Corona virus, China major city lockdowns, etc.

[si_the_geek]

Nowhere in the world did get everything right but there are countries that got a lot more right and have done a much better job.

I agree, nearly all countries did noticeably better than the US and UK.

I just dont understand it, in the UK much of our economy has been locked down for the best part of a year, how is that more expensive than doing a hard quick lockdown and then putting in hard border controls? ...

Despite the WHO making a very big deal of testing, we didn't have the testing system to make it work... and didn't get that sorted out for a very long time.

After that was ready we should have improved our methods (such as a hard lockdown), but I guess our politicians were too keen to save face by sticking to their existing plan... rather than saving face (and the economy) by saving lives.