In the case of COVID 19 it was very necessary for

In the case of COVID 19 it was very necessary for the government to be deeply involved in every phase this was unprecedented and a lot of sickness and death and beside the vaccine would have taken several more years to develop plus all the normal checks and balances needed. Yes, it was all about trying to save lives and of course we have several ideas on why or why not plus people may die or become sick or sicker from new viruses and new drug application. We gotta try and do our best involving a happen medium of the pros and cons. I recall when I did do the 5 day Paxlovid doses I thought should I or should I not. I weighed my health coupled with age and thought I really don't want to get sicker or die but death wasn't a worry. It was am I doing the right thing to my body and do I want to risk an unknown about what the Paxlovid will do to me. My wife caught the virus after me and told her I'm OK either way life or death but she must make her own decision on these drugs as with the flu as with any drug you take you just never know.