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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.
DecisionsLockdownOutcomeCorrespondentScience-GovernmentOvertoneParticle-correspondenceInsightSideAdviceOne i think we should let the old people get it and protect others. the pm says a lot of my backbenchers think that and i must say i agree with them. now, the theme in those notes is similar is it not to that whatsapp we looked up between you and the prime minister. it is not saying that the economy is the main argument. it is related but it is different. it is saying look it is only old people who get this disease, why don t we just let them get it so the young people can live their lives? is that something which you think influenced the prime minister during this period? i think ou can minister during this period? i think you can see minister during this period? i think you can see from minister during this period? i think you can see from the minister during this period? i think you can see from the evidence - minister during this period? i think you can see from the evidence i i you can see from the evidence i think he was concerned about the damage on society as a whol
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