Hubei province, where Covid started, has 57m people and cities of 11m
They locked down completely, closed airports, roads, schools, business for 16 weeks, then opened up
Deaths per million:
China: 3.3
UK: 676 and rising
Uk economy fell over 20%
Hubei is growing at 4%...
China locked down within 14 days of the virus being identified.
It took us nearly 3 months, and our airports still remain open.
We had a series of partial, failed lockdowns, messages from govt that lockdowns were anti-British, govt pals being let off with breaches...
Science was ignored. Decisions made late. We were paid to go out and socialise. Schools were threatened with being sued if they closed.
It's highly likely the new strain began here because a virus mutates faster if it has more chances to spread. So we're endangering the world...
The PM missed 5 COBRA meetings when vital decisions should be made. He took 2 weeks off as the virus spread, to deal with his latest divorce.
His advisor broke the rules, lied openly about why, and got away with it. His govt gave £billions in dodgy contracts to mates...
But opted out of cooperation with neighbouring countries tries to buy the desperately needed PPE our health workers were crying out for.
The govt wanted hundreds of millions on unstaffed sheds, as a publicity stunt, while 600+ health workers, lacking PPE, died...