Things go wrong in other countries, too

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I don't think it's helpful how irate people get about the UK government's failings. Yes there are plenty but this is a whole new situation and there are plenty of other countries making mistakes.
Before you ask - I'm not from the UK, but that means I have insight what happens elsewhere,
So to start -
The Eu has been slow in vaccine acquisition

In Austria, vaccinations could not start yet in some areas as not enogh needles (!) had been ordered

Countries with the most severe lockdown did not necessarily solve the Problem (Spain)

Countries who had supposedly excellent track and trace also had a second wave (Germany)

Anyone got other examples?

But we do an excellent job of reporting Covid deaths.
ww.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-tracker

That's a fascinating bit of info - thank you

The UK has been been ranked 66th out of 98 for covid response.

Belgium is 72nd, France 73td.

interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/covid-performance/#region

Cyprus, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Malta, Latvia Estonia and Rwanda are all in the top 20.

The bottom 5 are USA, Iran, Columbia, Mexico, Brazil.