And looking back, would you do Covid the way we did it all over again?

Looking back, and assuming I was in some position of authority, I cannot say.

Why? Because I wouldn’t have the advantage of hindsight. I’d just be one shlub among many shlubs, doing my best to respond to a situation that was evolving hour by hour.

But here’s what I hope I would be guided by- the data. Is something we’re doing working or not working? And even if it’s working, is it beginning to cause it’s own set of issues that were not anticipated?


I think public health officials did the best they could under the circumstances, especially in the early days when a vaccine wasn’t available and they were dealing with the constraints imposed by an administration that was guided more by its own internal political consensus rather than the broader public health consensus.