countries during what we are told is the gravest medical emergency ever is quite revealing.
Countries with a health minister (or equivalent) with no relevant qualifications. If any.
United States: a lawyer replaced by a very sleazy corrupt lawyer
UK: a professional politician (no real job) replaced by a senior financier
Italy: lifetime socialist party apparatchik (no real job)
Spain: a lawyer / professional politician for Canary Islands
Germany: bank clerk / professional politician
Denmark: journalist / professional politician
Netherlands: primary school teacher
Norway: hotel manager / professional politician
Sweden: lifetime socialist party apparatchik (no real job)
Canada: small time woke NGO's (no real job)
Ireland: failed journalist / professional politician replaced by a junior management consultant /professional politician
Australia: human rights lawyer / professional politician
New Zealand - professional politician (no real job) replaced by a union lawyer
And countries with health minsters with any relevant professional qualifications
France: a doctor
Belgium: a doctor
Austria: school teacher replaced by a doctor
Quite revealing I think as to how serious most governments think the problem actually is.
