Unlike other witnesses, including officials, politicians and scientists, Matt Hancock was willing to carry the can 🔎 Analysis by janemerrick23
Is it fair that his efforts back then are clouded by what he did in his personal life later on?, he said he was sorry for “each death” linked to Covid in the UK – a toll that exceeds 225,000.
The inquiry has heard a lot about problems with the system – rather than individuals – including the spaghetti-like structures of contingency planning, a tendency towards groupthink and an apparently institutionalised focus on flu rather than a novel virus.
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