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Devi Sridhar

Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say

The Covid memorial wall in London
‘The UK government took the worst path, leading to tens of thousands of deaths and a draconian lockdown.’ Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Shutterstock

It feels as though a collective amnesia has set in around Covid-19. We all just want to move forward and pretend it didn’t happen. But, as the saying goes, those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

On 20 April 2020 I tweeted, “At what point will the British public realise what has happened over the past 9 weeks?” On Thursday, the Covid inquiry published its module 2 report on the political response to the pandemic. The answer finally to my tweet, more than five years later.

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