The British government gave up quickly on the sort of test-and-isolate strategy common in countries that have kept deaths down
, political and economic issues, Europe divides into north and south, and Britain sits comfortably among the more orderly, prosperous and efficient northern states. But on covid-19, that’s not how it looks. Britain appears closer to badly hit southern European countries. Indeed, Sir Jeremy Farrar, a member of the government’s scientific advisory council, has said that Britain is on track to be among the worst—if not the worst—affected country in Europe.
Instead, the problems appear to have started earlier. . Its aim became simply to protect the vulnerable and the health service, accepting the virus would spread among the population, which would at least build herd immunity. At the time, ministers repeatedly emphasised that they were following scientific advice. Minutes from the government’s advisory committee support this: experts were not considering a complete lockdown, which was thought infeasible in a country like Britain, and worried about the impact of self-isolation. The concern is that scientists were trying to act like politicians and the politicians were trying to act like scientists .
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