Bogus Johnson delayed rather than take strong measures to stop Covid-19 transmission in the UK, and as a result the country needs to take those strong measures for a longer period.

Putting this off is like putting off a visit to the dentist: foolish and self-defeating. Except that when you postpone your dental treatment, you're the only one who it hurts. When you postpone antitransmission measures, it hurts the whole country.

One cause of the UK's failure to fend off Covid-19 was that Tories had underfunded the NHS for years, worse each year than the previous. Taiwan and New Zealand took very strong measures for a sufficient time, and now they don't have the disease at all.