It was inevitable that the U.K. would get the virus relatively early and hard given international travel, densely populated areas etc although If you look at the regional data, it is still very mixed.
The government have done some things right and i don’t think anyone could say it would have been different under a different leader here. Without seeing all the data, it’s also difficult to criticise the decision re heard immunity. Ultimately the government has to look at things on a population level and not individual and it may have been that the impact of a high number of deaths was judged as being the lesser of two evils re lockdown. Unless something radical changes, there isn’t a viable exist plan really. Things can’t stay like this for another year.
However, when the inevitable inquiry happens there will be big questions about half term travel, allowing big events, ppe, testing approach and seemingly ignoring the 2016 exercise recommendations and chronic underfunding of the health service.
While those are all big, for me PPE is a disaster. I know people who have quit their jobs because they didn’t feel the ppe was adequate and could financially afford to not take the risk. We are asking a hell of a lot of health professionals as it is. They should be properly protected to reduce risk and where they are not, it is a disgrace. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some collective legal action among families of Nhs employees that have died.