The first cases were in china in December within a matter of a week it had spread to other countries, even someone like me who rarely watches the news saw this reported here in the uk, please explain how the government didn't know ? The WHO were reporting at a possible pandemic as early as January by which time there had already been hundreds of deaths & you seriously want me to believe the uk government didn't know ? sorry but thats utter bo**ocks
Ok, let's assumeyou are correct ...how the hell doyou deal with it? It's not a matter of pressing a button and all is well.
Nobody in modern times has had to deal with anything like this. Steps are taken every year in the UK to give the elderly and vulnerable flu jabs, the formula for this changes every year to combat what might be coming our way, it's a 24/7 job trying to stay one step ahead of even a relatively mild infection Compared this stuff which appears to be in a different league and is highly, highly and potentially lethally infectious.
If the UK was hit by a tsunami that wiped out a major city there would be shouts of 'why weren't we prepared?'.
If we were hit by a meteorite that devastated half the country the same would happen.
The fact is that things like the 4000 bed temporary hospital that has been set up in The Exxcel Centre didn't happen by chance - this was and is part of a disaster contingency plan. Other magnificent stuff that is going on is part of a disaster contingency plan.
But, like the rest of us, those in power know what they are doing some of the time, the rest of the time they are reacting and doing their best.
Yes, we might have stockpiled 50,000 ventilators, 200,000,000 face masks and tankers full of anti- bacterial gel. But in reality the world isn't like that. And if we did some would moan it's a waste of money.