• Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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…