The UK has also led the charts in finding treatments (eg dexamethasone), developing vaccines, gene sequencing the virus (regularly doing half of the global gene

The UK has also led the charts in finding treatments (eg dexamethasone), developing vaccines, gene sequencing the virus (regularly doing half of the global gene sequencing to find strains), and testing (ridiculous capacity of half a million tests per day). Frankly in all of these measures of actual state response to the pandemic it has been a leader. It has had high infection rates, but there could be many reasons for that. The UK is never going to have a highly obedient population like in APAC countries, it also has a relatively high density, extremely low sunlight hours and prevalent vitamin D deficiency as a result.