> So this is pretty close to my area of expertise.

Oh great, another "expert". Yeah, if only we put you in charge things would've been totally different, right?

I think it's pretty clear by now that the reaction to the disease has been grossly mishandled by the so called "public health experts" which acted against evidence that was already available at the time (children not in serious danger from COVID), or which made up evidence (vaccines stop infection, etc..).

> However, that would have required very decisive/heavy-handed and coordinated action across the world. This did not happen, and so there was no stopping the thing.

Exactly. So whatever you said about stopping the spread is unfeasible in the real world.