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Originally Posted by Jay Random
How the government should respond to the pandemic is the very definition of a political issue.
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Actually, it isn't. You're conflating the mechanism of representation of populations, the formation of policy, and the influence of opinion on policy of how government operates. Governments make many decisions that are not political in nature all the time. Many large issues in government are resolved without political interference in any shape or form. Healthcare is one of those areas where tens of thousands of decisions are made daily without political interference. Many divisions of government are apolitical and only execute policy. Branches concerned with healthcare are normally apolitical and only execute policy and plans. Considering there is policy on the books as to how to handle pandemic, these divisions of government would be able to respond without politics entering into the equation. The fact that there needs to be debate about the execution of a long standing plan on dealing with pandemic is clear example of "making an issue political" and clear political interference in the response. That is not how most of the government works. Again, most divisions are apolitical and just get the job done. Only where the grandstanding idiots in Washington/Ottawa try to make a name for themselves through a very public means of interference in execution of existing plans does your ideal come to reality.