in november 2020 in scotland. the second lockdown in scotland came when the alpha variant came along. so i don t accept that our eye was off the ball. i think we were taking difficult decisions, reaching difficult decisions, reaching difficult balances, in the best way that we possibly could. and i think the evidence, overall, is that while our response was far from. far from avoiding all of the horrible, horrendous harm that was done, i would say an assessment of the outcomes, overall, suggests that while our approach was far from perfect, it actually managed to mitigate some harm that perhaps wasn t mitigated in some other places. wasn t mitigated in some other laces. ., ,,., wasn t mitigated in some other laces. ., ~ wasn t mitigated in some other laces. ., ., , places. professor mark woolhouse states that the places. professor mark woolhouse states that the start places. professor mark woolhouse states that the start of places. professor mark woolhouse states that t
covid and therefore tough measures to keep r below one but also required more research and support from the nhs who found it quite difficult because it was a new disease and because of its nature presenting in many different ways, they found that long tarmac difficult to categorise at first and so with simon stephens will work together to bring forward clinics that could look across the range of conditions that are mostly gathered under the term long covid. i cared a lot about this for personal reasons as well as professional. we did not need to sign off from the centre, we just got on with it. do you happen to know, notwithstanding the early days of 2020, the campaign about long covid wasn t launched until october, do you know why there was that potential lag in the communication side of the debate? side of the debate? yes, i think it was essentially side of the debate? yes, i think it was essentially bleak, was essentially bleak, understandably the clinicians found it
of what lee kane said earlier, through the problem. 13:1 in light of what lee kane said earlier, can you make plain that it doesn t appearas you make plain that it doesn t appear as if any decision was made during the course of the weekend for a long time, there was a change in the strategic approach of the government, there was a realisation that they had to be a change of approach and much more stringent measures were likely to be required, but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had - impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had a - i would describe it was we had a conversation with the pm on the saturday
you invested in four seasons and yet you can t find your way through the company. no, it s not limited to the care home sector. there s plenty of aspects of government and regulation that you can t follow either. the way they re financed is, to a large extent, not very material to somebody going into a care home. that s easy to say, from a financier s point of view, but if i am putting a relative into a care home, i think i m entitled to know where the money is going. to know how much of it is going to front line care. behind this complexity, there are clues as to where some of the money is going, and the trail leads to extraordinary levels of debt. each time four seasons changed hands, the new owners borrowed money to buy it. and some of that debt sits on four seasons books. by 2017, the group owed more than £1 billion.
you re an expert in this. you invested in four seasons and yet you can t find your way through the company. no, it is not limited to the care home sector. there s plenty of aspects of government and regulation that you can t follow either. the way they re financed is, to a large extent, not very material to somebody going into a care home. that s easy to say, from a financier s point of view, but if i am putting a relative into a care home, i think i am entitled to know where the money is going. to know how much of it is going to front line care. behind this complexity there are clues as to where some of the money is going, and the trail leads to extraordinary levels of debt. each time four seasons changed hands, the new owners borrowed money to buy it. and some of that debt sits on four seasons books. by 2017 the group owed more than £1 billion. one of the parts of