Johnson ‘ignored’ plan to tackle deadly Covid variants

[Bulletguy]

 

Further evidence of Johnsons government putting public lives at unnecessary risk over the pandemic.

 

A former head of the vaccine taskforce has told how Johnson ignored his plan to prepare Britain for the emergence of vaccine-resistant Covid variants.

 

With the government announcing on Saturday that the first UK cases of the Omicron variant had been detected, the former head of the government’s vaccine taskforce said he could see no evidence that his blueprint for tackling the most worrying variants – submitted in the spring – had been acted upon.

 

In an interview with the Observer, Clive Dix, a leading figure in drug development who chaired the taskforce until April, said that he believed the UK was no longer “on the front foot” in tackling the pandemic.

 

“I wrote a very specific proposal on what we should put in place right now for the emergence of any new virus that escaped the vaccine,” he said. “That was written and handed into the [vaccine taskforce] at the end of April when I left. I haven’t seen a sign of any of those activities yet.

 

“I sent a note to No 10 [in May] saying I think this is still an emergency and it should be dealt with urgently – and I want it on public record that you’ve got my proposal. But I didn’t even get a response to that. I prodded the government and said, ‘What’s going on, because we need to do this’. I don’t see any of that going on.”

 

He added: “I think it’s time to ask the vaccine taskforce and the government, what is your plan for an escape variant? What is your plan for resilience for the future? Let’s see it because I think the country needs to know.”

 

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[John52]

Only thing that seems to get the Government interested is when there's money for the taking promoting useless PPE etc. Have we managed to find out were our money has gone yet *-)

[John52]

Only thing that seems to get the Government interested is when there's money for the taking promoting useless PPE etc. Have we managed to find out were our money has gone yet *-)

[Bulletguy]

John52 - 2021-11-29 8:00 AM

 

Only thing that seems to get the Government interested is when there's money for the taking promoting useless PPE etc. Have we managed to find out were our money has gone yet *-)

The GLP has been on the case and is a constant thorn in Johnsons side;

 

https://goodlawproject.org/case/procurement-case/

 

https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-urgent-hearing/

 

https://goodlawproject.org/news/gov-publishes-40-ppe-contracts/

 

https://goodlawproject.org/