The @Conservatives were warned for years about the risk of a novel virus yet did nothing to prepare the UK for what was known to be a high national security risk. This Thread brings together the documents and exercise's that no10 had at their disposal.
#OperationWinterWillow
In 2007 the UK held a pandemic exercise that predated #OperationCygnus code named Winter willow, which put in place everything needed for a #coronavirusuk outbreak! Austerity depleted #PPE EX, Cygnus only exposed how badly!
UK Influenza strategy
UK Influenza Framework
Macroeconomic Impact report
2008, Warnings on PPE during a pandemic situation. journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-…
2006 "The World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international organisations have recently warned that influenza (flu) pandemic is ‘inevitable’." egfl.org.uk/sites/default/…
2007 The pandemic will come in waves. thorax.bmj.com/content/thorax…
2015, pandemic planning warning "vulnerable people will be more susceptible to infection". haringey.gov.uk/sites/haringey…
Pandemic Influenza Strategic Framework, This is what
@PHE_uk
should have been planning for. #coronavirusuk assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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. archive.is/20200418182037…
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