Re Germany : they have had a couple of areas which have reached a level where the cases per 100,000 has triggered a localised reimposing of some restrictions.
The level of cases per 100,000 which triggers this is considerably lower than when the UK decided to reopen.
Make of that what you will.
Re: South Korea. They seemed to have everything under control and had to reimpose restrictions in some areas because there was an increase in cases.
This is similar to Singapore which has the best track and trace and testing set up in the world.
Again both Singapore and South Korea had much lower levels per 100,000 population than the UK has.
So the idea of a second wave not happening elsewhere, therefore we won't get one is fundamentally flawed and based on the fallacy that there hasn't been a rise in cases after the initial peak in any area. There has, but its not been allowed to reach that peak before restrictions have been imposed.
All these comparisons also fail to take into account our much higher levels of the disease still remaining in the population and how this makes it much harder for a fully functioning track and trace system to keep on top of all these cases, and the fact that unlike other countries our track and trace won't be fully functioning til at least the end of June anyway!
People also seem to be under the impression that all the Nightingale hospitals have now closed. Most have but the Manchester one is still operational. We also have several areas of the country which still haven't past a peak. I am aware that there is concern about Bury for example because they have simply flatlined there.
What is different between the UK and other European countries us that other countries managed to better contain the outbreak into an epicenter. This isn't true of the UK. Whilst London was the initial hotspot it wasn't contained there and spread throughout the country to a much greater degree. Again this makes it harder going forward.
And that's without talking about the politics involved here.