There are certainly better ways for government officials to combat public health crises. Maybe at minimum they should subsidize funerals so no one has to bury their children in macaroni boxes. Planning for emergency response teams and finding volunteers early might also be a good strategy. Government leaders failed here, in just about every way they could fail, but, as terrible as Woodrow Wilson was, I am willing to admit he did have some other issues going on at the time. It’s the journalists I am most disappointed in. Perhaps because,