A more honest approach and one that I think the public would be willing to accept. If Macron said what he is reported in that interview to have said, then we’ll done to him.
And mistakes should be expected and bottlenecks and all the rest as it is, as you say, unprecedented. Government machinery is a blunt tool at the best of times.
However, we should also be looking to learn from countries elsewhere, especially South Korea, which has been right on top of this from the start.