Indeed analysing how these things have been dealt with in the past would be interesting, but it’s beyond me to do this myself! Lacking the necessary knowledge. Perhaps others can.
Re preparedness for future pandemics, this is the first truly global one for a century, so it seems a different kind of beast from others like SARS. The amount of government and scientific effort being thrown at it is huge, as is the disruption to voters. So it seems to me that voters won’t quickly forget it, and will urge governments to ensure it doesn’t happen again, which will force them to show they are making serious preparations against future ones.
Indeed analysing how these things have been dealt with in the past would be interesting, but it’s beyond me to do this myself! Lacking the necessary knowledge. Perhaps others can.
Re preparedness for future pandemics, this is the first truly global one for a century, so it seems a different kind of beast from others like SARS. The amount of government and scientific effort being thrown at it is huge, as is the disruption to voters. So it seems to me that voters won’t quickly forget it, and will urge governments to ensure it doesn’t happen again, which will force them to show they are making serious preparations against future ones.