@dominik · read in 2021
It’s probably too close to reflect properly on it (as I write these words, COVID-19 daily new cases are at an all time peak…. 2 years into the pandemic), but this book tackles the early days of the pandemic and points out how bureaucratic instincts to avoid blame and follow proper procedures ultimately led to failure, over the strident objections of those who wanted to, y’know, actually help stop or at least mitigate the pandemic.