And a population of about 60 million less people than the U.K. Hardly a fair comparison. It’s widely accepted that London was the first area to be hit here, as you’d expect given it’s the capital city and they have the busiest UK airports. The virus would have been spread far and wide in the U.K. after it hit London. New Zealand closed the borders and that was the right thing to do for them, but luckily for them don’t have one of the biggest cities in the world with visitors from every corner of the globe and busiest transport hubs. Whatever your politics, you can’t compare the two (and my big issue with the way this has been handled in the U.K. is the appalling way that the virus was allowed to enter care homes from old patients removed from hospitals without testing and that happened in England, Scotland and Wales). And I’m still absolutely convinced the virus was here way before it was officially acknowledged by the Chinese/WHO. I really don’t believe it would have made any difference if we closed our borders a little earlier. It was already here in December/early January (maybe before that even), nothing will convince me otherwise.