"Critically, the clear advice at the time was that there's only a limited period that people would put up with it, would put up with lockdown. Actually that proved to be wrong."

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In March 2020, the chief medical officer did suggest this was a risk. However a report from the government's behavioural science advisers suggests they thought people would accept restrictions.

Reviewed by BBC Reality Check ↗ · June 11, 2021