they've got lots wrong and lack leadership. those in bold are reasons for excess death, rest is pith. we dont know why or who directed those policies, and they are the same errors in Scotland, Wales, and across europe. one theory is they implemented plans for a flu epidemic, the more severe...
plan was "flatten the curve" and to protect the NHS, those were the only stated objectives. we still dont really know what policy implementation detail lead to high excess death, or alternatives that would not.
as its been brought up, its worth noting that isnt what his models predicted if we'd locked down a week early. they dont take account of other actions, such as moving all those eldery into carehomes. remember Vallance's forecast, that was a based on then SAGE member Ferguson's models too. also...