The Lancet
July 2 2020
https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2604
i.e. in total control of the information and will shove any policies down the throats of any local authority. And it's an intelligence-led operation [as with phoney terrorism, becauseIt will provide independent, real time national and local analysis of infections, and will advise the government on how to respond to infection spikes, such as by closing workplaces.1 It will also look for clusters associated with particular parts of the economy, such as pubs.
It will build on the UK’s public health infrastructure and surveillance network—including the NHS Test and Trace programme, Public Health England, the devolved public health agencies, and researchers—to understand the covid-19 threat at any given time. It is primarily for England; its relationship with the devolved administrations has not been agreed.
It is modelled on the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, established in 2003, which advises the government on the appropriate terrorism threat level. A key role of the Joint Biosecurity Centre will be advising the chief medical officers across the UK on the appropriate covid-19 alert level.3
yes, our favourite "resilience" word. ... the loving benevolent state protecting its idiot voters.Clare Gardiner, director of national resilience and strategy at the National Cyber Security Centre (part of GCHQ),has been seconded as director general to set it up
[quoteA longer term role will be considered **. This will be strongly influenced by the fallout from the post-pandemic reviews. Comment in media outlets such as the Telegraph and elsewhere indicates that Public Health England will be lined up by the government for a lot of the blame, perhaps partly on the grounds that it lost its focus on infectious diseases in favour of lifestyle illnesses ***[/quote]
** Sure it will be here to stay in the total control new order.
*** i.e. real illnesses and diseases unlike Covid-19.
[UK Column has discussed this sinister twist to the Covid control plan in various videos]