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"The Covid pandemic was a preventable disaster that need not have cost millions
of lives if the world had reacted more quickly, according to an independent
high-level panel, which castigates global leaders and calls for major changes
to bring it to an end and ensure it cannot happen again.
The report of the panel, chaired by the former New Zealand prime minister Helen
Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a former president of Liberia, found “weak
links at every point in the chain”.
It said preparation was inconsistent and underfunded, the alert system too slow
and too meek, while the World Health Organization was underpowered. It
concluded the response had exacerbated inequalities. “Global political
leadership was absent,” the report said."
Via Dewayne Hendricks and Dave Farber.
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
