A House of Representatives select subcommittee just released an evaluation of the COVID response. There were few hard conclusions, but a lot of lukewarm mush. From Mark Oshinskie at markoshinskie8de.substack.com:
As a Cornell undergrad, I dated a series of Jewish women. This wasn’t deliberate. There were many Jewish women there. As there were then no smart phones or computers, young men and women spent more time face-to-face. They got to know and sometimes like each other. Stuff happens.
After we’d been an item for a few weeks, one of these women told me that she wanted to bring me home for her family’s Passover Seder, which was many months away. Though an existentialist and not religiously observant, she spoke enthusiastically about this annual ritual. It sounded interesting. I said I’d be happy to come along.
A few months later, we had a pitched argument about the nature of our relationship and what we didn’t like about each other. As she was walking away, I called out, “I guess this means I’m not invited to the Seder.”
She turned around, frowned sharply, waved her hand disgustedly, turned back around and resumed walking.
Often, people miss the point. Sometimes I do, too. Though on that occasion, I did so intentionally.
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In its Covid post-mortem, Congress also intentionally misses the point.
After supposedly hearing from hundreds of witnesses, reading thousands of documents, listening to thousands of interviews and taking much testimony, the US House of Representatives’ Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic recently released a 520-page (large type, extensively footnoted) document entitled After Action Review of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward. While I don’t closely follow the media, it seems that this report hasn’t received much media attention. Focus has shifted to drones and corporate executive executions.
So Congress investigated itself and its cronies and wrote a limp-wristed report about what they found (as long as it didn’t blame anyone important) and then patted themselves on the back for a job well done and went home to enjoy their grift.
Until there are independent tribunals set up to investigate and prosecute those who have betrayed their country, nothing will change. Nothing.