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It's not a terribly convincing letter though is it? The only steps it lists that were missed were:

They should have moved already to stop flights coming in from Italy and China. They should have quarantined those possibly having the virus. They should have ordered in ventilators and personal protective equipment for carers. They should have begun a mass program of testing. They should have provided enough to live on to all those tempted to work sick

And those steps were probably not taken in time by nearly every country in the world, with apparently the exception of South Korea.

And this vague snippet for personal culpability of Johnson:

A well-placed source has indicated to colleagues of mine that the Chief Medical Officer was ready some time ago to put in place tougher measures for physical distancing and so on and that these were vetoed at the last minute by the Prime Minister

The rest is a rant.

I suspect that the sentiments of the letter are likely true. However, there will need a proper refutation of govt actions by qualified people, with timelines to show Johnson up.

Anecdotally, my mother (who intensely disliked the Torys a few months ago because of Brexit - not enough to vote for Corbyn of course) now thinks that Johnson has 'really grown into the role' and is doing a great job. It makes me cringe, but I can see that he's very likely going to come out of it really well.