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**Mick** · 12-03-2020, 11:15

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Originally Posted by Mr K

All a bit late. We needed to act more quickly, not wait for things to get worse i.e. proactive not reactive.

Reacting too quickly would have been the wrong thing to do...

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Jane Merrick, Policy Editor of the i newspaper:

Later today, the PM will announce the UK is moving from contain to delay, the next phase up, in fighting coronavirus. This will mean more restrictions on movement, more home working, more social distancing. The people who have been saying for days that things need to be shut down now/earlier will be saying "I told you so". BUT, this was always the plan, as advised by @CMO_England - earlier "contain" phase was about smaller, more targeted measures.

The next phase was always going to be about more distancing. The key thing is that the CMO chief scientific adviser, based on the best epidemiological and behavioural science, decided that going too soon on shutdowns would lead to fatigue - people breaking out of quarantine too early right at the time when infection was highest.

This isn't about Boris Johnson being reckless, another Donald Trump not listening to advisers. The PM is acting on the advice of his advisers. We should all listen to the people at the top of this battle, who have access to all of the data and modelling.