Drop the holier than thou act

Sir, – The world was clearly ill-prepared for the extent and the behaviour of this hitherto unknown virus which has befallen us.

It has brought out the very best in us but also the very worst.

On the one hand we have witnessed the remarkable commitment, dedication, and courage of our NHS, together with care workers and other frontline staff, all of whose virtues should be extolled.

However on the other and darker side

there have been cases of abuse towards, and even spitting in the faces of, those working tirelessly to provide a service, with some directing their spleen towards ambulance workers and the police.

We also have those who are ever on the lookout for whipping boys to castigate and blame, and indeed some of the media are hardly innocent in this.

Others profess to know exactly what should have been done and when to avert disasters, and others again are highly knowledgeable in hindsight.

Clearly this is not a time for bad behaviour,

point scoring, and “holier than thou” attitudes and stances.

Instead we should support those trying to do their best and all pull together as a nation. David L Thomson. 24 Laurence Park, Kinglassie.

and publication of her blueprint for easing restrictions, which added little if anything to the five-points announced by the UK Government.

She tried to justify it by asserting the need for a “grown-up” conversation with the electorate.

But she clearly does not trust her electorate to be as grown-up as Westminster does, by refusing to endorse very limited relaxations.

No-one wants more cases and certainly not more deaths, but at some point soon, if we are not treated as mature adults capable of deciding ourselves to behave in socially-responsible ways, with our schools,