Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
Right. So, from your personal perspective, the WAG did the right thing. However, as far as I’m aware at least, there isn’t any genuine evidence yet as regards the effects of the 17-day firebreak lockdown and there won’t be for some time. It could have brought about a significant reduction in infections, it could have had a minor effect or it could have had no effect whatsoever. Nobody knows yet.
From what I understand on 22nd September SAGE presented some alarming modelling which in the following days became available to all parts of the UK. Wales, ultimately, based on that evidence went for a short very restrictive lockdown. England, via the UK government decided not to at that time and ridiculed the need before succumbing a few weeks later and going for a longer later set of measures because "no one could have forseen how malignant the virus was".

Like you say the proof will be in the pudding.