IN June I wrote in these pages how eradicating the virus would mean closing the Border with England and other neighbours. While that would be heartbreaking, it would be necessary to keep us safe. The science has now shown that we were close to joining countries such as Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea and New Zealand in being Covid-free and having no everyday restrictions, but then travelling abroad and to England brought it back in. While the reaction from Unionists and independence supporters alike to the idea of closing the Border to England was strongly against when Nicola Sturgeon mentioned it in a later press conference, that policy was enacted in mid-October without any great outcry. The legislation followed in November and with the incoming Level 4 restrictions it is due to be enforced at last.