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https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/how-did-we-get-covid-so-disastrously-wrong/>
"The Covid Inquiry is uncovering distressing evidence of how politicians and
civil servants behaved during the pandemic. But equally important is the
question of what explanations policymakers and health professionals were
giving, and what they were telling the public to do. A new paper in the
British Medical Journal explores this question. Its conclusions are alarming:
that people died because neoliberal ideology and bad science had become
embedded in public policy.
The paper, by academics from Oxford, Brunel and Plymouth Universities, and led
by Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, describes the history of the policy and
scientific response to the pandemic, and attempts an explanation of why the
UK’s response was so poor."
Note that much of this also applies to other countries with neoliberal
governments.
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: November 9, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-92570484
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
