likely to be needed urgently than anyone likely to be needed urgently than anyone had realised. that is a data problem. anyone had realised. that is a data problem, but it was also i think a scientific problem, but it was also i think a scientific problem in that you can t manage scientific problem in that you can t manage this with the precision that you think manage this with the precision that you think you can and you therefore have to you think you can and you therefore have to take you think you can and you therefore have to take different actions. i m have to take different actions. i m auoin to have to take different actions. i“n going to come back to the decisions taken over that weekend briefly in a moment but i would like to take a step to one side before i do that and ask you some questions about your relationship with professor whitty at this time and the extent to which your views differed. and if we can look, please, at 214 802. this is an extr
coming on to talk about say possibly a few days. we will be coming on to talk about later- say possibly a few days. we will be coming on to talk about later in - say possibly a few days. we will be | coming on to talk about later in the year, september, second lockdown and so on. the premise of my question so far has been that there was going to be a lockdown in march or thereabouts, it was just a question of when it happened and could it have been imposed earlier. adopting the same hindsight approach, do you think that in fact that first lockdown might have been avoided altogether had things been done differently? i altogether had things been done differentl ? ~ . altogether had things been done differentl ? ,, . ., differently? i think that if we had had a sealed. differently? i think that if we had had a scaled, test, differently? i think that if we had had a scaled, test, trace - differently? i think that if we had had a scaled, test, trace and - had a scaled, test,
process that recognition of risk from june 2022, november 2020, when we know the nature of the clinically extremely vulnerable changed to include down s syndrome? extremely vulnerable changed to include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of dhsc, include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of dhsc, and include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of dhsc, and therefore i a committee of dhsc, and therefore its output is fed directly into dhsc. this question is best addressed to someone in dhsc or the cmo, they were not sage questions, they were important clinical questions and important operational matters, but i wouldn t expect them to come to sage, and i do not think putting sage in the middle of any future planner around this would be a sensible action. future planner around this would be a sensible action. mr i a sensible action. thank you. mr jacobs, a