after the cabinet decided not to take any action. today, a few words written by him in the sun, urging people to be extremely careful. but there isn t the same transparency right now from the westminster government that we ve seen in other parts of the uk. professor paul elliott is the director of the react programme and chair in epidemiology and public health medicine at imperial college london. thank you so much forjoining us. people might be thinking, can they relax a bit now with this news that the omicron variant might be a bit milder, can you give us a definitive picture about what we know about its severity? picture about what we know about its severi ? ~ , , ., severity? well, the study we have been doing severity? well, the study we have been doing in severity? well, the study we have been doing in the severity? well, the study we have been doing in the react - severity? well, the study we have - been doing in the react programme, we have been tracking the virus actually