bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 14,606 
|
Post by bluetornados on Jul 18, 2024 10:53:16 GMT
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 14,606
|
Post by bluetornados on Jul 18, 2024 11:28:49 GMT
Government ‘failed its citizens’ on Covid by planning for wrong pandemic, report finds..by Dulcie Leeichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/b149/live/c56a8cc0-44f7-11ef-b74c-bb483a802c97.jpgSignificant flaws in UK pandemic preparations meant Covid caused more deaths and economic damage than it should have, the Covid inquiry’s first report says The UK government and devolved nations “failed their citizens” as they planned for the wrong pandemic, the damning report says Covid inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises “groupthink” by scientists and too little challenge by ministers Almost 227,000 people died in the UK from Covid between March 2020 and May 2023, when the World Health Organization declared the end of the "global health emergency"
|
|
|
|
Post by Nobbygas on Jul 18, 2024 11:39:52 GMT
In all fairness, you cannot blame the politicians for this planning failure, neither Labour nor Tory. I have no doubt that what took place was under the instruction of the scientists and health specialists. The politicians (aka the government) were just acting on their advice.
|
|
oldie
Joined: September 2021
Posts: 6,341
|
Post by oldie on Jul 18, 2024 12:21:18 GMT
In all fairness, you cannot blame the politicians for this planning failure, neither Labour nor Tory. I have no doubt that what took place was under the instruction of the scientists and health specialists. The politicians (aka the government) were just acting on their advice. After it broke, but the planning before was a farce |
|
|
|
Post by Nobbygas on Jul 18, 2024 12:32:52 GMT
In all fairness, you cannot blame the politicians for this planning failure, neither Labour nor Tory. I have no doubt that what took place was under the instruction of the scientists and health specialists. The politicians (aka the government) were just acting on their advice. After it broke, but the planning before was a farce Yes, even during the planning. Any action taken would have been under the behest of the scientists and health specialists. They would have been the ones deciding what equipment was stored for possible use in a pandemic, not the politicians. PS - I can't believe I am defending politicians here, but it really was not their fault. |
|
oldie
Joined: September 2021
Posts: 6,341
|
Post by oldie on Jul 18, 2024 14:16:13 GMT
After it broke, but the planning before was a farce Yes, even during the planning. Any action taken would have been under the behest of the scientists and health specialists. They would have been the ones deciding what equipment was stored for possible use in a pandemic, not the politicians. PS - I can't believe I am defending politicians here, but it really was not their fault. I think the reviews of 2010 and 2016 had recommendations that were ignored. |
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 14,606
|
Post by bluetornados on Jul 18, 2024 16:27:07 GMT
UK 'failed citizens' with flawed pandemic plans..by Nick Triggle, Health correspondent.i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/18/12/87490007-13647355-image-a-25_1721302133253.jpgBaroness Hallett said the Government's sole pandemic strategy, from 2011 , was 'virtually abandoned on its first encounter with the pandemic' by then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock.Mr Hancock pictured here giving evidence to the inquiry late last year Significant flaws in the UK’s pandemic planning meant Covid caused more deaths and economic costs than it should have, the first report of the Covid Inquiry says. The 217-page report called for radical reform of the systems, saying the UK government and devolved nations “failed their citizens”. It said the UK planned for the wrong pandemic – a mild one where spread of a new virus was inevitable - and this led to the UK turning to “untested” lockdowns. Part of the blame, it said, was groupthink by scientists and too little challenge from ministers. However, it also pointed out the UK lacked resilience – with high rates of ill-health and public services running close to, if not beyond, capacity. By the end of 2023, 235,000 people had died from Covid. This is the first of at least nine inquiry reports covering everything from political decision-making to vaccines. Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said the UK was “ill-prepared for dealing with a catastrophic emergency, let alone the coronavirus pandemic”. “Never again can a disease be allowed to lead to so many deaths and so much suffering,” she added. Her report makes a series of recommendations, including: Taking responsibility for pandemic planning away from the Department of Health and Social Care, which leads for the UK Creating a ministerial-level body in each nation, chaired by the leader or deputy leader, with responsibility for all types of civil emergency that every department feeds into A new independent body to advise on civil emergencies and assess the state of preparation and resilience, which includes both socio-economic and scientific expertise Three-yearly pandemic response exercises to stress-test plans in place Baroness Hallett said she wants to see her recommendations acted on quickly, with many in place within six months or a year. “The expert evidence suggests it is not a question of if another pandemic will strike, but when," she added.
|
|
