Our death rate is the consequence of slow lock down (especially the tube in London) and a fair disease burden coming in from Italy as UK holidaymakers came back from their skiing escapades.
At the start of the outbreak you were far more likely to catch CV from your well-holidayed doctor than vice versa.
Add in the almost total disregard for care homes from Handcock et al and we're reaping the rewards.
I'd also avoid overly comparing different countries' figures - ours are off by a fat chunk (lag with community and care home deaths compared to inpatient deaths) and I have no reason to suspect other countries will not be inaccurate too.
Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 6 May 20 at 02:36
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