UK MPs' fury over Government's decision to order ventilators from China

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There is no miracle cure for COVID-19. This virus doesn't discriminate between British and non-British it affects all.
The UK has so far shown to have the best strategy possible. The only exception has been Germany which already had a huge number of ICU beds.

This is an extract from the full article:
"A source close to the Department for Health admitted that ventilators and PPE had been ordered from China, saying: "We are basically saying that we will take this stuff from wherever we can get it, as quickly as we can get it. We were never just looking at British companies.

"Some UK firms that offered to make ventilators were not able to meet the spec, and we do not want eight or nine different types of machine in the NHS. We need to work with companies that can produce exactly what we want, when we want it."

To hasten the procurement of ventilators and PPE, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced he is waiving import taxes on medical equipment to ensure it gets to frontline health workers as quickly as possible.

NHS suppliers will no longer have to pay customs duty and import VAT on specific medical goods coming from outside the EU, including ventilators, testing kits and PPE."

That is not poor strategy, that is basic procurement. Having contingencies in place to prevent any lapses.

Wasnt UK rooting for herd immunity few weeks back before their PM got sick?

 

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Wasnt UK rooting for herd immunity few weeks back before their PM got sick?

It was at a time when exact data was not present and this was a possible solution. For any model you need data (reliable data) for at least a week to see the trends. Once the data was there they knew the potential death toll they will have on their hands so the route was changed to social distancing and lockdown.
Sweden is going for heard immunity and it might work for them. Who knows at this point, they are all theories and governments around the world are evaluating for all possibilities.