4200000 including more than 40000 care home deaths and hundreds of health care workers top lawyer michael mansfield q c chairs the inquiry and says countless deaths will simply put could have been avoided. people's inquiry is the 1st inquiry of any kind that is taking place in to covert pandemic and the handling of it by the government right now the public want art and service particularly the bereaved of which there are thousands unfortunately but others who are the relatives of plainly the relatives of those who fortunately haven't died also have questions because of the being a lot of hospitalizations as well and it's no use waiting we need the answers now and they can be provided people have a very strong views about what should have happened in the 1st place and what is continuing not to happen many of the families do believe that their loved ones did die needlessly not everyone obviously but a large number particularly those who work on the front line who've been susceptible and everybody knows that it's being alleging from crisis to crisis that's no way to do it and so we need to know now be