Sir, – Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that he underestimated the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic (World, December 6th), which prompts me to raise a question. What happened to the review of the Covid-19 response in Ireland?
Mr Johnson stated that he was challenged over the slow response to the unfolding crises, and ministers should have twigged. In his justification, Mr Johnson claimed that a corona virus pandemic was outside his living experience. A Covid-19 pandemic response inquiry in Ireland should not be seen as a witch-hunt, but rather as a contribution to managing the next pandemic, which may lie further down the line. – Yours, etc,
Dr SEAMUS COWMAN,
Professor Emeritus,
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RCSI University
of Medicine and
Health Sciences,
Dublin 2.