See Parkinson's law and this from "Wretchard the Cat":
It seems that many coronavirus deaths were caused because political taboos, bureaucratic fiefdoms and virtue-signaling mandates stood in the way of common sense action. The system was paralyzed by its own rhetoric. To a great extent the bureaucratic empires performed as designed. They used the crises to capture budget increases and inflate their power while carefully avoiding anything politically incorrect. A winning strategy in normal times, a disaster in the present. Even though the press coverage is designed to make one side look stupid it has had the unintended effect of making everyone look imbecilic, including the press itself. Nothing about the people on TV inspires confidence. Nothing.
Parkinson's analysis fits here:
Work expands to fill the time available for its completion
and two later corollaries:
An official wants to multiply work for subordinates, not rivals.
Officials make work for each other.
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