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**Chris** · 31-03-2021, 11:08

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Originally Posted by nomadking

The UK has had plans for more than 10 years.
UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy
In 2019, the UK was judged to be 2nd in the world for being best prepared for a pandemic.
These are the top 10 countries for pandemic preparedness
The UK had tens of millions £ worth of stock held in preparation for a future pandemic.
Covid might not be the flu, but it is a respiratory virus. Similar methods of transmission.

On the contrary, the fact that the UK had assumed the pandemic would be caused by flu hampered us in the early stages of the pandemic. Covid and flu are both respiratory tract infections but they are quite different in what they do and how they are treated.