Professor David Halpern, head of the “nudge unit” for the United Kingdom during the Covid-19 pandemic, believes citizens will comply with future lockdown restrictions after having “practiced the drill.”
In an interview on the “Lockdown Files” podcast, Halpern told The Telegraph that since the Covid-19 pandemic allowed the citizens of the United Kingdom to “practice” wearing face masks and following lockdown restrictions, the country “could redo it” in the future.
Halpern’s “nudge unit,” the Behavioral Insights Team, was recruited by Matt Hancock, former secretary of state for health and social care, to provide the government with “frictionless access to behavioral expertise.”
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