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concerned about it. you have in fact already given evidence _ concerned about it. you have in fact already given evidence in _ concerned about it. you have in fact already given evidence in relation i to why you suggested at an earlier stage there were comparisons between swine flu and you have described the importance to you of not talking the economy down. the first line, he doesnt think anything can be done, may ijust ask doesnt think anything can be done, may i just ask you, this d...

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...

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How will this impact infections? joining me now is stephen reicher, a professor of social psychology at the university of st andrews. he sits on the governments behavioural advisory group, known as, spi—b, and joins us from fife in scotland. good to see you again. thank you for being with us. lets talk first of all about case numbers because we have seen the steady falls in the last few days which have slightly baffled quite few scientists as to the reason why but as i say the figures going in...