COVID-19: How WHO Inaction in February 2020 Contributed to a Global Disaster

Its been a couple of weeks since I penned Economic Depression and in that I eluded to the idea that a global strategy may have helped saved lives and the economy from a shock that will take years to fully recover from. I still think this is the case and if anything, the ongoing sagaContinue reading “COVID-19: How WHO Inaction in February 2020 Contributed to a Global Disaster”

COVID-19: Jeremy Hunt is trying to save face for Operation Cygnus (and even tries to blame Labour)

Writer’s Note 10th May – The Guardian published the report a day or so after I wrote this piece, so perhaps Jeremy Hunt knew what was coming! I’ve started a few pieces on the response from government and how the US retreat from world is bad news for the rest of us, however I’ve mentionedContinue reading “COVID-19: Jeremy Hunt is trying to save face for Operation Cygnus (and even tries to blame Labour)”

COVID-19 and Economic Depression – An Historical Parallel and the International Stage

Please follow me at @OptsofPolts on Twitter! Regardless of where you sit on the political fence, COVID-19 was an accident waiting to happen. It goes without saying, not much has been learned from SARS, Swine Flu and MERS. From a UK perspective it makes you wonder what we have been doing since 2003 – especiallyContinue reading “COVID-19 and Economic Depression – An Historical Parallel and the International Stage”