look at countries like south korea and taiwan, which had a very different assumption about the effectiveness of quarantine. there was a shared assumption that herd immunity was inevitably going to be the only way you contained a virus because it had spread like wildfire. the inquiry hears the preparations in uk did not include plans for a national lockdown of the closing of schools and businesses for any serious length of time. this evening. serious length of time. this evening. i serious length of time. this evening, i must serious length of time. this evening, i must give - serious length of time. this evening, i must give the . serious length of time. ti 3 evening, i must give the british people are very simple instruction. he must stay at home. catherine hammond was the director of the cabinet office unit in charge of emergency planning in 2020. mars emergency planning in 2020. was there an emergency planning in 2020. there any consideration of full, national lockdowns? his
you so much. this week, the first phase of the covid inquiry, heard from its final witness. our health reporter, jim reed looks back at the six weeks of testimony, examining how prepared the uk was before the pandemic hit. i m profoundly sorry for each death that has occurred. raymond mabee. marlene mabee. trevor cook. for some it will be hard to take that apology from me. i understand that, i get it. scum! the covid pandemic shook the world. it wasn t just the deaths, it was the way they died. it was horrible. the inquiry looks back at the uk s response. there was a shared assumption that herd immunity was the only way to maintain herd immunity was the only way to maintain a
herd immunity was the only way to maintain a virus that spread like wildfire we are living in an age which is going to have more frequent and more common pandemics. politicians, civil servants, scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. i swear by almighty god. sincerely and truly i declare and affirm. that the evidence i shall give. shall be the truth. the whole truth. nothing but the truth. coming up are the key things we learnt from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared? the inquiry is set to last for years, but it s broken down into different sections. there s so many different ways to express different opinions, why do we have to have personal abuse? baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. throughout, the questioning is led
over the question is, what else we do over and the question is, what else we do over and above that. i believe that if we over and above that. i believe that if we prepared well for flu, we should if we prepared well for flu, we should be if we prepared well for flu, we should be able to pivot, pretty effectively, and we cannot prepare for everything. effectively, and we cannot prepare for everything- for everything. some terms keep cominu for everything. some terms keep coming up for everything. some terms keep coming up throughout for everything. some terms keep coming up throughout this - for everything. some terms keep. coming up throughout this inquiry. sickness and alice were both government exercises to role play a future pandemic. a review look back at the 2009 swine flu outbreak and the lessons learned from that and the lessons learned from that and the 2011 preparedness plan was a big government strategy to look at a possible pandemic flu brake. despite recommen
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