#ExerciseCygnus uncovered a major problem with PPE in the UK, The @Conservatives GOV choose to not bulk up stockpiles & instead went for the cheaper option of relying on global supply chains. #Coronavirustruth https://lincolnshire.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s14193/Exercise%20Black%20Swan%20-%20Appendix%20A.pdf
https://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/materials/working_papers/paper431.pdf UK economic impact planing on influenza pandemics.
2008, Warnings on PPE during a pandemic situation. https://journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(08)00376-9/fulltext
2006 "The World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international organisations have recently warned that influenza (flu) pandemic is ‘inevitable’." https://egfl.org.uk/sites/default/files/health_safety/FullGuidance.pdf
2015, pandemic planning warning "vulnerable people will be more susceptible to infection". https://haringey.gov.uk/sites/haringeygovuk/files/haringey_multi-agency_pandemic_influenza_plan_official_v1_issued.pdf
Boris Johnson skipped five Cobra meetings on the #CoronavirusLockdownUK, calls to order protective gear (PPE) were ignored and scientists’ warnings fell on deaf ears. Failings in February may have cost thousands of lives. https://archive.is/20200418182037/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/coronavirus-38-days-when-britain-sleepwalked-into-disaster-hq3b9tlgh#selection-713.0-713.197
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