BBCNEWS Verified July 5, 2024
in november 2020 in scotland. the second lockdown in scotland came when the alpha variant came along. so i don't accept that our eye was off the ball. i think we were taking difficult decisions, reaching difficult decisions, reaching difficult balances, in the best way that we possibly could. and i think the evidence, overall, is that while our response was far from... far from avoiding all of the horrible, horrendous harm that was done, i would say an assessment of the outcomes, overall, suggests that while our approach was far from perfect, it actually managed to mitigate some harm...
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