Nobody can say that the pandemic hit us out of nowhere, that we didn't have time to prepare for it.
Almost a decade ago, the Robert Koch Institute presented a scenario which almost presciently indicated that a pandemic with a representative of the coronavirus class would come our way.
Has the political elite dealt with the problem? Was the Ministry of Health prepared? Has provision been made for the worst-case scenario? The devastating answer is: in no way! In the short-winded, survey-driven political business, the existential needs of the citizens fell by the wayside.