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The analysis of different factors across different countries is hugely difficult isn't it?
The variation between UK and Germany is astounding to me, and I don't believe it can all be attributed to the greater level of testing at an earlier stage in Germany, or even to how they have implemented the lockdown.
Likewise, how on earth have Japan only had 633 deaths? As I understand, they didn't even implement as broad a lockdown as the UK, and they have only had 1,725 tests per million (versus 29,566 per million in the UK).
I am not absolving the UK government of blame by any means, but I think there are a massive range of factors beyond govenrment control that are influencing outcomes across countries.