this when delta then what do you do about it? we saw this when delta emerged then what do you do about it? we saw this when delta emerged in then what do you do about it? we saw this when delta emerged in the i this when delta emerged in the summer, you can get a signal looking at the data, may be the r number has gone up and we are seeing growth in parts of the country we have not seen before. we were here about this time last year when the november loft lockdown was lifting in 2020, when the kent variant, the alpha variant became a problem. you get a signal that things aren t right encase are grown. the key thing is, is this going to send the r number significantly above one? is it going to lead to higher numbers of hospital admissions? to lead to higher numbers of hospitaladmissions? if that to lead to higher numbers of hospital admissions? if that is the case, the government need to look at taking actions. but there is an awful lot of ifs at the moment and they need to be cla