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> Another issue he identified was the scattering of authority. It was not clear who was in charge of pandemic planning. Ministers decided policy, but could not hire and fire civil servants or move people who could effectively solve these sorts of issues to where they would be most useful. He said if Bill Gates were put in charge on 1 March, he would find it a nightmare.

It's done very simply in UK, and other countries who share UK's legal system.

A state emergency is declared, and executive fiat starts.

It's absolutely unbelievable that even cadre situation in the field was tied by legal formalities.

UK is a type of a country where you can get half a year no charge detention no questions asked, and they can't fire some nincompoops.