Interesting, but to whom? --- Thanks Maxime for sharing this very interesting analysis from earlier this year. I wonder if the authors will plan for a follow-up, considering a lot more has happened since they published the article.

Which brings me to my next point - who is the intended audience for an article published in BMJ? It seems this would be lost in the sea of academic papers, if it doesn't reach the influencers, in this case the policymakers (at least one author is from WHO!) in countries who need to pay attention to the lessons learnt.

This stands out to me: "We also recognise that Covid-19 task force compositions are not the sole indication of whose voices are included in decision-making. "Governments must recognise the multidimensional effects and needs of society during this Covid-19 crisis and consult more broadly and across disciplines, within health and beyond health, based on a true multisectoral paradigm. More importantly, more transparency is needed regarding who decision-making bodies are listening to as a basis for their decisions. Now more than ever, the voices of those who are at risk of getting left behind need to be heard."

Source author: Vid Nukala Vid.Nukala@gmail.com