Can first minister back up ‘science’?

SIR, – Aberdeen was the first place in Scotland to have local lockdown measures imposed by the Scottish Government with increasing numbers of Covid cases.

The Scottish Government decided to ban household visits, close all bars and restaurants, curtail travel for Aberdeen residents to a five-mile radius and advise that only those key workers should travel to the city.

By doing this the Scottish Government set a precedent where one would have expected to see similar action taken with localised outbreaks in other parts of Scotland.

But recent outbreaks in Coupar

Angus and Glasgow have only seen household visits banned. Individuals have not even been advised to stop travelling to these places.

When questioned why lighter restrictions have been placed on Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon stated that it’s a different type of transmission which is more household-based. Using that logic I can travel to Glasgow, meet a friend in a pub or restaurant and I will remain Covid-free but if I go to that person’s house I will catch it. In contrast, if I had to gone to Aberdeen I could have caught the virus in either a house, pub or restaurant.

Perhaps Nicola Sturgeon can provide scientific advice to back up the claim that the virus can have different types of transmissions in different places and that her government’s actions were not purely political with Aberdeen being discriminated against because its council has Conservatives in its ruling coalition?

Mhairi E Rennie, Finlayson Street,

Fraserburgh