Share this Story: Preston Manning: Protect the most vulnerable first and other lessons from the COVID-19 crisisPreston Manning: Protect the most vulnerable first and other lessons from the COVID-19 crisis Photo by Justin Tang/The Canadian PressArticle content After a year of dealing with COVID-19, it’s clear that the governmental response has left much to be desired. Don’t assign the management of a public emergency to public bureaucracies. Try refreshing your browser, or Preston Manning: Protect the most vulnerable first and other lessons from the COVID-19 crisis Back to video When the COVID-19 crisis began, it was labelled as a “health emergency,” and its management was assigned to government health bureaucracies. But it soon expanded into a “public emergency,” with social, economic, financial and logistical dimensions that go far beyond the expertise of public-health bureaucrats. In future, the initial response to a similar public emergency should not be to protect the entire population, but to protect the most vulnerable.

Source: National Post April 27, 2021 13:14 UTC