Would Bayesian approaches improve COVID-19 forecasts?

Modelling for the pandemic has shown that this debate should still be front and center. The frequentists are mostly in the spotlight advising world leaders. If you listen close you will hear a common refrain'we just need more data.' This is, of course, the age-old problem of statistical significance. However, today, we aren't in a harmless lab study, these data are only realized through death.