Exercise Cygnus uncovered a major problem with PPE in the UK, The @Conservatives GOV choose to not bulk up stock piles & instead went for the cheaper option of relying on global supply chains. #Coronavirustruth this is why our #NHSheroes are dying. lincolnshire.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s141… 
"focus heavy reliance on the voluntary sector"
"tactical body storage solution in the LRF Mass Fatalities and Excess Deaths plan".
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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