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Just to give added protection to the population as a whole, but also to give protection and assurance to those amongst us who are particularly vulnerable and who previously had to shield. lifting all restrictions and mitigations right now would put all of us at greater risk, but in particular, it would make it much more difficult for the most clinically vulnerable to go about their normal lives. it would risk the imposition of shielding by default and, in my view, that is not something we should do. before i turn to the detail of all of this, let me summarise today's statistics. the total abov...