Well, the first outbreaks in Europe were in Italy and Spain, too, so I'd say they had more of an excuse than the rest of us. A big contributor (at least accord

Well, the first outbreaks in Europe were in Italy and Spain, too, so I'd say they had more of an excuse than the rest of us. A big contributor (at least according to local epidemiologists) was the numbers here in Belgium were over reported, whereas most countries under reported. There was also an issue getting accurate numbers, because (mostly privately run) elderly homes weren't looking into it carefully enough to distinguish between Covid and other causes. That said, balls were definitely dropped.