My sister worked in infectious disease control at a large hospital. Her department head asked her to write their flu response protocols, so she did. When their state wanted to have flu protocols, they asked around to the hospitals and ended up using her work. When the CDC was writing their national plans, they heavily cited the state’s.
She would have wept — wept! — at the idiocy we’ve brought upon ourselves.
I take some consolation that she never had to see what we’ve done.