When I was a teenager my mother made the sweeping statement: " No one any good goes into politics".
50 years later I can see why she said this. In the UK where I am, those in charge of dealing with Covid 19 have made bad decisions right from the (late) start. The UK government appears to consist mainly of people lacking practical knowledge or basic common sense. I think many other countries have managed to elect inept, self-serving fools in much the same way as we in the UK have. Having said all that, perhaps it's also true that the politicians are no different to many of the people they represent.