>> all and any accusations of failure are all with the benefit of hindsight
Many, yes, but not all.
The delay about entering lockdown cost 10s of thousands of lives that may ultimately not have been lost (time will tell - dexamethasone appears to reduce mortality by about 20-25% - there is benefit in delaying infections over and above breaking NHS capacity).
People were watching Italy and ready for lockdown 10-14 days before it was utilised. That is the main reason we're now top of the pile in Europe for deaths (as well as discharging recovering/untested people into care homes).
Tiresomely predictable, and I admit I was one of the initial "meh" guys until I saw Italy on the rise.
It's unfair to blame HMG entirely although they obviously captain the ship on the social requirements - donghead openly shaking hands in hospitals, and talking about "it might be best for the country to take the infection on the chin" shows an innate disregard for deaths in the population he leads, or at least an inability to think something through before blurting out a pronouncement - he really seems to think he's a wartime leader out for victory.
You don't "win" with a virus - you protect and mitigate.
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