I have to say that I completely disagree with that statement.
It was the breathtakingly slow response that created the numbers that we have. Do you not recall the slow response to calls for a travel ban on China?, or perhaps the late travel ban on Iran when it was clear they were in serious trouble?, how about the absurd timing of the travel ban on Italy.....nearly 2 days after Italy had banned itself?
No the government really hasn't done that well. The actual reason the curve flattened is because of the number of infected people arriving here dropped to near zero a couple of weeks ago.
Additionally, I would like to note that while "the curve is flattening" it is also getting really, really long.
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The important thing to realise in the chart above, is that the blue section, which has been steadily increasing...........willl.....never.....go....away. And that it will never go away is an important thing to consider because the reality is that, at some stage, everybody is going to get it, and it is likely going to kill anybody that it was going to kill anyway.