Not yet time for a public inquiry into UK’s response to covid-19

Now is not the time for an inquiry into the response to covid-19.1 There are too many unknowns to draw conclusions. In response to the five points suggested by McKee and colleagues for scrutiny:

1. Acute clinicians weren’t included in discussions—why? Covid-19 kills people; local government leaders are unlikely to be able to contribute to the clinical discussion of how to stop this

2. Procurement review must be set in context with other countries’ experiences. Mechanical ventilation is unhelpful in many cases (because the alveolar epithelium …