Quote Originally Posted by tell it like it is View Post
That's the problem, it imo would have caused massive social disorder and disobediance to have had any semblance of lockdown back in Jan based upon that WHO information, which is what governments would have had to go on.

Even looking at February, people were still trying to get that meaningful information about the transmission and nature of the virus.
Denmark went into lockdown on 11th March. There had only been 8 more deaths in the UK at that time, with the first death in the UK just 5 days prior. There have now (as of yesterday) been 1700 more deaths in the UK than Denmark with the difference currently growing by hundreds each day. Denmark is now considering reopening its economy gradually after Easter.

Makes you wonder how much of an impact applying restictions here just a couple of weeks earlier would have made.