I was more of a moderate crumb than a big cheese.
And you won't find a bigger critic of politicians than me, and not just in the UK but globally. Statesmen and women seem to have all but disappeared.
Despite PtP's rather unfortunate interpretation of what I was trying to ask, however, I am genuinely interested in trying to find a country which handled the pandemic in a way that could provide a template for us should we face another one, because we undoubtedly made mistakes. Every country has unique features of course, and what is appropriate for one may not be for us; you can't just ignore economic and social factors either. Even countries like Australia, in many ways a mirror image of us in its institutions etc, may find that although it may have avoided excessive deaths it has stored up potential constitutional problems for the future. The previously harmonious relations between its states have been severely strained by the actions and statements of some state premiers and slamming shut not just its international border but the internal ones too. We'll have to wait and see if the splits fully heal. Social protests against various measures have seen some ugly responses from the authorities that might take some time to erase from memories too. I would be horrified to witness it here. Ironically, the provision of furlough money and vaccines may have had the opposite effect in the UK with people who had flirted with independence recognising the value of the UK Treasury. Again, time will tell.
So the question hangs there: to whom should we look for lessons? And success can't just be measured in death or infection rates. I personally fear it may be many years before we can fully judge the effects of the pandemic, and effectiveness of the measures to counter it in different places and how that shapes their futures
Hope that clears up my position.
Mods: I hope I didn't stray too close to the line in para 3 but it needs to be read in context. PW