Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
But some people, including some in the media, are claiming that the UK government should have had a stockpile of PPE just in case of such and emergency. Shirley by the same token private health care providers should also have had such a stockpile? They are paid generous sums to take care of their clients.

At another angle I have no idea, nor have I seen it mentioned, what the shelf life of some of these items of PPE might be. It's a bit like snow ploughs, they are expensive and for long periods sit in a yard unused but when we have a snowfall eveyone is complaining that the authorities don't have enough. Its a difficult balance.
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