//…and that explains why the UK death toll is 4500 times bigger? Pull the other one.//
I’ve no idea. I imagine it explains some of the difference. But you are right: comparisons between countries are inappropriate. There are a myriad reasons why different countries have seen different results. I, too, happen to think that the UK government has made some major blunders and we are left with the worst of both worlds – a huge number of deaths and a completely trashed economy. The path NZ has taken is different and not one I would like to have seen this country take. I believe their isolationism will prove very difficult to exit from and I can see it prevailing for years to come.