A global pandemic requires a global response. The good news is that we already have many mechanisms in place to collaborate on an international level. Now is the time to use them.

The real lesson to be learned from our botched response to COVID-19 is that giving the government control of the entire health‐​care system would be an enormous mistake.

There are many good reasons for deregulation. One of them is that it bolsters resilience when systems are asked to cope with complex new perils.