positive. if you look at infection rates they remain high, hospitalisations are still high will stop touching 20,000 people in hospital. it feels like they are plateauing —— the numbers are still high, 20,000 people in hospital. the numbers in icu are coming down, seven in london, which was the epicentre. a number of staff absence in education has remained pretty flat. it was 8% before christmas, it is at 8.5% now. i am confident that when we reviewed this on the 26th of january, as we said we were, we will be in a much better place to lift some of these restrictions. it is worth remembering that because we stuck to plan b this economy is the most open one in europe. [30 stuck to plan b this economy is the most open one in europe.- most open one in europe. do you think we are — most open one in europe. do you think we are in _ most open one in europe. do you think we are in the _ most open one in europe. do you think we are in the endgame - most open one in europe. do you think we are in the endgame of. think we are in the endgame of covid—i9? would you go that far? i covid—19? would you go that far? i think we are witnessing the transition of this virus from pandemic to endemic and i hope we will be one of the first major