100% - there are 20k deaths in the UK now, and my family is terrified by it, checking in with me constantly. The lockdown in Poland was more extreme, no exercise outside, gloves mandatory in all supermarkets, facemasks whenever outside. And Poland only has 500 reported deaths https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1254056076552650754

Example being an article from 19/04: "Warnings about coronavirus ignored, neglect from previous years" https://tvn24.pl/swiat/koronawirus-w-wielkiej-brytanii-the-sunday-times-zignorowano-ostrzezenia-naukowcow-zaniedbano-testy-i-wyposazenie-dla-szpitali-4559549