UK Lockdown

[Alistair20000]

Interestingly, the 5 least competent countries in handling Covid are run by illiberal, nationalistic, right wing populists. Make of that what you will.

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As France follows in 6th place I think more detailed analysis might be required before conclusions can be drawn.

 

[Alistair20000]

I think IBA wants us to blame Boris and the nasty Tories.

Quite possibly.

My primary culprit is Mr Covid himself or whoever unleashed him if that is relevant.

 

[Mr Jinx]

2) if we are uniquely at risk in this country from a perfect storm of covid factors why has the government not acted sooner in locking down again, if someone on exeweb, can easily identify these factors why can't the government?

Hey, if you can find out why the Tories never shut the airports, or why Labour (or any other UK politician) never called for them to be shut, ever, to anyone, I'd be really interested. To me it was a no-brainer, but nothing's ever that clear cut or easy.

As to why we didn't lockdown earlier. That's easy - because of concerns around the economy, which we're about to see nosedive for a third time with all that that entails.

Wrt Japan, it's puzzled quite a few people, but here's a good article:

Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate

Japan had no lockdown, it has an elderly population - so why haven't more people died from Covid-19?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Egg]

I suspect the reasons for the various death rates are more complicated than a particular country being more incompetent that another in handling Covid.

Of course. But if, as has been suggested here, the UK was always likely to struggle more than many other places, an incompetent government is the very last thing you need.

 

[elginCity]

As France follows in 6th place I think more detailed analysis might be required before conclusions can be drawn.

No 6 is the most visited country in the world, in close proximity to No 5.

The top 4 countries each populated by well over a 100 million, No 5 is an island.

 

[Alistair20000]

Hey, if you can find out why the Tories never shut the airports, or why Labour (or any other UK politician) never called for them to be shut, ever, to anyone, I'd be really interested. To me it was a no-brainer, but nothing's ever that clear cut or easy.

As to why we didn't lockdown earlier. That's easy - because of concerns around the economy, which we're about to see nosedive for a third time with all that that entails.

Wrt Japan, it's puzzled quite a few people, but here's a good article:

Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate

Japan had no lockdown, it has an elderly population - so why haven't more people died from Covid-19?

www.bbc.co.uk

An interesting read

 

[Egg]

This piece by the always excellent Matthew Syed is also very good:

It was herd thinking that left the West defenceless against Covid

Well, who saw that coming, except most of us? New, tighter restrictions have been imposed on London and the southeast, because of a new strain of the virus. The

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[Alistair20000]

No 6 is the most visited country in the world, in close proximity to No 5.

The top 4 countries each populated by well over a 100 million, No 5 is an island.

Covid does not respect national or natural boundaries.

 

[RedPaul]

Interestingly, the 5 least competent countries in handling Covid are run by illiberal, nationalistic, right wing populists. Make of that what you will.

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I thought there was a consensus that using covid cases as a measure wasn't very reliable. But if you do cases per million pop, we are 26th.

 

[elginCity]

I thought there was a consensus that using covid cases as a measure wasn't very reliable. But if you do cases per million pop, we are 26th.

Andorra and Gibraltar head the table, San Marino have taken our place in 5th. I think the other measure is probably a better reflection of competence !