The goal of any inquiry is to learn lessons so a similar calamity can be averted.
So it seems oddly short-sighted that the Covid Inquiry is refusing to examine the origins of the pandemic.
When Michael Gove pointed out that the Government was unprepared because the virus was so unusual – and possibly man-made – he was shut down by Sir Hugo Keith KC who said the issue was divisive and “not part of the terms of reference” of the inquiry.
