wales and scotland, so has the government got it wrong on this? it government got it wrong on this? it is a finely balanced judgment call and i am not an epidemiologist but this is a rapidly evolving situation and probably five weeks ago nobody had even heard the word omicron so i don't think it is unreasonable the decision has been left till now but it is right it has been taken before term starts and there is a chance now for everyone to bring masks in and for schools to supply those masks. announcing it earlier would not have made too much difference i suspect but it is right to be do it as we go into january. but suspect but it is right to be do it as we go into january.— suspect but it is right to be do it as we go into january. but if you had, and what _ as we go into january. but if you had, and what was _ as we go into january. but if you had, and what was your - as we go into january. but if you had, and what was your figure, | as we go into january. but if you . had, and what was your figure, 500 cases? :: :: had, and what was your figure, 500 cases? $1 $1 , , had, and what was your figure, 500 cases? 111: , had, and what was your figure, 500 cases? i: i: , , ., , ~ cases? 500 cases in the last week, so ou cases? 500 cases in the last week, so you don't _ cases? 500 cases in the last week, so you don't think _ cases? 500 cases in the last week, so you don't think masks _ cases? 500 cases in the last week, | so you don't think masks introduced sooner would have made a difference to that number? we introduced masks in communal areas and we have gone back to teaching in bubbles and schools where we had high rates of