We've been too slow

[WBA123]

You said this 4 days ago (been meaning to say well done for such asensible post)

"I think the reaction from them was slow initially, but now I'm happy to give them the benefit of the doubt given this is an unprecedented situation. I really do hope they make the correct decisions from herein, having said that I am no expert on this - so I don't know what those decisions are or where this pandemic will take us."

So have you become an expert in those days?

I can only assume the Govt are doing what the medical and scientific experts are telling them to do. They must have confidence in their 'different' approach because if they have got it badly wrong and the UK cops for it worse than our neighbours they will never be forgiven.

Nope, still no expert.

The only thing that has changed in the last four days is seeing some recent data about how our confirmed cases and deaths are mirroring the trajectory of Italy's as of 2 weeks ago. I had originally suspected that we had been too slow to react, but those figures confirm we are on a similar path.

Having said all of that, I still hope that we make the right decisions going forwards. I really want Boris and his advisers to get this right. And in time, we can then look back and judge whether we have been correctly guided or not.