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The family accounts of loved ones lost to COVID-19 make for tough reading.1 The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group are right to campaign for an immediate public inquiry so that lessons can be learned as quickly as possible to save lives as the pandemic continues. Any suggestions that this would be distracting are against the modern understanding of human factors and the science of crisis management. It is a well established principle of patient safety that, during a crisis, the team should promptly pause to consider a rapid review of whether or not the actions being taken are correct and effective.2 It would appear that this is one of the first important lessons that needs to be learned from the patient safety principles of crisis management.