Ya, tell that to all people who can no longer get home insurance or a mortgage because insurance companies have pulled out of areas that have become much riskier to insure because of more severe weather. Insurance companies look at nothing but risk, ideology or politics don't matter.
Then why is real estate included in GDP by sector, genius? 11 year old homes are selling at 150% more than the original price. That increase is included in our GDP even though they haven't produced a damn thing in 11 years except maybe what has been spend on renovations during that time.
Why are you so damn insecure that you can't respond to anyone without an insult?
Real Estate is by far the biggest component of our GDP. Dept to GDP has nothing to do with productivity.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/594293/gross-domestic-product-of-canada-by-industry-monthly/
In the 11 years I have owned my present residence it has appreciated 150%. That's a hell of an increase in GDP but it is the same house only 11 years older.
Because in both cases we were experiencing something completely new and didn't know what the ramifications could be.
What would have been your measure of success?
How do you know it wasn't there, it depended on the programs they were using. Because the actions that were taken were effective, that doesn't mean they weren't necessary. Same goes for Covid.
You didn't need to do anything to your home computers because your operating system had been updated by its maker.