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COVID INQUIRY: WHAT DID WE LEARN AND WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER IN FUTURE PANDEMICS?

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“That the UK didn't maintain its stocks of PPE was one of the main drivers of the high mortality rates in health and social care workers”

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One of the hard lessons we learnt over the past four years is that public health relies on us balancing the benefits and harms of any action we might take to reduce the impact

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