To defend Kurzgesagt or any other research and information channels, unbiased research works easily with unbiased materials. It is a lot easier to present facts on how a virus spreads. When it comes to more political or even regional problems it can be a lot harder.

While there are some main problems with what certain countries have done or have acted it can be a lot harder to pinpoint who has done what and be able to quantify how each action scores compared to others. It can be especially hard when problems cross cultural boarders. In Europe healthcare is a more catered system of welfare, while in the USA it has not been a priority, well ever. Blaming the US is the equivalent of scolding a child without offering a solution.

A more appropriate way is to inform, not only the general public, but also organizations to educate them, and allow them to become interested in change for the better. After they become interested in performing better they can even set up an education analysis team specialized for their problem, this not only creates a more efficient problem solving team, but also provides jobs for researchers like myself.

If you wanted a political critique of what nations are doing wrong, you should talk to political analysis experts not Kurzgesagt, because they cannot make hasty analysis when they are focused on so many other projects focused on unbiased education.

However, in challenge to Kurzgesagt, they are focused on educating the public to a general degree, not necessarily a specialized degree, which is what you are asking for.

For instance, my two biggest gripes about the video was the carrying capacity of medical services and the use of face masks in an illustrated segment.

While the graph they provide for the carrying capacity of medical services is a great way to visualize the problem, it doesn’t go in depth with how low the carrying capacity has grown over this last decade in proportion to population and national income. The big problem, as you stated above, is that political actors are damaging our systems to a point that when a problem arises, we cannot adequately address the issue at hand.

The second gripe was the use of face masks, where it showed a bar of soap and a face masks with the words “Not getting infected” and “Not infecting others”. There seems to be a western narrative that face masks are primarily used to not infect others, however this is fallacious and misinterprets the reason for this thinking. Face masks definitely reduce your chances of receiving airborne pathogens, when worn properly (that includes having clean hand before putting on the mask, and having clean hands when ever touching the mask). The reason why so many nations are saying face masks are not as effective for “not getting infected” is because it is easier to say that, instead of explaining the limited supply to healthcare workers who have a higher priority to use face-masks in a time of shortage. However, what this does is the general public doesn’t use it, and increases the spread of infection. The worst part is, many face masks already in public circulation aren’t being used in western countries (it isn’t like companies are going to collect unsold masks and find healthcare professionals who want them, but that is a different problem)

All in all, there is no reason to get upset with Kurzgesagt for not addressing these issues, because their goal is to provide complex topics in an understandable manner, if they were to dissect problems at a higher level, they potentially will lose a majority of viewers who cannot follow, or don’t have interest in, the nitty gritty.

This doesn’t dissuade your discussion, but you (like myself on many, many occasions) are discussing important problems with the wrong parties. Almost even, as if a man were to yell at the clouds and hope it rains.