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"While Britain’s pandemic plan assumes a new virus will be unstoppable, Asian countries focused on containment in a bid to minimise mortality " telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
The epic failure of Western countries was already in the making for a long time. It is not only due to undecided political leaders, but also due to a deficient epidemiological knowledge base with which experts have cognitively framed the pandemic in the crucial first 2-3 month.
The same holds true for the a 2013 German pandemic scenario developed for the Parliament dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/1… Nowhere does it feature the idea that suppression/containment should be a priority or even could be a viable strategic option.
Germany's tabloid @BILD reports that by now 94% of all infections in Berlin are untraceable. Local health administrations often do lack (after obviously useless months of preparation) basic software and data processing tools bild.de/politik/2020/p…
Looking at the rising positive share of tests, #Covid19 is out of control. And yet, it is still not the top priority for authorities to mobilize resources and keep health agencies from collapsing and improve their speed and efficiency in coping with rising numbers infections
Now, we are in the middle of an escalating epidemic situation that was of course utterly unpredictable 😱 t-online.de/gesundheit/kra…
