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linda, this first question is from christine for you.are wearing masks and washing our hands endlessly? should everyone be made to wear facemasks when they are outside or travelling if that would help stop the spread? well, that is a good question from christine. of course there is a lot of discussion about this new variant, how it spreads, but also generally the fact that we still have a high number of cases of covid—i9 in the uk. so, why is the virus still spreading generally? well, it is still spreading because of course people are still coming into contact with one another. even with the new, harsher restrictions, people still have to go to work, people are still using public transport, and because it is colder, we are in the winter, people are spending more time indoors. so that is the main thing. in terms of dealing with it, i mean, washing our hands is still essential, even with this new variant. of course it will be affected by soap and warm water, just as other strains of covid—i9 are. in terms of face coverings, indoors versus

linda, this first question is from christine, for you, why is this virus spreading so quickly, if weif that would help stop the spread? that is a good question from christine. there is a lot of discussion about this new variant, how it spreads but also generally the fact that we have a high number of cases of covid—19 in the uk. why is the virus still spreading generally? it is still spreading because people are still coming into contact with one another, even with the new more harsh restrictions people still have to go to work and use public transport and because it is colder, we are in the winter, people are spending more time indoors. that is the main thing. in terms of dealing with it, washing our hands is still essential, even with this new variant. it will be affected by soap and warm waterjust as other strains of covid—19 are, and in terms of face coverings, indoors versus outdoors, the crux of christine's question, some countries have required populations to wear face coverings outdoors but the evidence for that is limited. we know that it transmits more easily indoors, parti

linda stein officer the central intelligence agency. so i want to take the opportunity to ask questions about the late china espionage against the united states recently reported the christinefang help operated from chinese state security spent 2011 and befriending various american politicians including mayors and members of congress through networking and social relationships. she apparently managed to green proximity in the case demonstrates china strategy for modeling targeting classified information but also those who might've point in the future, later in their political careers rising to those areas even if they take decades to bear fruit . working as a cna a officer working you tells about china's operations targeted towards elected officials. >> so the chinese intelligence services are, the way you recruit the same amount where you go. you recruit any turnover. in the way the chinese do it, each phase of that process is done by a different officer. they look at what they consider to be intelligent as something that we might consider to be public source information . there is no way to use intelligent services would be looking at a city council person somewhere overs