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The Covid Inquiry is a case study in how not to learn lessons

9 December 2023

9:00 AM

9 December 2023

9:00 AM

Two years ago, a new strain of Covid emerged and with it came calls for a Christmas lockdown. The Omicron variant was said to spread far faster than previous iterations of the virus and Imperial’s Neil Ferguson warned that it was no less deadly. The call for lockdown began and Britain came very close to implementing it.

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