With the reorganized and restaffed agencies of the Dept of Health and Human Services (DHHS) firmly in place, and the release of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, now’s a good time to look at the state of play with regard to all things Covid, and the public health establishment, in general, in the United States. 

Almost two years ago, I had written in Brownstone Journal that the entire country (including healthcare providers) could be placed into one of three scenarios regarding the Covid response:

Scenario 1: We handled the pandemic as best we could, given the information we had at the time. The results were less than desired due to the nature of the virus.

Scenario 2: Things didn’t go well because the mitigation modalities put in place (lockdowns, masking, social distancing, and multiple mRNA jabs) were not sufficiently followed and/or enforced. Of note, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry findings are most consistent with this scenario.

Scenario 3: Everything that was done was wrong, and was known to be wrong (and contrary to more than a century of public health policy and practice) when implemented. However, due to geopolitical, economic, and power considerations, it was done anyway.

Back then, I placed the percentage of the population that supported each scenario at 75%, 5%, and 20%, respectively.........

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