A thread on the political decision making model during times of crisis. A lot of talk at the moment about Government's taking and following medical advice etc. This advice based model is by far the best model of decision making available to Nations in a time of major crisis.

But important to be realistic about what this means, and what recent experiences in Europe & the U.S can teach us about the limitations, and vulnerabilities, of this advice lead system in an environment of exponential growth.

Firstly all decisions are still being made through the political system, even with a massive increase in the roll of medical advice etc. This will never change, and it shouldn't. We elect our leaders, and they should be the final decision makers.