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#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
#operationcygnus #CygnusReport https://cf-particle-html.eip.telegraph.co.uk/ff2c9db9-39e5-4361-9370-764a661cf4f8.html?ref=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/28/exercise-cygnus-uncovered-pandemic-warnings-buried-government/&title=Exercise%20Cygnus%20uncovered:%20the%20pandemic%20warnings%20buried%20by%20the%20government%C2%A0%20%C2%A0
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213268/UK-Pandemic-Influenza-Communications-Strategy-2012.pdf UK Influenza strategy 2012
https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/london_pan_flu_framework_v7_may_2018_0.pdf Pandemic framework.
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
2007 The pandemic will come in waves. https://thorax.bmj.com/content/thoraxjnl/62/suppl_1/1.full.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
Pandemic Influenza Strategic Framework, This is what
@PHE_uk
should have been planning for. #coronavirusuk https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/344696/PI_Strategic_Framework_13_Aug.pdf
@PHE_uk
should have been planning for. #coronavirusuk https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/344696/PI_Strategic_Framework_13_Aug.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
