Originally Posted by
GoldfishMan
This goes back to my argument that they never got the right Patient Zero in the first place. It explains why the contact tracing hasn't worked. Well, it has worked only for us to follow the virus, not to stay ahead of it. The Gov must be having a sinking realisation as well, hence the panic mode body language from them now.
In hindsight, it was really really crucial for them to get Patient Zero right, but they didn't really focus on it did they?
It just broke down into a chaotic episode of finger pointing and police investigations resulting in "nah, we can't be sure he's the one". That was all that came out of it!