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The biggest mistake made at the outset of the pandemic was to discharge people from hospitals into care homes without being tested for coronavirus. As a result, those who were infected with Covid spread the illness to other vulnerable residents, thereby causing thousands of deaths. The High Court has now ruled that the policy was unlawful and led directly to the high number of fatalities in homes. This has considerable political and legal implications.
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