Covid-19 and the Stiff Upper Lip — The Pandemic Response in the United Kingdom

Throughout the past few weeks, the U.K. mantra regarding Covid-19 has been “we will act at the appropriate time according to the science.” Though experts have been pushing the panic button, the alarm, if heard, was not acted on publicly until the third week of March.

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Published inNew England Journal of Medicine Vol. 382; no. 16; p. e31
Main Author Hunter, David J
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 16.04.2020
Subjects
Advisors
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Hospital Bed Capacity - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infectious diseases
Masks
Older people
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Press conferences
Rugby
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social Behavior
Social distancing
State Medicine
Time Factors
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
United Kingdom > UK
Wales
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Summary:Throughout the past few weeks, the U.K. mantra regarding Covid-19 has been “we will act at the appropriate time according to the science.” Though experts have been pushing the panic button, the alarm, if heard, was not acted on publicly until the third week of March.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp2005755