I guess we just hope the rehearsal goes well.
There is going to be a lot of bitter argument about “needless vaccinations”, with as I said, hundreds or even thousands of people who are injured or die in this test. A lot of people will refuse for them and their children to be vaccinated, and they are going to be part of the statistics as well.
And the government knows that it is going to be hammered when the actual disease strikes. Desperate and angry people will demand “Why wasn’t more done sooner?”
The truth of the matter is that we really aren’t much better off than we were in 1918, with a few exceptions. So we need to take these exceptions to heart, and try to protect ourselves before we have to defend ourselves, because by then it will be too late.
The first of these exceptions is public hygiene awareness. There was a great campaign to teach the public hygiene during and after World War II, and it will save many lives.
The other big exception is our communications system. Information can get out quickly, and knowledge is half the battle. The Internet allows for the near instant transfer of complex knowledge quickly, around the world. The value of this cannot be overestimated.