Don't think it was 'cowardice' Shadow2,think it was the reality of events. The WHO,to whom everybody looked to for guidance,were woefully slow to declare corona virus a pandemic,by the time they did.it had already established itself,a virus the world was tragically, totally unprepared for.
Here in the UK,we look to Downing street for leadership(ah know!)and guidance(ah know!),but the blond buffoon went on holiday for 2 weeks,before contracting the virus,allegedly, so there were delays,meanwhile, people were pouring into the country unchecked.
We were totally unprepared for this pandemic after 10 years of austerity,nhs staffing levels,underfunded social care sector,poor levels of ppe,contracts for manufacturing ventilators handed out to hoover makers,instead of people who actually made ventilators.
As this clusterphuq started to unravel,people started taking proper steps "stay home, stay safe,protect the NHS".
fingers will be pointed,as hindsight is 20/20 vision, but, at the end of the day,don't think the Scottish government were in the position to do much differently, Hail Hail.