Interesting to see she had a science background. Merkle too has science qualifications and experience and also has people from an engineering background in her senior administration. I have read that several of the leaders or senior decision makers in the Asian countries that have done well also have similar types of background.I hope and pray that they can continue this well.
The coronavirus slayer! How Kerala's rock star health minister helped save it from Covid-19
Laura Spinney
KK Shailaja has been hailed as the reason a state of 35 million people has only lost four to the virus. Here’s how the former teacher did it
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19
This may be just a coincidence but I suspect its not. Its all very well have scientific advisors but if you don't have a maths, science or engineering background you are not going to fully appreciate what these experts are telling you.
I don't know but I wonder if any of our cabinet members have a science or engineering background. The senior members seem to come from law, PR, journalism and business backgrounds. I would think these are not the best backgrounds to be dealing with a pandemic.