but this it damaged the agency an area south korean china sonera you know the containment and the gradual decrease in the number of new cases and the european want where the freedom of movement was not restricted m.p.'s you know which ultimately led to over i think 5000 fatalities at this point of time in europe it seems that dead you know the more excessive from your point of view project call may ultimately save lives well i think to just to clarify i think the thing that has been saving lives is what we call social distancing so that's all the measures taken within countries to encourage people to maintain physical distance to make sure that we minimize the opportunity for the virus to spread from one person to another that works and there's lots of science that shows that quarantine when it's done in a precise way among people who are infected or those who come into contact with them that works we know that for example closing larger gatherings closing schools can press slow down the spread of a virus like this one so those are measures quite bold measures that do work it's really wha