Exactly one year ago today this country (UK) lost any chance of avoiding the first wave of this pandemic, the moment was palpable as our leaders prevaricated and ignored scientific advice, rejecting a lockdown until the intensive care units were stuffed and transmission rates out of control. This same error was to be repeated in the late Autumn the same year.
It's sobering to think that many tens of thousands of people would still be alive today if our Government had acted more decisively, instructively and quickly. The blasé attitude of our Prime Minister, on show in this news clip, says everything you need to know about why we have the worst death rate of any European country and the worst affected economy. I would love to say the lessons have been learned but I hesitate to do so until I see some real evidence that is true, sure our vaccine program is doing OK but we're not out of the woods yet, and 10 million kids go back to school on Monday. Our only consolation is that we can say the Americans have handled things worse (only just), not exactly something to be celebrated.
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