so they were developing surge capacity in those countries at the same time as they were training their health workers in procedures such as contact tracing. so they appeared to be much better prepared because of what they had learned from the sars outbreaks. the uk and europe didn t see major outbreaks of sars and mers. former health secretary, jeremy hunt, suggests the uk failed to learn the lessons from asia, where fast quarantine and contact tracing then slowed down the spread of covid. this assumption that you can t stop the spread of the virus, i think that was deeply entrenched when covid arrived. we didn t look at countries like south korea and taiwan, which had a very different assumption about the effectiveness of quarantining. so there was a shared assumption that herd immunity was inevitably
that our stockpile that should have lasted for a whole wave didn t. two experts in emergency operations were asked to write a report for the inquiry about the structures in place to better protect the uk from a pandemic. was preparedness for a novel infectious disease pandemic. adequate or inadequate? inadequate had the response strategy puti in place by the united kingdom government been adequately tested in advance of covid 19? in detail, forensic detail, to make sure that the plans worked on the ground, no. the inquiry also hears that some of the communication with central or national governments, both before and during covid, didn t always work brilliantly. sometimes we had no response or communication, and we found out at the same time as the rest
faster rate than our planning assumptions assumed we would. so, actually, we found that our stockpile that should have lasted for a whole wave didn t. two experts in emergency operations were asked to write a report for the inquiry about the structures in place to better protect the uk from a pandemic. was preparedness for a novel infectious disease pandemic. adequate or inadequate? inadequate. had the response strategy puti in place by the united kingdom government been adequately tested in advance of covid 19? in detail, forensic detail, to make sure that the plans worked on the ground, no. the inquiry also hears that some of the communication with central or national governments, both before and during covid, didn t always work brilliantly. sometimes we had no response
in fact, i visited some of those countries during the period after sars and before the current pandemic, and some of those countries had actually established isolation wards with hundreds of beds in their hospitals. so they were developing surge capacity in those countries at the same time as they were training their health workers in procedures such as contact tracing. so they appeared to be much better prepared because of what they had learned from the sars outbreaks. the uk and europe didn t see major outbreaks of sars and mers. former health secretary, jeremy hunt, suggests the uk failed to learn the lessons from asia, where fast quarantine and contact tracing then slowed down the spread of covid. this assumption that you can t stop the spread of the virus, i think that was deeply entrenched when covid arrived. we didn t look at countries like south korea and taiwan, which had a very different assumption about the effectiveness of quarantining.
kong? i believe they had a profound affect on those countries. kong? i believe they had a profound affect on those countries. in i kong? i believe they had a profound affect on those countries. in fact, i affect on those countries. in fact, i visited affect on those countries. in fact, i visited some of those countries in the period i visited some of those countries in the period after sars and before the current the period after sars and before the current pandemic. some of those countries current pandemic. some of those countries established isolation wards countries established isolation wards with hundreds of beds in their hospitals, wards with hundreds of beds in their hospitals, so they were developing surge hospitals, so they were developing surge capacity in those countries at the same surge capacity in those countries at the same time they were training their the same time they were training their health workers in procedures such as their health workers in