Lancet editor attacks UK government for 'catastrophic' handling of Covid-19 pandemic

Richard Horton describes the management of the outbreak as ‘the greatest science policy failure of a generation’

Missed opportunities and appalling misjudgments by the government over its handing of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to the avoidable deaths of thousands of people. That is the stark view of Lancet editor Richard Horton in an interview in the Observer’s New Review this week.

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