Plans by the Many

Dr. Ioannidis, chair in disease prevention at Stanford, thinks that our public health planners lack perspective. They have been working very hard to optimize one small problem, slowing the spread of COVID-19. But have very little consideration for other problems, like preserving livelihoods, continuing medical care, mental health, quality of life or mass starvation.

Even on COVID-19, they are focused on slowing transmission but show no indication they have an end goal in mind. How do we bring this to a close?

FEE relates this to the big and recurring principle raised by Hayek: do we want one plan made by an expert or a thousand plans made by individuals and small groups?