thing is we have heard this morning is that sir patrick vallance was suggesting that the scientists put a lot of time into working out when the best moment was to put those interventions in place, that we saw, and then he said, by the time they got to that weekend of 14th, 15th of got to that weekend of 1ath, 15th of march, they realise you could not predict in that precise a way, and they should have potentially gone earlier with that. it was interesting, quite a big issue at the time, he says that he was arguing as early as that weekend for london to go into a lockdown ahead of the rest of the country, he was saying it was because they looked at the data and it worked out that the disease had progressed much faster, more widespread than they thought, as he put it, further along in the pandemic than they had thought they would be. and that is what changed the dial that weekend. and who was at that put the brakes on that decision about london lockdown? it was the chancellor.
information and advice. we often shared papers and they had asked us about the circuit breaker idea and we sent them the papers, i have no idea whether that is what triggered them to take action or not. just above we them to take action or not. just above we see them to take action or not. just above we see an them to take action or not. just above we see an extract we looked at earlier, apparently the cabinet office are now cautious about putting things to sage, because we publish all. this happened at this time of increased tension. you said you weren t convinced that anything ever came of that concern. did you think at this time you, there were things you might have been asked about but weren t because of this caution? i been asked about but weren t because of this caution? of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, that of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, that i - of this caution? i suspect,
so the recommendation was keep prevalence low, that was not happening, and the consequence of thatis happening, and the consequence of that is more people with long covid. and i don t think that was something that policymakers were keen to factor in. ., . factor in. one more reference, lease, factor in. one more reference, please. in factor in. one more reference, please. in the factor in. one more reference, please, in the same factor in. one more reference, | please, in the same document, factor in. one more reference, - please, in the same document, page 166, in weeks earlier, here we see matt hancock, as you say, explained things well, fonts, and reminded them about long covid. can we take it that matt hancock was alive to theissues it that matt hancock was alive to the issues of long covid at about this time? it the issues of long covid at about this time? . . , the issues of long covid at about this time? . ., , , the issues of long covid at about thistime? . ., ,