yes you need plans for possible disasters

 I usually support Dr. Campbell, and know about the world wide overreach with the covid epidemic that was used by some politicians to increase control of civliian populations.

But in this one I think he needs to both recognize how overreach doesn't mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater:

I added this to the comments:

After 911, there were worries about a rogue smallpox attack; Our government clinic got plans on how to isoate and do ring vaccinations if this happened. 

 When I read the plans, it was simllar to the public health plans when there was a cholera epidemic when I worked in Africa. 

 And although this UK Document Dr Campbell is citing is a civilian plan, it is similar to military documents about NBC attacks (nuclear biological chemical).

 Nothing new about it.  I did some training about this when I was in the US National Guard (the NatGuard are usually the first ones called up for local disasters)

The military has plans out there for all sorts of emergencies so that you don't have to start from scratch if somehting like this occurs: 

 In civilian life, we had periodic disaster drills on tirage, evacuation, mass casualty treatment etc. and our hospital's disaster drill was about a tornado. So I am glad the UK is aware of such things.

here are some links and suggestions for later reading if you are interested:

pdf manuals:

On how to handle mass casulties.

mass casualty triage

other military manuals out there (you can google for the links): 

 STANAG 2228 - Allied Joint Doctrine for Medical Support– AJP-4.10(C) 

STANAG 2087 – Forward Aeromedical Evacuation – AAMedP-1.5 

STANAG 2122 – Requirement for Training in Casualty Care and Basic Hygiene for all Military Personnel AMedP-8.15 

STANAG 2358 – CBRN First Aid Handbook – AMedP-7.2 

STANAG 2461 – The Medical Management of CBRN Casualties – AMedP-7.1 

STANAG 2542 - Allied Joint Medical Planning Doctrine AJMedP-1 

STANAG 2544 - Requirements for Military Acute Trauma Care Training – AMedP-8.1 and lots of pdfs of manuals here.

other manuals can be downloaded from here.

this is more than triage: You have to triage then send the sickest who have a chance to live to various hospitals so you don't overload the nearest hospital. For biological, you might have to shut down and vaccinate using the ring vaccination plans that helped stop a major Ebola epidemic in central Africa but got little pulicity in the USA.

Alas after the covid debacle, people might not trust authorities and might not obey such orders. 

Sigh.

and although here in the Philippines it seems that locals are the first responders, there are plans in place about how to respond to disaster.

Usually they call up the military to help first responders. And usually the Americans come in to help. Part of the Balikatan dual Phi/Am training exercizes are to train on how to work together for disasters, of which we have many. (floods, earthquakes, typhoons).