Scientists are “distracted” by the lockout delay

An expert said that if the UK “takes appropriate action”, the UK will not expand restrictions on the coronavirus.

Professor Stephen Reicher, a member of the Spi-B Behavioral Scientists Group who advises ministers, rejected an LBC radio suggestion that the scientists were “happy” that they “won” in the four-week delay before the end of the lockdown. Disputes” in the country.

He told LBC: “We are all upset. Personally, I am upset and we don’t want these restrictions.

“If we take appropriate action, if we take appropriate protective measures on the border, if we provide appropriate support for people to self-isolate, etc., we shouldn’t be in this situation, I don’t” did not expect us Will be in this position. “

Commenting on the support for people, he said that apart from the United States, the UK’s “sick pay” is “almost the worst in the world” and “only about 50% of people are self-isolating”.