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UK's early Covid response was a failure, report says - BBC News
The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the worst ever public health failures, a report by MPs says. The government's approach - backed by its scientists - was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve "herd immunity" by infection, it said. This led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown which cost lives. But the report said there had been successes too - in particular the vaccination programme, which was described as "one of the most effective initiatives in UK history". Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Covid #coronavirus #BBCNews
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The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the worst ever public health failures, a report by MPs says. The government's approach - backed by its scientists - was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve "herd immunity" by infection, it said. This led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown which cost lives. But the report said there had been successes too - in particular the vaccination programme, which was described as "one of the most effective initiatives in UK history". Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Covid #coronavirus #BBCNews
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