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Originally Posted by nomadking
Greece had it's first case around a month after the UK and Italy. If you have less cases being brought into a country in the first place, then less cases will result.
Although they closed schools, etc and cafes, etc, before then, their restrictions on movement only started on 22nd March, just 1/2 days before the UK.
Sound familiar?
Croatia
New Zealand
Worldwide, most of the lockdowns occurred around the same time.
IMO unless the UK lockdown continues until at least the end of May, it runs the risk of running rampant again. Too many large gatherings are due to take place before the end of May.
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Now, for some clarity post the sentence paragraph before this sentence 'Some accused the government in Athens of not just entrusting the handling of the pandemic to scientists, but of handing over responsibility too.'
We've read the same article and I know why you missed it out.....
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Originally Posted by Chris
I’m sorry but you’re obviously well aware of the glaring deficiency in your appeals to New Zealand and Greece. You can’t dismiss that with an airy wave of your hand. The differences between a great many countries in the world, and the U.K., are profound. This is one of the best connected countries on the planet and London is one of the few true global cities in the world. Greece and NZ are partly, or entirely island based but there the similarities end; the sheer depth of connectivity the U.K. has more than overcomes that similarity. Neither country is a major international transit hub and NZ in particular is thousands of miles from anywhere else of any significance. There is literally nothing we can learn from NZ on this, given the immense differences in population size, geography and movement of people in and out of the country.
I know it’s desperately fashionable to beatify Jacinda Ardern these days but frankly, she’s playing the very lucky hand she was dealt, and that’s all.
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I'll think you find a) i can, and b) i have.
1) If we're one of the best connected countries in the world then we should have acted quicker on inbound flights, temperature scanning, forcing people to self quarantine. Things that New Zealand did.
2) New Zealand blocked all inbound air traffic apart from repatriation flights. The UK not doing it because the virus is already circulating.
3) New Zealand, Greece locked down quickly, and hard. with more restrictions on movement.
4) New Zealand instigated mass contact tracing. The UK government abandoned it because it was 'difficult'
If you don't think that the UK government can learn from other nations then, that's a pretty immature attitude to take.
The UK did far too little, too late. We're now seeing the evidence of that played out.