Quote Originally Posted by molehill View Post
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This was always the concern of an extended lockdown from the start. It was felt it could be maintained for 3-5 weeks.
We are now in to week 14.[/I]

I always understood this being the reason the lockdown was not called earlier, all about timing to cover the potential peak and how long the public would comply with it.
Unfortunately this was never taken into account by the critics of government policy, "if lockdown had started a week earlier it would have saved"....etc. Well of course it would, in theory, but that doesn't take into account projected public response to lockdown. I don't think people took it seriously enough anyway, look at the countrywide scenes the weekend before official lockdown.
Much has been about timing, only in retrospect long after the crisis is over will they be able to see where and when all countries got decisions right or wrong.
Some people and the occasional troll will point to countries that locked down earlier. They might mention New Zealand, that cul-de-sac on the opposite side of the world; what a great example!
A bit like comparing Ashness Bridge and Thelwall Viaduct for vehicle movements.
They might mention Germany, which is a more relevant comparison to UK, but still has a population density lower than UK and almost half of England and they also have a International Air Hub at Frankfurt that is 10% of the population of London and doesn't attract tourist stop offs.
They probably won't mention France, Italy, Belgium, Spain...