> The UK has shifted strategies around a bunch, but they have one of the highest vaccination rates, and have had multiple lockdowns, but are still at a very hig

> The UK has shifted strategies around a bunch, but they have one of the highest vaccination rates, and have had multiple lockdowns, but are still at a very high 2119 deaths per million. Another reason why such comparisons are hard: UK aggressively cleared hospitals in early 2020, in anticipation of case rises, and discharged whoever they could home. This lead to thousands of old people being discharged to care homes, as it turns out frequently with Covid, with care home staff having not even the basic protective gear. IIRC 25% of first wave deaths were attributed to care homes, and due to various quirks of the number, this may well be an underestimate. I guess you’ll see other cases where the general policy was good/bad but external forces skewed the result. Poland do basically no protective steps until Autumn 2020, and despite that was totally spared the pandemic. Then later shit hit the fan pretty badly...