Covid inquiries

We are at present suffering through the UK Covid Inquiry while by all accounts several strains of the disease are still running rampant throughout the country.

The general public don’t know this, of course, because no one is on TV daily to tell us thatitisandwhatweneedtodo to stay safe and protect the vulnerable. In fact, the very basis of the Covid Inquiry should be to investigate how well we were prepared to cope with the onset of a killer virus, the benefits of the various actions taken and advice so we can be prepared for a similar event in the future.

No doubt there are large numbers of the public titillated by the shortcomings of our leaders shown up by those giving evidence. A further large number are aghast at the failure of the Inquiry to focus on what should be its main purpose – information. I still don’t know for certain whether the virus is spread through air droplets spread through coughing, by physical contact with an individual currently infected or by contact with a surface, for example a door handle that carries infection due to the poor hygiene of others – or indeed, all of these.

Is the current Covid Inquiry going to delve into this or do we assume that the actions advised, such as stay at home, avoid meeting in large numbers etc were the correct actions and they kept us all safe. Patently the number of deaths and subsequent spikes in cancer and other illness requiring hospitalisation, let alone the negative impact on the economy, suggest that these actions were not sensible for the country as a whole or the public at large.

So, where do we go from here? The present Covid Inquiry suggests we will muddle through as we always do.

A Lewis Coylton, Ayrshire