> Name a government or public sector institution that lost power during covid.

I honestly think: "Nearly all of them."

We've seen some significant exercise of power, but the underlying legitimacy that gives rise to power is severely eroded. So I am not at all sure that the various institutions have come out of this ahead.

Only in their unification against Russia have I seen an increase in organizational capacity.

For some reason the EPA? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-po...