The different ways governments have responded to the coronavirus pandemic is quite incredible. Granted, it is a novel virus, but it is not the first. And this is the 21st century, which is to say that humanity has made enormous strides in terms of scientific and technological knowledge. Common sense alone dictates that we behave rationally to deal with the situation, by gathering all available information, adopting evidence-based strategies and policies, and assuring coordination among all countries. While we have witnessed solidarity initiatives in Asia, Europe and Africa, this is not the norm and in any case there is no real international collaboration. In the United States, the response has been an absolute free-for-all, with a president who does not believe in the pandemic and asks people to drink bleach, governors who decide one thing today and something else tomorrow, city mayors who decide something else altogether, politicians who blame each other, and the list goes on. Elsewhe...