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If this is supposed to be a 'lessons learned' inquiry which is showing the many failings in preparedness to deal with a pandemic isnt there one glaring ommission from her recommendations?

There should be a system to provide regular simple direct information to the public on::

The progress of the pandemic (numbers infected, illness & deaths)

The risk of being infected ( home, work, school, public gatherings) outdoors) & how to reduce it

What government is and should be being down vacciines, clean air etc

How it is transmitted (airborne not hands)

International advice from @WHO

The potential longer term effects ( long covid, increase in neurological, cardiovascular effects) .

There is a danger that the Inquiry being couched in 'looking back' terms - is reinforcing the widespread but false impression that the covid pandemic is in the past - when @WHO says iin isn't and that 1 in 100 may be infected as of now in the UK, with 5000 covid deaths in 2024.

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