This video explores how the UK government’s COVID-19 PPE procurement resulted in £10 billion of waste - it specifically looks at the human behaviour and psychological biases like Social Proximity and Loss Aversion that allowed well-connected individuals to bypass proper due diligence via these VIP lanes that were later deemed illegal.
It warns that the lack of accountability for this has created a lasting "Trust Tax," where future public projects will be more expensive and prone to corruption because institutional safeguards and public faith have been fundamentally eroded. I particularly want to get across that this is a new take on the WHY behind the PPE scandal, rather than just a retelling of that fact that it was wrong. I am also trying to not get sued. My favourite tagline was WHY THEY LIED & the title was going to be - The Psychology of the UK’s PPE Scandal
But I might get sued for insinuating that Matt Hancock specifically lied which is not necessarily proven. Anyway specifically, can you tell it's a PPE mask? Does the fire help or hinder the thumbnail? Would just one human be better? Anything you like/hate? Would you click and does it tell the story well? Thanks so much!!
