This was not a conspiracy, and most of it wasn't even really a failure. … Yes, our health-care systems could have been better prepared with larger stockpiles of masks, more ventilators, more beds, and more nurses. … But that wouldn't have changed the underlying problem, which was that it takes time to understand a novel virus. … Time to do research before serious scientists will make claims about the best course of action.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 604