Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

is this before or after herd immunity and "taking it on the chin" got floated as being a really great thing and scrapped? Or Johnson regaled us with handshake anecdotes? Or Johnson senior advocated going to the pub? Byline Times' timeline of the UK response reflects just how shambolic it's been: https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/11/a-national-scandal-a-timeline-of-the-uk-governments-woeful-response-to-the-coronavirus-crisis/

The fact that the Premier League etc started cancelling fixtures before the government advised it shows that they've been behind the curve even when they had Italy and Spain to look at as a warning-and yet BJ said the following:

12 March 2020: Addressing the “question of banning major public events
such as sporting fixtures” the Prime Minister says that “the
scientific advice as we’ve said over the last couple of weeks is that
banning such events will have little effect on the spread” (Prime
Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street). The Government announces it
will “no longer try to ‘track and trace’ everyone suspected of having
the virus. Instead, under plans outlined by the Prime Minister and his
medical and scientific advisors, testing would be limited to patients
in hospital with serious breathing problems”

So, the UK seemingly gave up on mass testing even as early as March 12th, and yet Hancock's been pretending ever since that they're on top of it. BJ reversed his position and announced mass gatherings would be cancelled-in a week's time-on March 13th.

The UK's either still in a "it'll be over before Christmas" mode or this is just herd immunity by a different name.