I think everyone now knows the lockdown should have been earlier but this is pretty damning..
Coronavirus: Earlier Scottish lockdown 'could have prevented 2,000 deaths'
An outbreak began in Edinburgh on 26 and 27 of February at a conference for the sportswear giant Nike. More than 70 employees from all over the world attended the conference at the Hilton Carlton Hotel.
One of the delegates from abroad brought the virus into Edinburgh and infected many of their fellow Nike employees, who then returned to their own countries. At least 25 people linked to this one event are confirmed to have been infected - eight of them resident in Scotland.
Health authorities in Scotland were aware of this potential outbreak by 2 March, but the public were not told about it.
Despite knowing the virus had been in Scotland since at least late February, Scotland did not ban mass gatherings until 16 March, or go into lockdown until 23 March - the same day as the restrictions were announced by the UK government.
Scotland's own advisory panel - featuring Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of public health at Edinburgh University - was set up two days after the lockdown was introduced.
Prof Sridhar said there had "definitely" been more than enough information about the coming pandemic for action to have been taken much sooner across the UK.
She said: "We should have been acting by mid-February. We could see that this was not easily a virus to be contained."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52617895
Rob
In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.