Covid lockdown and 20,000 deaths could have been avoided, says damning report

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"The Covid inquiry also found that the then prime minister and his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, presided over a toxic and chaotic culture at the heart of Number 10, which saw the views of women ignored. The report found that more than 20,000 lives could have been saved in England if the lockdown had been implemented just a week earlier than it was in March 2020."

Chaos at the heart of Boris Johnson's government and failure to take Covid seriously led to 23,000 deaths. The then prime minister and his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, presided over a toxic and chaotic culture in Number 10 that saw the views of women ignored. More than 20,000 lives could have been saved in England if lockdown had been implemented just one week earlier in March 2020. All four devolved nations have been accused of acting too little too late as the virus spread across the country. Children were ordered home from school, and families missed the chance to say a final goodbye to dying relatives under the measures introduced in March 2020.

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