A long sobering look at the pandemic in the UK. The success of the vaccine rollout should not obscure the way that leaders failed to heed the lessons of spring 2020 to an extent that beggars belief nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Look at the cumulative deaths. Around 40k in spring of last year. In other words ~2/3rds of the total are from the last few months (data from worldometers.info/coronavirus/co…) 
While some of this is down to the emergence of B.1.1.7, it is mostly down to an attitude that resisted taking appropriate action, and ignored scientific advice. As many will know, I think 'led by the science' isn't the right way round - we should be led by those we elect. But...
Elected leaders who have received scientific advice about the probable consequences of a particular policy cannot claim ignorance when those consequences come to pass. And when those consequences are as grave as 30k dying in the month of January, that should not be forgotten
So finally I 👏🏼 the UK's vaccine rollout - credit where it's due. But let's not forget how we got here, or who we lost on the way /end
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