Lmst

So we're having a #Measlesoutbreak here in #Alberta, #Canada and, wouldn't you know it, we don't have a #ChiefMedicalOfficer anymore.

For some reason, our #Premier, #DanielleSmith failed to renew the officer's contract OR get a replacement.

I am so SICK of the world drowning in malicious stupidity.

'Lack of [#NHSEngland] #ICUcapacity was ‘political choice’, #ChrisWhitty tells #CovidInquiry – #UK politics live

#ChiefMedicalOfficer #England] tells #Covid19 inquiry that UK had ‘very low’ capacity compared with other wealthy countries'

'The main thing we could do at the beginning, before we understood it slightly better, was to reduce the amount of Covid. If you don’t get Covid, you don’t get #LongCovid.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/sep/26/uk-politics-labour-keir-starmer-un-general-assembly-speech
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy

Amid the drama of the #CovidInquiry, #ChrisWhitty quietly pointed to an important truth. Will anyone listen?

Chris Whitty: Britain’s Covid plans were ‘woefully deficient’ – even for a flu pandemic | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-inquiry-chris-whitty-coronavirus-b2451164.html

#ChrisWhitty says threats to expert advisers during #Covid19 could undermine future #DisasterPlanning – #UK politics live

#ChiefMedicalOfficer