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Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds
(www.theguardian.com)
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Thanks, I'd forgotten how well NZ had done. I wonder if the SARS epidemic made them better prepared compared to Europe.
The only pandemic threats I recall in the UK was bird and swine flu.
I'm sure that played a part of the early response. But then we were also lucky that, it didn't initially spread on our shores early on. So the initial first lockdown, and a few subsequent ones, were short and sweet. But then the later ones, we got a bit complacent. It was also when the conspiracies and anti-vax movement was taking off...