We flunked this test. I worry about the final exam.
Actually the Covid pandemic was nowhere near the most serious events that could have happened. In a sense it was a relatively lower impact outcome compared to other potential pathogens and it was much less impactful versus a world war or nuclear meltdown. Let’s be honest – this was not an extinction level event.
We have seriously failed this test given the weak coordination, lack of consensus, conspiracy theories, lack of compliance , international bickering and fighting over supplies of vaccines. Had this been a really serious event humanity would have been toast.
Uniting against a common enemy should have been easy. If we failed that with a clear and present danger how can deal the really serious issues like climate change or protecting the oceans that are longer term and far more of an existential crisis for humanity.