Sixty seconds on . . . a covid-19 inquiry

That’s what Prime Minister Boris Johnson said when he committed last July to an independent inquiry.1 Such a thing would be “an irresponsible diversion” while the pandemic continues, he recently reiterated.2 So polling suggests,3 but formal inquiries take years. Calls for a quick review, from medical journals,4 the BMA and royal colleges,5 and bereaved families, have gone unheeded, however. I don’t know. Norway and Sweden have started inquiries.6 Scotland …