My island home of Britain was affected very badly by the virus because we treated it like a flu. The virus is more robust than flu viruses and it has a longer incubation time. In hindsight it would be much better if we tested many people to see if they already had the virus and locked down earlier. Perhaps closing down the airports would have helped. The key to fighting the virus is to obtain lots of good quality testing kits straight away. It is always the Swiss that make the best things in this world.
Will we learn from what happened? Will we be prepared? I hope so. This world has many viruses amongst the creatures that live here and some of the viruses are more dangerous than Covid19.