to, what it brings about and how the consequences can be managed. do you happen to know why, in this risk register, there is no mitigation set out in respect of that row 11 risk? no, i don't know why those boxes are empty. but i do know that there was significant activity under way, both in the department and in public health england, to make sure that we were prepared, as prepared as then thought possible. i'll come onto that, because it's absolutely essential, that question. frankly, it was a regular occurrence to deal with these sorts of novel infectious diseases and threats. so, it was