longest— moment so they could have the longest effect. what we discovered in practice — longest effect. what we discovered in practice was that actually people were perfectly prepared to follow instructions to stay at home, because _ instructions to stay at home, because they realise the importance the committee is very scathing about testing. _ the committee is very scathing about testing, the big national test and trace _ testing, the big national test and trace programme which they say was introduced _ trace programme which they say was introduced too late and never really that effective and was quite chaotic, _ that effective and was quite chaotic, they were also very critical— chaotic, they were also very critical about the scale of the testing — critical about the scale of the testing operation right at the start of the _ testing operation right at the start of the pandemic meaning scientists and ministers did not have a clue where _ and ministers did not have a clue where the — and ministers did not have a clue where the virus was and how prevalent— where the virus was and how prevalent it was. we where the virus was and how prevalent it was.— where the virus was and how prevalent it was. we had to stop testin: in prevalent it was. we had to stop testing in the — prevalent it was. we had to stop testing in the community, - prevalent it was. we had to stop testing in the community, if - prevalent it was. we had to stop - testing in the community, if you are not texting you do not have information as to how quickly the virus is spreading, who is getting it and how ill they become. that meant we were operating in the dark. we should have been much quicker in developing our leads in developing