Lockdown Cost Thousands News Today

To stop covid spreading early in the pandemic. they said the governments approach — backed by its scientists — was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection. the report says the delay in introducing the first lockdown cost thousands of lives, many of them elderly and vulnerable people in care homes. there was also criticism of "light—touch border controls" only on countries with high covid rates. the start of the nhs test and trace system was "slow, un...

Despite the fact the groupthink was fatalistic and flawed. the crisis exposed "major deficiencies in the machinery of government", with public bodies unable to share vital information and scientific advice impaired by a lack of transparency. the report says the delay in introducing the first lockdown cost thousands of lives, many of them elderly and vulnerable people in care homes. the start of the test and trace system was "slow, uncertain, often chaotic". and there were "unacceptably high" dea...