The coverage of death rates in this country has been lacking in nuance – leading people to have skewed perceptions of the UK’s performance.
Nothing is certain in this crisis; not even the possibility of another large outbreak, as Switzerland and Denmark suggest.
The FT claims the UK has the worst in the world. But that’s only if you ignore the other ways it can be measured.
First, it should present future recommendations within a year. Next, on a longer timescale, it should look at what went wrong.