@globalhlthtwit @Johnrashton47 @AllysonPollock @profhelenward @richardhorton1 @GabrielScally @devisridhar The situation is pretty obvious.
They lacked capacity, and lacked the imagination to go to big molecular labs for help, or to take on staff for proper contact tracing. Their plan was superficial and not calibrated for a more major or lethal pandemic.
They lacked capacity, and lacked the imagination to go to big molecular labs for help, or to take on staff for proper contact tracing. Their plan was superficial and not calibrated for a more major or lethal pandemic.
@globalhlthtwit @Johnrashton47 @AllysonPollock @profhelenward @richardhorton1 @GabrielScally @devisridhar They were put on the back foot by Johnson who 3/2/20 said he thought it was trivial. There is a penchant for pseudoscience in govt, and an instinctive distrust of experts. Groupthink was inevitable.
There was a poverty of real data because 111 took a week to test
There was a poverty of real data because 111 took a week to test
@globalhlthtwit @Johnrashton47 @AllysonPollock @profhelenward @richardhorton1 @GabrielScally @devisridhar People don’t realise expertise is quite subtle and fragile.
You either need a lot of courage or you need to feel very safe to stick your head above the parapet and say something unpopular. And in a pandemic the decisions are huge.
You either need a lot of courage or you need to feel very safe to stick your head above the parapet and say something unpopular. And in a pandemic the decisions are huge.
@globalhlthtwit @Johnrashton47 @AllysonPollock @profhelenward @richardhorton1 @GabrielScally @devisridhar 111 also never tested people who didn’t have a known Wuhan/Italy contact - ludicrous.
