Thread by @LittleGravitas

.@michaelgove said on #PPE, responding to @PeteWishart:

"The stockpile that we had before this pandemic was explicitly designed in acc with the advice from... #NERVTAG, and ofc it was specifically for a 'flu pandemic..."

This does not accord with #Panorama last night.

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@michaelgove @PeteWishart For clarity, this is how the Guardian live feed today reports @michaelgove's comments ⤵

@michaelgove @PeteWishart PS: I hope @michaelgove (and @jeremy_hunt, on whose watch it was) are absolutely bricking it, when they think of the likely findings of the eventual judge-led public enquiry on #coronavirusuk and on the (non-)provision of #PPE.

@michaelgove @PeteWishart @Jeremy_Hunt PPS:

The Independent has this comment from a spokesperson for @jeremy_hunt, on post-Cygnus (non-)provision of (adequate) #PPE.

"“Jeremy does not believe he was personally involved in decisions about PPE for NHS staff.”

Hunt was HEALTH SEC from '12-'18.

bit.ly/3cYnM9k

@michaelgove @PeteWishart @Jeremy_Hunt PPPS:

Even if @michaelgove were right, that (post-Cygnus) #PPE was stockpiled, as for a 'flu pandemic:

That doesn't cut it.

'Flu pandemics require PPE to this standard ⤵.

Either #Panorama has got it wrong, or Gove is misdirecting.

Hard call...

[h/t

https://twitter.com/oldmanbigkid/status/1255156967695249411

@michaelgove @PeteWishart @Jeremy_Hunt Finally, is it hubristic to unroll one's own thread?

It's here, anyway:

bit.ly/2KGfU0r