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the-covid-19-oxygen-crisis-how-did-we-get-here-part-9-will-we-be-pandemic-prepared-in-future

The Covid-19 oxygen crisis: How did we get here? Part 9. Will we be pandemic-prepared in future?

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Across the previous eight parts of this series, we have explored the various constructs at play in the global response to the outbreak of Covid-19 and as it developed into a true pandemic, the dire shortages of medical oxygen that have been witnessed around the world – in advanced and developing economies alike.

The consensus across the series is that we were clearly unprepared to deal with the pandemic; a WHO-commissioned report has decisively concluded as much. We were also lacking in oxygen supply chain preparedness, for a variety of reasons; not only is there visible and tragic evidence to support this, there are informed comments on record to suggest that too. 

All of which begs the question, if we were woefully unprepared for this pandemic, how pandemic-prepared will we be going forward? 

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