You are spot on pillboy. You wonder what our billions of tax money has been spent on – apart from the 500 jag iPaces bought as highly subsidised benefits for the management. My mate has just returned from Hong Kong, a retired Cathay Pacific captain, and is horrified at the inadequate, reactive approach here.. in January, flights from Wuhan to Heathrow were met by someone handing out leaflets. It didn’t give directions to Bicester discount mall so was probably immediately binned. Please don’t spit would be branded as racist. During SARS, in hkg plastic covers were put over elevator buttons and wiped every 4 hours. Ditto door handles throughout the hotel. I had to take off my hat and was temperature screened at the airport. We wave people through from infected zones and tell people to self isolate when symptoms appear when it is known to be transmittable during incubation days before that. Spread is exponential and back peddling from thursdays herd immunity announcement self evident. An appalling concept that was callous to the elderly and infirm. Hopeless response all round. Rant over