This presupposes the US has the capacity to execute a rational plan, hence the emphasis on the will. But why do you believe that is so? The only thing that has been done right was funding for the vaccines, and this required virtually zero mobilization of a competent bureaucracy. Nothing else has been competently handled. Have you considered the possibility that the US and the UK and many other OECD countries simply no longer have the capacity to execute a rational plan?
This presupposes the US has the capacity to execute a rational plan, hence the emphasis on the will. But why do you believe that is so? The only thing that has been done right was funding for the vaccines, and this required virtually zero mobilization of a competent bureaucracy. Nothing else has been competently handled. Have you considered the possibility that the US and the UK and many other OECD countries simply no longer have the capacity to execute a rational plan?