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As the old saying goes: "The proof is in the pudding". The eventual regression of this crisis in the months ahead will illustrate who actually did deal with this threat in the best possible way and lessons will be learnt by academics, officials of the WHO, govt officials, medical researchers etc. They will be well rehearsed in facing the next pandemic but ultimately, "Will it be any different"? Taking on a virulent threat, like this prolific one, can only demand a formally recognised systematic process of tackling it in the most effective way possible. I think one of the lessons learnt is one re delaying the appropriate action for too long and not recognising the impending threat in time. Govt officials and medical advisors in Italy would admit that failure when "looking back in hindsight".