The UK is the worst hit country in the world on a per capita basis. There have been 60k excess deaths so far.

There 50k excess deaths Dec-Mar 2017/18 according to ONS.

However that flu wave started in Nov & carried on into April.

I estimate there were ~80k excess deaths. https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_/status/1265886432989786113

The fatalities were among a similar demograph except more women and more children among the dead.

The NHS was completely swamped. Elective surgeries were cancelled.

Nobody batted an eye-lid. Nobody lamented not "locking down soon enough".

This was *three* years ago.

Source for ONS data: https://ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/excesswintermortalityinenglandandwales/2017to2018provisionaland2016to2017final

Euromomo chart that clearly shows excess mortality began in November (week 47) and lasted into April (week 15).