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Originally Posted by Chris
On the contrary, the fact that the UK had assumed the pandemic would be caused by flu hampered us in the early stages of the pandemic. Covid and flu are both respiratory tract infections but they are quite different in what they do and how they are treated.
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Being prepared in terms of methods of transmission and behaviour of people WERE applicable. Studies on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS) were included. Spreading on cruise ships was highlighted.
Completely impossible to predict how people would need to be treated, eg need for ventilators.
The FACT of the matter is that we were
independently judged to be better prepared than the majority of other countries.