Let’s Demand a Covid Mea Culpa

The pandemic measures that closed businesses, churches, and, worst of all, schools had serious costs and caused real damage. We as a country cannot and should not allow our leaders to escape blame for their failures. As I wrote last week:

I am not necessarily calling for punishment for these mistakes. Some were honest mistakes, made at the height of a pandemic where no one really knew the right course of action. Others were more nefarious, and less scientifically defendable, such as the long closure of schools based on little or no data. But before we can accept and move on from the failures of our elected leaders, they must be called to account.