Thread by @SkyNews

Thousands of lives lost, millions more changed - but could and should the pandemic have been handled differently?

From lockdowns 🔓 to schools 📚, we examine the evidence. Follow this thread 👇

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🔓Has the PM been too slow on lockdowns?

The first lockdown announcement came 25 days after the government's scientific advisers issued a warning in private about the potential impact of #COVID19 on the UK
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👵👴Are care homes now safer?

At the height of the crisis, more than 400 care home residents were dying every day with #coronavirus
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💷 Has the government spent its money wisely?

Lockdown paralysed businesses across the country, with staggering sums spent and borrowing pushed up to wartime levels
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📱 Did test and trace miss people?

Sky's @rowlsmanthorpe says the effort has been huge, but the system failed to prevent lockdown – not just once, but twice

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📚What did schools teach us?

Sky's @laurabundock says it seems there was no alternative to closing schools - but asks if classrooms being closed at short notice could have been avoided

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🏥Was the NHS ready for a pandemic?

The pandemic forced hospitals and staff to adapt and change almost overnight. Beds had to be found, treatments postponed, and staff redeployed to new roles

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Here's our interactive timeline of the key events from the pandemic.

You can look behind the scenes and discover what the government knew (and didn't know) about the new coronavirus👇

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Over three nights our special programmes, COVID crisis: Learning the Lessons, will examine the UK's response to the virus.

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