Im not sure quite how "economic giant status" - sarcasm noted - is relevant to covid death rates since low per capita death rates also occur in less economically advantaged places such as Namibia, Lebanon and Kosovo.

Yes we could have done better, others did. We made mistakes, in some cases acted too late, and arguably could have sustained lower death totals perhaps. But also bear in mind we have an average older population as well which will spike our numbers upwards.

My point is that you simply picked a number to support your argument, which is no way to win the debate, even in rArA Land. You have to test your argument against a statistical data set, not just leap on the first number that matches your desired outcome.

IMHO no-one can get an A rating in fighting an unknown pandemic, there were no rules to follow. No matter how much you think other major economic powers did better than us, no-one really did significantly better, nor adopted much different policies. So I'm sorry I cannot and will not accept the "Boris done bad" argument other than in a very minimal way.

I'd rate us maybe a B-/C+ overall on a scale of A to E where no-one gets an A. But that's using a measured data analytics approach rather than an emotional based politically driven motive!