Well, of course. That's what we're talking about, right? Somebody has to do the long-term planning for emergencies like this one.

I understand that most of us thought it was the government's job to do this long-term planning so individual facilities wouldn't have to, but this article shows that the government failed at that job. Unless we have some reason to think the government wouldn't fail next time, it seems like the only alternative is for private entities to do it.

Private entities don't have to be subject to the market. Someone like Bill Gates or Elon Musk could set up a privately owned company, not publicly traded, that would not be subject to investors' demands for consistent quarterly growth. Matter of fact, maybe that's what Bill Gates should switch his attention to from malaria.

The fact is, a private individual, or a small group of them, can have a longer time horizon than the government does, and a longer time horizon is exactly what is needed for something like this.