What did we learn:
- Closing all the schools for such a long time was not good for children's mental health and and education in general.
- We needed many more supplies in the National stockpile than what we had. Offshoring the manufacture of products saves money, but at what cost when there is a surge?
- Vaccines save lives, and anti-viral medications are also important.
- A "non-centralized" healthcare system like ours has it limitations when it comes to collecting data that can be analyzed to help with quick reaction strategies. Israel and England both did much better.
- Lastly, and most importantly—communications are critical and how we communicate to the public is key to much of the success or trouble we might experience. It was the key failure here in the United States as multiple messages, fed by disinformation and conflicting political messaging cost people their lives. It was not our proudest moment.
