Absolutely agree. Every expert under the sun from those countries heavily affected before us were saying the exact same thing. Lock down early and stop the spread early. We didn't lock down for weeks and even then, we tried a half-arsed version first. Arrogance, pride, stupidity, naivity, reputational fear - call it what you like, but our response has been reactionary and slow at almost every step rather than trying to get ahead of it.
For some context. My parents recently flew back from abroad where they were visiting a family member. In the country they were staying, any incoming flights had the passengers met at the airpot, escorted to hotels and quaranteened for a week before they were allowed to leave and go on to their destination quickly. My parents on arrival back to the UK? Walked out of the plane, picked up their bags and hopped into a car waiting for them. This far along and we're still miles behind other countries in handling the spread. Anyone applauding the government on their amazing leadership and handling of this virus need their heads screwing back on.
