people. these measures are beginning to work. the worst possible thing they could do now is to confuse the message even further, undermine public confidence and frankly, destroy a substantial portion of the northeast‘s economy. destroy a substantial portion of the northeast's economy. if you say the restrictions are working now, stricter restrictions would surely deliver a sharper blow to the rise in the virus. that‘s the approach of the scottish government.” understand and accept what you are saying. we know as a certain fact that the total lockdown works. that happened in march and we saw the number of deaths full from 1100 a day in the middle of april. total lockdown works but the economic and social consequences of the lockdown. .. we would social consequences of the lockdown... we would be looking at the deepest recession for 300 years