No I am not joking.
The article correctly points out that the advice from the WHO was test, test, test. Clearly this is imperative to find out not only who has the virus, but who has had the virus, but there is an assumption that we a) had the testing kits from the outset, and b) the manpower, PPE and logistics to carry out the testing from day 1.
The article clearly cites the NHS for being 'wholly unprepared' for the pandemic and ignored warnings. It seems that the whole of the world are/were in the same position, not just the NHS so I think that it is unfair to blame the NHS; given that this is global then there is a global demand on a finite number of PPE items, testing kits etc, something that you are now seeing now in the US, where you have 50 States each squabbling over ventilators and PPE.
For me the 'lessons learnt' session is for a later date. Certainly China has a few questions to answer [something referred to by No 10], but now is not the time for this type of journalistic rubbish. The NHS are doing a remarkable job and do not need negative articles such as this.
It is also easy to drill down into the Government guidance and say that it was 'vague'. Well it seems to me that the vast majority of the nation got the message from the outset, but there are still quite a few 'employers' insisting on business as usual which is not helping the situation, so I anticipate further more robust guidance this week.
Oh, and don't forget the countless 'muppets' who think that social distancing does not apply to them and carry on regardless.