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#COVIDREPORT
UK'S early Covid response was "one of the most important public health failures" the country has ever experienced, a report by MPS has found. The report says a delay in introducing the first lockdown cost thousands of lives.
@matt_finney76 said: “Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Also assuming that doing things quicker in the same way would be better isn't necessarily correct either. Looking at the whole response beyond one virus would be good too. The actual response has been devastating.”
@e17hero posted: “Germany – Population 83m, 95k deaths. UK – Population 67m, 140k deaths. Maybe we should be talking about foresight rather than hindsight. Germany, with 16 million more people to look after, had 45,000 fewer deaths. That's a football stadium full of extra deaths. What did they do that we didn't?”
@Michael05034991 commented: “The takeaway from this should be that every disaster contingency plan should be published, agreed or disagreed on, stress tested, accurately communicated and followed through before it’s actually needed. Not make it up as you go along.” @indytime67 remarked: “Johnson should be flying back to hand in his resignation.” @Jon_bowen added: “I'd argue that the government mishandling of the start of the pandemic was only the second worst public health failure ever. The worst health failure was their handling of the second wave of the pandemic.”
#ALCOHOL
The introduction of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland had a minimal impact on drinkrelated crime, a new study suggests.
@BAKESY61 said: “It was not introduced to reduce crime. It was introduced as a health measure, to improve the health of the nation and reduce alcohol consumption, and alcoholism. It worked.”
@Ruxton23 posted: “In other words, it’s made no difference. It’s a tax on the poor that goes to wealthy shop owners. Only in Scotland would that be acceptable.”
@lenathehyena commented: “Encouraging the brushing of teeth has minimal impact on teethrelated crime. Bizarre study based on misunderstanding of the legislation.”