Insufficient attention has been paid in the mainstream media to the failures of the United Kingdom Government and its advisers in January 2020 which have been followed by tens of thousands of avoidable deaths from Covid-19.
As I have stated elsewhere, the United Kingdom should have closed its borders completely (with narrowly defined and strictly enforced exceptions for drivers of food lorries and similar individuals involved in genuinely essential tasks) on or around 31st January 2020.
See, for example,
The United Kingdom's border should have been closed on 31st January 2020
Such a border closure in January 2020 would have entirely (or almost entirely) prevented entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into the United Kingdom.
One of the questions which I believe a Public Inquiry (and perhaps a Police investigation) will require to explore is whether the prejudice of Chris Whitty against travel restrictions and border closures played a part in the chain of causation of the tens of thousands of avoidable deaths from Covid-19 in the United Kingdom.
Perhaps you were unaware of Professor Whitty's prejudices on this crucial matter.
I refer you to a video of a talk given by Professor Whitty on 10th October 2018 entitled, Prof Chris Whitty: How to Control a Pandemic.
The relevant statements of Professor Whitty are to be found beginning at around 48:45 where he refers to "screening at airports and banning travel, which are utterly useless or as close to utterly useless as makes no difference".
In my view one of the questions that should be put to Professor Whitty by a Public Inquiry and by the Police is what evidence he had for his unqualified claim that "banning travel" was "utterly useless".
In addition, he should be asked what part his prejudice played in the failure of the United Kingdom to close its borders (with the narrowly defined exceptions referred to above) in January 2020.
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