Pandemic Preparedness
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COVID inquiry: the UK government’s pandemic response was often not ‘guided by the science’ – yet now scientists are under fire
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An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.
Stronger democracies have seen fewer excess deaths during COVID.
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The way societies are governed seems to have influenced how they’ve fared in terms of excess deaths during the pandemic. For pandemic preparedness, the public must be able to trust authorities and institutions.