Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
Something should have been done sooner - testing/tracing/lockdown - something. Germany is doing well, as are Australia and New Zealand.
I don't think comparisons with other countries are particularly helpful at this stage, we haven't even reached half time yet.
For instance: Population of London is 9 million.
Population of the whole of New Zealand is 5 million.
Population of Australia is 25 million and that is a BIG place.

Very probably age demographics and a multitude of other factors play a role in decision making. After the event is the time to compare like with like and learn from different approaches and problems faced by each society.

My personal take on the current situation here is not to try and prevent everyone catching the virus, but to slow the spread up enough to be able to save the highest % of saveable people possible and not be overwhelmed.